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The MusicCity Film Critics’Association is proud to announce its nominations for the MCFCA 2023 Film Awards. The association is comprised of more than 30 professional film critics working in or near Nashville, Tennessee. Jim Chandler, from the Woody and Jim Show on 107-5 The River, is one of them.
Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the way with an MCFCA record 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director - The Daniels, Best Actress - Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actor - Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actress - Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Comedy Film, Best Action Film, and Best Stunt Work.
Babylon follows just behind with 10 nominations, which equals the previous nomination record set by last year’s The Power of the Dog.
The Banshees of Inisherin secured eight nominations while Top Gun: Maverick, The Fabelmans, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio each scored seven nominations.
Due to a tie in voting,11 films have been nominated for Best Picture- the most ever in the association’s history
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The 2023 Music City Film Critics’ Association Film Award Nominations
Best Picture
Aftersun
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Nope
RRR
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director
Damien Chazelle - Babylon
Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
S. S. Rajamouli - RRR
Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans
The Daniels - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field - Tár
Best Actor
Austin Butler - Elvis
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Colin Farrell- The Banshees of Inisherin
DiegoCalva - Babylon
Paul Mescal– Aftersun
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett - Tár
Margot Robbie - Babylon
Mia Goth - Pearl
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Viola Davis - The Woman King
Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Ke Huy Quan - EverythingEverywhere All at Once
Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monáe - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Young Actor
Banks Repeta - Armageddon Time
Gabriel LaBelle - The Fabelmans
Gregory Mann - Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jalyn Hall - Till
Mason Thames -The Black Phone
Best Young Actress
Anna Cobb - We’re All Going to the World’sFair
Bella Ramsey - Catherine Called Birdy
Frankie Corio - Aftersun
Julia Butters- The Fabelmans
Sadie Sink -The Whale
Best Acting Ensemble
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A KnivesOut Mystery
The Fabelmans
Women Talking
Best Music Film
Elvis
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Roald Dahl’s Matilda theMusical
Moonage Daydream
Tár
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild
Best Documentary
All that Breathes
All Beauty and Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Best International Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo:: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Decision to Leave
EO
RRR
Best Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Women Talking
Best Original Song
“Ciao Papa” - Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Hold My Hand” - Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” - Black Panther: WakandaForever
“Naatu Naatu” - RRR
“New Body Rhumba” - White Noise
Best Score
Babylon
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio TheBatman
TheFabelmans
Women Talking
Best Sound
Avatar: The Way of Water Babylon
Elvis Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water Babylon
Nope
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio The Northman
Best Editing
Aftersun
Babylon Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Comedy Film
Confess, Fletch
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A KnivesOut Mystery
The Banshees of Inisherin
TheUnbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Horror Film
Barbarian
Nope
Pearl
Smile
X
Best Action Film
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Stunt Work
Avatar: The Way of Water Everything Everywhere All at Once RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
The Jim Ridley Award
Elvis
Moonage Daydream
Still Working 9 to 5
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Nicole Kidman - The Northman
Winners will be announced January 9th.