I recall being a tad dismissive toward the Georgia Film Critics Association when it was founded a few years back, but the subsequent years have proved my dismissiveness quite misplaced! Their 2022 awards nominations are a fairly stellar bunch overall, as usual, with some welcome, healthy appreciation for movies like The Fabelmans (with eight nominations), Decision to Leave (with five) and Nope (with six). Alas, it's still Everything Everywhere All at Once leading the pack with nine mentions, but beggers can't always be choosers! Winners will be announced on 13 January.
Best Picture
After Yang
The Banshees of Inisherin
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Nope
RRR
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director
Decision to Leave (Park Chan Wook)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg)
Nope (Jordan Peele)
Tar (Todd Field)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Tar)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Tang Wei (Decision to Leave)
Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Actor
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Park Hae Il (Decision to Leave)
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Janelle Monae (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Keke Palmer (Nope)
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Quan Ke Huy (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)
The Fabelmans (Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg)
Nope (Jordan Peele)
Tar (Todd Field)
Best Adapted Screenplay
After Yang (Kogonada)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale and Matthew Robbins)
She Said (Rebecca Lenkiewicz)
Women Talking (Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews)
Best Cinematography
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Darius Khondji)
The Batman (Greig Fraser)
The Fabelmans (Janusz Kaminski)
Nope (Hoyte van Hoytema)
Top Gun: Maverick (Claudio Miranda)
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water (Dylan Cole, Vanessa Cole and Ben Procter)
Babylon (Anthony Carlino and Florencia Martin)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Hannah Beachler and Lisa K. Sessions)
Elvis (Beverley Dunn, Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Kelsi Ephraim and Jason Kisvarday)
Best Original Score
Babylon (Justin Hurwitz)
The Batman (Michael Giacchino)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Ludwig Goransson)
The Fabelmans (John Williams)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Alexandre Desplat)
Nope (Michael Abels)
Best Original Song
"Carolina" - Taylor Swift (Where the Crawdads Sing)
"Ciao Papa" - Guillermo del Toro, Alexandre Desplat and Roeban Katz (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio)
"Hold My Hand" - BloodPop, Lady Gaga and Ben Rice (Top Gun: Maverick)
"Lift Me Up" - Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Goransson, Rihanna and Tems (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
"Naatu Naatu" - Kaala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani and Rahul Sipligunj (RRR)
Best Ensemble
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Women Talking
Best Animated Film
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Best Documentary Film
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Descendant
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Navalny
Best International Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
Decision to Leave
RRR
Breakthrough Award
Danielle Deadwyler
Stephanie Hsu
Tenoch Huerta
Gabriel LaBelle
Amber Midthunder
Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
Bad Dream (Camilo Diaz Caro and Colby Hollman)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Joe Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler)
Devotion (Jake Crane, J. D. Dillard and Jonathan Stewart)
Emergency (K. D. Davila and Carey Williams)
Glitter Ain't Gold (Christian Nolan Jones)
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (Adamma Ebo)
I Want You Back (Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger and Jason Orley)
The Menu (Mark Mylod, Seth Reiss and Will Tracy)
Refuge (Din Blankenship and Eric Levin Bernhardt)
Till (Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu and Michael Reilly)