29th annual cadet film awards 2022.

top 10 films of 2022
1. The Banshees of Inisherin
2. The Batman
3. Triangle of Sadness
4. All Quiet on the Western Front
5. Aftersun
6. Emily the Criminal
7. TAR
8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
9. Top Gun: Maverick
10. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Honourable mentions: Nope, Glass Onion, Barbarian, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Decision to Leave, Don’t Worry Darling, Smile, Women Talking, Hunt

best director
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Edward Berger – All Quiet on the Western Front
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
Todd Field – TAR

best actor
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Felix Kammerer – All Quiet on the Western Front
Diego Calva – Babylon
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Hae-il – Decision to Leave
Austin Butler – Elvis

best actress
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Aubrey Plaza – Emily the Criminal
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Cate Blanchett – TAR
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie

best supporting actor
Albrecht Schuch – All Quiet on the Western Front
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Theo Rossi – Emily the Criminal
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ben Whishaw – Women Talking

best supporting actress
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mariana Treviño – A Man Called Otto
Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness

best original screenplay
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Nicolás Giacobone and Alejandro González Iñárritu – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Jordan Peele – Nope
Todd Field – TÁR
Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

best adapted screenplay
Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell – All Quiet on the Western Front
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kazuo Ishiguro – Living
Ehren Kruger, Christopher McQuarrie and Eric Warren Singer – Top Gun: Maverick
Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said
Sarah Polley – Women Talking

best film not in the english language
Athena (France)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Mexico)
Decision to Leave (Korea)
Hunt (Korea)
RRR (India)

best animated film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

best original score
Volker Bertelmann – All Quiet on the Western Front
Justin Hurwitz – Babylon
Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin
John Powell – Don’t Worry Darling
Michael Abels – Nope
Nicholas Britell – She Said

BEST SONG (VOCAL)

“Naatu Naatu” – M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose (RRR)

“Hold My Hand” – Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick)

“I Aint Worried” – OneRepublic (Top Gun: Maverick)

“Good Afternoon” – Khiyon Hursey, Sukari Jones, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Mark Sonnenblick (Spirited)

“Carolina” – Taylor Swift (Where the Crawdads Sing)

“Till You’re Home” – Rita Wilson and Sebastián Yatra (A Man Called Otto)

BEST SONG (INSTRUMENTAL)

“We Know What You Whisper” – Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

“Andi’s Theme” – Nathan Johnson (Glass Onion)

“The Fight” – John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies (Halloween Ends)

“Urban Legends” – Michael Abels (Nope)

“Song of Transference” – Tom Holkenborg (Three Thousand Years of Longing)

“Emmett’s Room” – Abel Korzeniowski (Till)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Matias Boucard – Athena

Darius Khondji – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Grieg Fraser – The Batman

Chayse Irvin – Blonde

Kim Ji-yong – Decision to Leave

Robert Richardson – Emancipation

Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick

Florian Hoffmeister – TAR

BEST FILM EDITING

Aftersun

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Triangle of Sadness

Top Gun: Maverick

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

All Quiet on the Western Front

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Don’t Worry Darling

Thirteen Lives

White Noise

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Banshees of Inisherin

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Don’t Worry Darling

Elvis

Glass Onion

BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Blonde

Elvis

Emancipation

BEST SOUND

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Banshees of Inisherin

The Batman

Elvis

TAR

Top Gun: Maverick

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Nope

Top Gun: Maverick

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

Moonage Daydream

Navalny

BEST ENSEMBLE

Babylon

The Banshees of Inisherin

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Glass Onion

Women Talking

The Menu

BEST FEATURE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Zach Cregger – Barbarian

John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal

Lee Jung-jae – Hunt

Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny

Parker Finn – Smile

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER

Felix Kammerer – All Quiet on the Western Front

Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time and The Black Phone

Frankie Corio – Aftersun

Tenoch Huerta – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans

Daryl McCormack – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

BEST SCENE

Final dance – Aftersun

Siobhán and Dominic by the lakeside – The Banshees of Inisherin

Tunnel surprise – Barbarian

The Zocalo – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Buttplug fight – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Bangkok assassination attack – Hunt

Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.