**THE DANIELS’ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE DOMINATES THE NEW “WINDIE” AWARD NOMINATIONS FROM THE CHICAGO INDIE CRITICS**

Celebrating their seventh year, the Chicago Indie Critics have announced the nominees for their newly-named film awards. Welcome to the era of “The Windies.” The voting film critic members completed ballots this week to select Windie nominees in 25 categories. The CIC members will commence a final round of voting ending on January 13, 2023. The 2022 Windie winners will be announced on the evening of January 21, 2023, during their annual Awards Party event held at the Music Box Theatre Lounge in Chicago. The program will stream live online on the CIC YouTube channel.

Leading all films with 14 formidable nominations is Everything Everywhere All at Once, written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. In addition to triple nominations for The Daniels in Best Independent Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, their A24 sci-fi dramedy carried nominations for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble, and seven artistic and technical categories.

The next closest films for total nominations were a group of four films each with six nominations. That tier includes Steven Spielberg’s passion project The Fabelmans, Netflix’s animated opus Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the foreign sensation RRR from director S.S. Rajamouli, and the popular Tom Cruise blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. In total, 20 films received multiple nominations and 39 films overall were represented across all categories.

As a special category of local recognition, the CIC annually presents the Impact Award. The distinction celebrates a group or person whose work during the past year or beyond made a positive influence within the Chicagoland film community. This year’s Impact Award nominees include Rebecca Fons of The Gene Siskel Film Center, Morgan Harris of the Acacia Consulting Group, CEO Chris Johnson of Classic Cinemas, the late Chicago film critic Sergio Mims, and the staff and management of the Music Box Theatre.

Leading all films with 14 formidable Windie nominations is Everything Everywhere All at Once, written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. In addition to triple nominations for The Daniels in Best Independent Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, their A24 sci-fi dramedy carried nominations for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble, and seven artistic and technical categories.

The next closest films for total nominations were a group of four films each with six Windie nominations. That tier includes Steven Spielberg’s passion project The Fabelmans, Netflix’s animated opus Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the foreign sensation RRR from director S.S. Rajamouli, and the popular Tom Cruise blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. In total, 20 films received multiple Windie nominations, and 39 films overall were represented across all categories.

As a special category of local recognition, the CIC annually presents the Impact Award. The distinction celebrates a group or person whose work during the past year or beyond had a positive influence on the Chicagoland film community. This year’s Impact Award nominees include Rebecca Fons of The Gene Siskel Film Center, Morgan Harris of the Acacia Consulting Group, CEO Chris Johnson of Classic Cinemas, the late Chicago film critic Sergio Mims, and the staff and management of the Music Box Theatre.

The complete list of nominees for the 2022 Windies from the CIC:

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (budgets under $25 million)

AFTERSUN

Producers: Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, and Mark Ceryak

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Producers: Jonathan Wang, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, and Mike Larocca

WOMEN TALKING

Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand

X

Producers: Jacob Jaffke, Ti West, Kevin Turen, and Harrison Kreiss

BEST STUDIO FILM (budgets over $25 million)

THE FABELMANS

Producers: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, and Tony Kushner

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Producers: Ram Bergman and Rian Johnson

RRR

Producers: D.V.V. Danayya

TÁR

Producers: Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and David Ellison

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BROKER

Producer: Eugene Lee

CLOSE

Producers: Michiel Dhont and Dirk Impens

DECISION TO LEAVE

Producers: Jisun Back, Park Chan-wook, KO Dae-sok

OFFICIAL COMPETITION

Producers: Jaume Roures

RRR

Producer: D.V.V. Danayya

BEST DOCUMENTARY

ALL THE BEAUTY AND BLOODSHED

Producers: Laura Poitras, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, Clare Carter, and John Lyons

FIRE OF LOVE

Producers: Shane Boris, Sara Dosa, and Ina Fichman

GOOD NIGHT OPPY

Producers: Brandon Carroll, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Matthew Goldberg, Jessica Hargrave, Stephen Neely, and Ryan White

THE JANES

Producers: Daniel Arcana, Michael Kimbro, Jessica Levin, and Emma Pildes

NAVALNY

Producers: Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris

BEST ANIMATED FILM

APOLLO 10½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD

Producers: Richard Linklater, Mike Blizzard, Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Producers: Guillermo del Toro, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley, and Corey Campodonico

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

Producers: Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey, Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, and Terry Leonard

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH

Producers: Mark Swift

TURNING RED

Producers: Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky, THE WHALE

Park Chan-wook, DECISION TO LEAVE

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Sarah Polley, WOMEN TALKING

Steven Spielberg, THE FABELMANS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Martin McDonagh

DECISION TO LEAVE

Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

THE FABELMANS

Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner

TÁR

Todd Field

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

AFTER YANG

Kogonada

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Rian Johnson

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Patrick McHale and Guillermo del Toro

THE WHALE

Samuel D. Hunter

WOMEN TALKING

Sarah Polley

BEST ACTOR

Austin Butler, ELVIS

Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE

Jonathan Majors, DEVOTION

Jeremy Pope, THE INSPECTION

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, TÁR

Ana de Armas, BLONDE

Danielle Deadwyler, TILL

Mia Goth, PEARL

Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Paul Dano, THE FABELMANS

Brendan Gleeson, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Brad Pitt, BABYLON

Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Ben Whishaw, WOMEN TALKING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Angela Bassett, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

Hong Chau, THE WHALE

Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Stephanie Hsu, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Janelle Monáe, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Casting director: Sarah Halley Finn

THE FABELMANS

Casting director: Cindy Tolan

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Casting directors: Brett Howe and Mary Vernieu

THE WOMAN KING

Casting director: Aisha Coley

WOMEN TALKING

Casting directors: Jason Buchan and Jason Knight

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

Russell Carpenter

DECISION TO LEAVE

Kim Ji-yong

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Larkin Seiple

RRR

KK Senthil Kumar

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Claudio Miranda

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole

THE BATMAN

James Chinlund and Lee Sandales

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

Hannah Beachler and Lisa Sessions Morgan

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Jason Kisvarday and Kelsi Ephraim

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Rick Heinrichs and Elli Griff

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

Ruth Carter

ELVIS

Catherine Martin

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Shirley Kurata

THE NORTHMAN

Linda Muir

THE WOMAN KING

Gersha Phillips

BEST MAKEUP

THE BATMAN

Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine

ELVIS

Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, Aldo Signoretti

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Michelle Chung and Anissa Salazar

X

Sarah Rubano

THE WHALE

Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley

BEST EDITING

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, and James Cameron

BABYLON

Tom Cross

DECISION TO LEAVE

Kim Sang-beom

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Paul Rodger

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Eddie Hamilton

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

BABYLON

Justin Hurwitz

THE BATMAN

Michael Giacchino

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

Ludwig Göransson

THE FABELMANS

John Williams

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Alexandre Desplat

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Ciao Papa” - GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Music by Alexandre Desplat and lyrics by Roeban Katz and Guillermo del Toro

“Hold My Hand” - TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Written and produced by Lady Gaga & Bloodpop

“Lift Me Up” - BLACK PANTHER: WAKANA FOREVER

Music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson

“Naatu Naatu” - RRR

Music by M.M. Keeravaani and lyrics by Chandrabose

“New Body Rhumba” - WHITE NOISE

Written by James Murphy, Pat Mahoney, and Nancy Whang

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett

THE BATMAN

Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, and Jeff Desom

RRR

V Srinivas Mohan

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, and Bryan Litson

BEST STUNTS

THE BATMAN

Robert Alonzo, Jacob Dewitt, Steve Griffin, and Samuel Le

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Timothy Eulich

RRR

Nick Powell

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Casey O’Neill

THE WOMAN KING

Daniel Hernandez

BREAKOUT ARTIST

Austin Butler

Frankie Corio

Danielle Deadwyler

Mia Goth

Stephanie Hsu

SIGHT UNSEEN PERFORMANCE

David Bradley, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Rosalie Chiang, TURNING RED

Ewan McGregor, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Isabella Rossalini, MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

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

Rebecca Fons (The Gene Siskel Film Center)

Morgan Harris (Acacia Consulting Group)

Chris Johnson (Classic Cinemas)

The late Sergio Mims (film critic)

The staff and management of the Music Box Theatre

2022 CIC AWARD NOMINATIONS BY THE NUMBERS

FILMS:

14: Everything Everywhere All at Once

6: The Fabelmans, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, RRR, Top Gun: Maverick

5: The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Decision to Leave, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Whale, Women Talking

4: Avatar: The Way of Water

3: Babylon, Elvis, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, The Woman King, TÁR

2: Turning Red, X

1: After Yang, Aftersun, All the Beauty and Bloodshed, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, Blonde, Broke, Close, Devotion, Fire of Love, Good Night Oppy, The Inspection, Louis Armstrong: Black and Blues, Moonage Daydream, Navalny, The Northman, Official Competition, Pearl, Puss in Boots, Till, White Noise

ABOUT THE CIC

Founded in 2016, the Chicago Indie Critics (formerly known as the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle) is a creative and engaging non-for-profit organization composed of unique, dedicated, and diversified film critics. Its members are wide-ranging in experiences, backgrounds, tastes, and target audiences across both print and online platforms and publications. The CIC organized to share their personal assessments, commentaries, passions, and creativity in the vigilant effort to highlight the greatness and diversity found in both independent and mainstream films. While they originate in the Chicagoland area, the efforts of Chicago Indie Critics are to share, celebrate, and promote the rich artistic medium of film to audiences, fans, and eager minds across the nation and the world as an exemplary and upstanding pillar of intelligent print and broadcast journalism.

CIC DIRECTORS:

Emmanuel Noisette, Don Shanahan, El’Ahrai Stanek

CIC MEMBERS:

Victor Aragon, Annie Banks, George Bate, Josh Bate, Leo Brady, Mike Crowley, Tarek Fayoumi, Charles Gainey, Cati Glidewell, John Hammerle, Ryan Jagiello, Matt Kubinski, James Y. Lee, Al Lerner, Linda Lerner, Kevin McLenithan, Curtis Menke, Mike Osborn, Dan Pal, Josh Parham, Reginald Ponder, Aqib Rasheed, John Robinson, Peter Spedale, Andrea Thompson, Mike Vanderbilt, Sarah Welch-Lareson, Kevin Wozniak, Jeff York