Hawaiʻi Film Critics Society

HFCS Best of 2022

BEST PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All at Once 

BEST DIRECTOR
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once 

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Fraser, The Whale

BEST ACTRESS
Mia Goth, Pearl 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews, Women Talking (based on the book by Miriam Toews)

BEST ART DIRECTION
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, Babylon

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda, ASC, Top Gun: Maverick 

BEST EDITING
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once  

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, dir. Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sr., (dir. Chris Smith)

BEST MAKE-UP
The Batman 

BEST SOUND
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

BEST SONG:
“Hold My Hand,” Top Gun: Maverick

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way of Water 

BEST STUNT WORK:
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST NEW FILMMAKER
Lee Jung-jae, Hunt 

BEST FIRST FILM
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (dir. Tom Gormican)

BEST VOCAL/MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water

BEST HORROR FILM
Pearl (dir. Ti West)

BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE
The Batman (dir. Matt Reeves)

BEST SCI-FI FILM
Everything Everywhere All at Once, dir. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
RRR, dir. S.S. Rajamouli (India) 

BEST HAWAIIAN FILM
The Wind and the Reckoning, dir. David L. Cunningham (Hawaii) 

WORST FILM OF 2022
The 355