NYFCC Announce 2022 Winners TÁR, Best Film, S. S. Rajamouli, Best Director

The New York Film Critics Circle voted today at Film at Lincoln Center for their 2022 awards winners. The awards will be handed out during their annual ceremony on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at Tao Downtown.

TÁR was awarded Best Film and S. S. Rajamouli was named Best Director for RRR. Cate Blanchett was selected as Best Actress for TÁR. Colin Farrell was chosen as Best Actor for After Yang and The Banshees of Inisherin.


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Special Awards were given to Jake Perlin, curator, distributor, and publisher, in recognition of his indispensable contributions to film culture; dGenerate Films, for their invaluable work bringing independent films from China to a wider audience; and Jafar Panahi, for his dogged bravery as an artist, and for the humanity and beauty of a body of work created under the most oppressive circumstances. Nico Pedrero-Setzer and Greg Nussen were awarded the student scholarships. Full list of winners below.

"Today's NYFCC winners reflect the broad range of our tastes, as well as what's exciting audiences at cinemas today," stated NYFCC Chair Jordan Hoffman. "It's a stimulating group of movies, and our gala event in January is bound to be a memorable one."


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Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle is the oldest critics group in the country, and among the most prestigious. The NYFCC's membership includes critics from daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and the web's most respected online publications.
 
Every year the organization meets to vote on awards for the calendar year's films, among the first of the major groups to pronounce its winners. Oftentimes the NYFCC's selections pave a path for Awards Season, while other times their picks stand proudly independent from other organizations. The group's awards dinner in early January is also considered a kick-off to a new year of glamorous events in New York City.


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Best Film:
TÁR

Best Director:
S. S. Rajamouli, RRR

Best Screenplay:
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, TÁR

Best Actor:
Colin Farrell, After Yang and The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress:
Keke Palmer, Nope

Best Supporting Actor:
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Foreign Language Film:
EO

Best Cinematography:
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Nonfiction Film:
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Best First Film:
Aftersun

Best Animated Film:
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On


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Special Awards:
Jake Perlin, curator, distributor, publisher, in recognition of his indispensable contributions to film culture.
dGenerate Films, for their invaluable work bringing independent films from China to a wider audience.
Jafar Panahi, for his dogged bravery as an artist, and for the humanity and beauty of a body of work created under the most oppressive circumstances.

Student Scholarships:
Undergraduate, Nico Pedrero-Setzer
Graduate, Greg Nussen

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE OFFICERS:
 
Jordan Hoffman (CHAIR)
Freelance
 
Matt Singer (VICE CHAIR)
ScreenCrush
 
Stephen Garrett (GENERAL MANAGER)
Freelance
 
A FULL LIST OF CURRENT NYFCC VOTING MEMBERS INCLUDE:
 
Sam Adams
Slate
 
Siddhant Adlakha
Freelance
 
Melissa Anderson
4Columns
 
Michael Atkinson
Freelance
 
Jason Bailey
The Playlist
 
Richard Brody
The New Yorker
 
Dwight Brown
NNPA Syndication
 
Kameron Austin Collins
Rolling Stone
 
Bilge Ebiri
New York Magazine
 
David Ehrlich
IndieWire
 
Kate Erbland
IndieWire
 
David Fear
Rolling Stone
 
Graham Fuller
Freelance
 
Owen Gleiberman
Variety
 
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
 
Leah Greenblatt
Entertainment Weekly
 
Steven D. Greydanus
The National Catholic Register
 
Rafer Guzman
Newsday
 
Caryn James
BBC
 
Eric Kohn
IndieWire
 
Tomris Laffly
Freelance
 
Richard Lawson
Vanity Fair
 
Violet Lucca
Freelance
 
Soraya Nadia McDonald
Andscape
 
Sheila O'Malley
Rogerebert.com
 
Rex Reed
New York Observer
 
David Rooney
The Hollywood Reporter
 
Nick Schager
The Daily Beast
 
David Sims
The Atlantic
 
Kyle Smith
The Wall Street Journal
 
Dana Stevens
Slate
 
Amy Taubin
Artforum
 
Peter Travers
ABC
 
Keith Uhlich
Freelance
 
Elizabeth Weitzman
The Wrap
 
Stephen Whitty
Freelance
 
Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
 
Alison Willmore
New York Magazine
 
Stephanie Zacharek
Time Magazine
 
Esther Zuckerman
Freelance

For information regarding membership, please visit: www.nyfcc.com/membership.

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