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This year’s awards season has commenced with a lot of anticipation as films that were delayed during the pandemic have finally released and therefore there has been that return to viewing big studio blockbusters in the cinema and at home.

The Women Film Critics Circle is over 80 entertainment journalists and film scholars that have united to form the first national association of women critics observing and elevating women in film.

The Women Film Critics Circle also takes the opportunity to highlight those films made by women and about women during this season and has its annual awards to recognise those films.

From confronting religion’s role in justifying sexual assault to telling the strength of black women punching back the fists of colonialism, this year our nominations, and, in turn, our winners were a celebration of how women have always stood up for themselves.

So, without further ado here are this year’s chosen winners:

BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN



WINNER: She Said

RUNNER-UP: Women Talking

The Woman King

Till

BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN



WINNER: Women Talking – Sarah Polley

TIE RUNNER-UP: The Woman King – Gina Prince-Bythewood

TIE RUNNER-UP: Till – Chinonye Chukwu

Don’t Worry Darling – Olivia Wilde

BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER (Screenwriting Award)



WINNER: Sarah Polley – Women Talking

RUNNER-UP: Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said

Dana Stevens (and Maria Bello, story) – The Woman King

Emma Donoghue  – The Wonder

BEST ACTRESS



WINNER: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

RUNNER-UP: Danielle Deadwyler – Till

Cate Blanchett – Tar

Vicky Krieps – Corsage

BEST ACTOR


WINNER: Brendan Fraser – The Whale

RUNNER-UP: Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Bill Nighy – Living

Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN



WINNER: Happening

RUNNER-UP: Corsage

Murina

Rickshaw Girl

BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN



WINNER: The Janes 

RUNNER-UP: Lucy and Desi

Aftershock

Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down

BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES



WINNER: Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

RUNNER-UP: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Fire of Love

The Woman King

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE



WINNER: Meilin – Turning Red

RUNNER-UP: Izzy Hawthorne – Lightyear

Belle Bottom – Minions: The Rise of Gru

BEST SCREEN COUPLE



WINNER: Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

RUNNER-UP: Kevin Kline & Sigourney Weaver – The Good House

Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack – Good luck to you, Leo grande

Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward – Empire of Light

BEST TV SERIES


TIE WINNER: The Handmaid’s Tale

TIE WINNER: Yellowjackets

TIE RUNNER-UP: Dead to Me

TIE RUNNER-UP: Julia

*ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women



WINNER: Women Talking

RUNNER-UP: She Said

Don’t Worry Darling

Holy Spider

*JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America


WINNER: Till

RUNNER-UP: Nanny

Alice

Master

*KAREN MORLEY AWARD – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity


WINNER: Women Talking

RUNNER-UP: The Woman King

Alice

The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD


Geena Davis

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Rita Moreno