The Critics Choice Association unveiled their nominations for the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards. You can find the final nominations here:

As Cinema Debate’s lead film critic, I am also part of the Critics Choice Association and submit my the ballot for this year’s nominees.

SHERAZ FAROOQI’S NOMINATING BALLOT FOR THE
28th ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE
1. The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
3. Everything Everywhere All At Once
4. Top Gun: Maverick
5. Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST ACTOR – name AND film
1. Austin Butler – Elvis
2. Brendan Fraser – The Whale
3. Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

BEST ACTRESS – name AND film
1. Viola Davis – The Woman King
2. Cate Blanchett – Tár
3. Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – name AND film
1. Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse
3. Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – name AND film
1. Angela Bassett – Wakanda Forever
2. Jessie Buckley, Women Talking
3. Janelle Monae, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21) – name AND film
1. Thuso Mbedu, The Woman King
2. Jalyn Hall – Till
3. Gregory Mann – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE – film only
1. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. The Fabelmans

BEST DIRECTING – film only
1. The Fabelmans
2. The Woman King
3. Elvis

BEST SCREENWRITING (Original Screenplay) – film only
1. The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. The Fabelmans

BEST SCREENWRITING (Adapted Screenplay) – film only
1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story
3. The Batman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – film only
1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. Avatar: The Way of Water
3. Elvis

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – film only
1. Elvis
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST EDITING – film only
1. Elvis
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. The Woman King

BEST COSTUME DESIGN – film only
1. The Batman
2. Elvis
3. The Woman King

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP – film only
1. Elvis
2. The Batman
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – film only
1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. The Batman
3. Top Gun: Maverick

BEST COMEDY
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
3. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
3. Wendell & Wild
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. RRR
2. Close
3. Holy Spider

BEST SONG (please list the song and film)
1. Ciao Papa – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2. Lift me up – Black Panther Wakanda Forever
3. Holy My Hand – Top Gun Maverick

BEST SCORE – film only
1. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2. The Batman
3. The Woman King

YOUR NAME AND OUTLET: Sheraz Farooqi, Cinema Debate­­­

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