Keke Palmer, Ke Huy Quan win key Oscars precursor as NYFCC reveals full winners list
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It was a big yes for Nope and Everything Everywhere All at Once at the 2022 New York Film Critics Circle awards.
The NYC-based journalist organization — which includes EW critic Leah Greenblatt — named Keke Palmer as its surprise Best Supporting Actress winner for her performance in director Jordan Peele's blockbuster sci-fi thriller, while Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom star Ke Huy Quan's big return to acting in Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's runaway smash earned him the group's Best Supporting Actor prize.
Both Palmer and Quan's victories were less assured than those attained by lead acting winners and mainstay competitors Cate Blanchett (Tár) and Colin Farrell (for both After Yang and The Banshees of Inisherin).
While it's considered a huge contender for Best Picture, Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans won zero awards at the NYFCC meeting, with Best Film being awarded to Todd Field's Tár.
Universal Pictures; Allyson Riggs/A24 Keke Palmer and Ke Huy Quan win big at the 2022 NYFCC awards.
Though its membership does not cross over with Academy, the NYFCC is considered to be a key precursor on the Oscars trail, though its winners sometimes deviate from the Academy's eventual nominations roster. Last year, NYFCC winners and Power of the Dog costars Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee ended up with Oscar nominations, though Lady Gaga (House of Gucci) and Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth) did not translate their NYFCC victories into Oscar nods.
Quan is now a leading contender in the Best Supporting Actor Oscars race, having earned several other accolades in the run-up to January's Oscar nominations, though the NYFCC win marks Palmer's first major breakthrough in the hunt.
See the full list of 2022 NYFCC winners below.
2022 NYFCC winners list
Best Film: Tár
Best Director: S. S. Rajamouli, RRR
Best Actor: Colin Farrell, After Yang and The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Tár
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actress: Keke Palmer, Nope
Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Animated Film: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Non-Fiction Film: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Best International Film: EO
Best First Film: Aftersun
Special Award: Jake Perlin, dGenerate Films, Jafar Panahi
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