The nominees for the 4th Annual ScreenAge Wasteland Awards have been announced!
Last month, the SAW team submitted nominees for the best films of 2022. A lot of films and performances were submitted, but at the end of the day, there can only be five nominees per category (and 10 for Best Picture, Best Character, and Best Movie Moment).
Any 2022 movie released on streaming, television, or in theaters was eligible as long as the film was widely released by mid-January 2023 (to take into consideration late-December limited releases).
That means that films like Women Talking, which didn’t see a wide release until January 20, will be considered 2023 movies and be eligible for next year’s SAWards.
With all that out of the way, here are your nominees…
Best Picture
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Barbarian
- Decision to Leave
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- The Menu
- Nope
- The Northman
- RRR
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Animated Film
- The Bad Guys
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Turning Red
Most Overlooked Film
- Athena
- Cha Cha Real Smooth
- Decision to Leave
- Resurrection
- Vengeance
Best Director
- Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Jordan Peele – Nope
- Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Breakout Film Direction
- Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
- Halina Reijn – Bodies Bodies Bodies
- Cooper Raiff – Cha Cha Real Smooth
- Jerrod Carmichael – On the Count of Three
- Chloe Okuno – Watcher
Best Actor
- Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
- Austin Butler – Elvis
- Ralph Fiennes – The Menu
- Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Best Supporting Actor
- Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Justin Long – Barbarian
- Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Pedro Pascal – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Actress
- Tang Wei – Decision to Leave
- Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Mia Goth – Pearl
- Amber Midthunder – Prey
- Viola Davis – The Woman King
Best Supporting Actress
- Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
- Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Breakout Film Performance
- Frankie Corio – Aftersun
- Georgina Campbell – Barbarian
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Madeleine McGraw – The Black Phone
- Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Best Onscreen Movie Ensemble
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Bodies Bodies Bodies
- Bullet Train
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- The Menu
Best Adapted Screenplay
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Best Original Screenplay
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Barbarian
- Cha Cha Real Smooth
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Vengeance
Best Cinematography
- The Batman
- Cyrano
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Northman
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Score
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- The Batman
- Bones and All
- Downton Abbey: A New Era
- The Northman
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Nope
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Character (NEW CATEGORY)
- AJ Gilbride (Justin Long) – Barbarian
- Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejía) – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry) and Tangerine (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) – Bullet Train
- Ugly Sonic (Tim Robinson) – Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Waymond Wang (Ke Huy Quan) – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Jack Trainer (Brad Pitt) – The Lost City
- Marcel (Jenny Slate) – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) – Terrifier 2
- Santa Claus (David Harbour) – Violent Night
- Pearl (Mia Goth) – X and Pearl
Best Movie Moment
- Under Pressure Dance – Aftersun
- The Batmobile in Pursuit of The Penguin – The Batman
- Scarlet Witch vs. The Illuminati – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- The Rock Scene – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Patton Oswalt Sexts His Son – I Love My Dad
- Gordy’s Home – Nope
- Amleth and Fjolnir Volcano Duel – The Northman
- Naatu Naatu – RRR
- Maverick’s Canyon Run – Top Gun: Maverick
- Charlie’s Daughter Reads Her Moby-Dick Essay – The Whale
Everything Everywhere All at Once was the most nominated film this year with 11 nominations. The Banshees of Inisherin took second place with nine nominations while Barbarian and Top Gun: Maverick tied for third with five nominations apiece. Decision to Leave, Nope, and The Northman rounded out the top five (or seven in this case) with four nominations apiece.
Here’s how the nominations broke down for the rest of the films:
- 3 – Aftersun, The Batman, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, The Menu, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- 2 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Bullet Train, Cyrano, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Fabelmans, Pearl, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, RRR, Vengeance, and The Whale
- 1 – All Quiet on the Western Front, Athena, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Bad Guys, The Black Phone, Bones and All, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Elvis, I Love My Dad, The Lost City, On the Count of Three, Prey, Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Resurrection, Terrifier 2, Turning Red, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Violent Night, Watcher, The Woman King, and X
A shout-out should also be given to Justin Long, Ke Huy Quan, Mia Goth, and Tenoch Huerta Mejía for each snagging two nominations — one in their respective acting category and the other in the Best Character category.
Voting is open to everyone until the end of February 28, 2023.
To access the voting slip for the 2023 SAWards, CLICK HERE.
The winners will be announced Sunday, March 5, 2023, on our Twitter @SAWasteland with a post going up on the site shortly thereafter.
Let us know in the comments who you hope wins. Please feel free to share the voting slip with your family and friends, and on social media! Let’s blow this up!
Happy voting, screenagers!
