2022 Chicago Indie Critics award winners announced
Winners have been announced for the Chicago Indie Critics' awards for 2022. The CIC splits its top category in two, with a prize for studio films and a prize for independent films. Those awards this year have been won, respectively, by RRR and Everything Everywhere All at Once, with the latter coming out on top overall, with six wins to the former's three. Other multiple award winners here include Avatar: The Way of Water, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. Check out the 2022 CIC awards nominations here, and all the winners below.
Best Studio Film (budgets over $25 million)
RRR (D. V. V. Danayya)
Best Independent Film (budgets under $25 million)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Dan Kwan, Mike Larocca, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang)
Best Director
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Actor
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Best Supporting Actress
Janelle Monae (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Best Supporting Actor
Quan Ke Huy (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Original Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Women Talking (Sarah Polley)
Best Cinematography
Top Gun: Maverick (Claudio Miranda)
Best Editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Paul Rogers)
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water (Dylan Cole, Vanessa Cole and Ben Procter)
Best Costume Design
The Woman King (Gersha Phillips)
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water (Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon)
Best Makeup
The Batman (Naomi Donne, Mike Fontaine and Michael Marino)
Best Musical Score
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Alexandre Desplat)
Best Original Song
"Naatu Naatu" - Chandrabose and M. M. Keeravani (RRR)
Best Ensemble Cast
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Bret Howe and Mary Vernieu, casting directors)
Best Stunts
RRR (Nick Powell)
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Guillermo del Toro, Lisa Henson and Gary Ungar)
Best Documentary
Fire of Love (Shane Boris, Sara Dosa and Ina Fichman)
Best Foreign Language Film
Decision to Leave (Back Ji Sun, Ko Dae Sok and Park Chan Wook)
Breakout Artist Award
Austin Butler
Sight Unseen Performance Award
Jenny Slate (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On)
Impact Award (given to a person whose work has had a positive impact on the Chicagoland film community)
Sergio Mims