The Eighth Annual Miles Awards for Achievement in Film

What an exciting awards season it has already been! This film awards season has been filled with surprises and controversies and lots of unprecedented choices. It’s also a season that features a surprisingly high number of really great movies. When I look at the Oscars Best Picture lineup it’s a group that actually feels like it makes sense. The ten films selected are certainly not the ones that I would have picked, and there are more than a few that I roll my eyes at. But in general, I think there’s at least SOMETHING interesting about each of these films. There’s no film I can look at and not at least understand why it might have been included if I put my own opinions aside. I genuinely don’t think that has happened since the category was expended to ten nominees 13 years ago. As someone who spends too much time thinking about a ceremony that I find inherently problematic and disappointing, it’s pretty exciting and I count it as a win! But even on the Oscars’ best year, it can never hold a candle to what I think is, at this point, considered the gold standard for film awards. I’m speaking of course of the Miles Awards. Now in its eighth year, the Miles Awards is decided entirely by me (Miles) which means it’s immune to the typical awards season politics and campaign bureaucracy. It’s simply a celebration of what I see as the best film had to offer in the year 2022.

 

I don’t go into detail here, so if you’re looking for film analysis beyond just a list of titles, check out my favorite films of the year. And if you are looking for good performances beyond the ones I mention here, you can see my list of my 100 favorite movie performances of the year. Now, bring on the awards!

 

BEST PICTURE:

WINNER: The Banshees of Inisherin

NOMINEES:

Everything Everywhere All at Once

No Bears

The Eternal Daughter

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

Hit the Road

Women Talking

The House

Argentina, 1985

Skinamarink

 

BEST DIRECTOR:

WINNER: Jafar Panahi—No Bears

NOMINEES:

Joanna Hogg—The Eternal Daughter

Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert—Everything Everywhere All at Once

Junta Yamaguchi—Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

Sarah Polley—Women Talking

Martin McDonagh—The Banshees of Inisherin

Kyle Edward Ball—Skinamarink

Ruben Östlund—Triangle of Sadness

Steven Spielberg—The Fabelmans

Dan Trachtenberg—Prey

 

BEST LEADING ACTOR:

WINNER: Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Quan Wang—Everything Everywhere All at Once

NOMINEES:

Tilda Swinton as Julie Hart and Rosalind Hart—The Eternal Daughter

Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin—The Banshees of Inisherin

Andrea Riseborough as Suze—Please Baby Please

Bill Nighy as Mr. Williams—Living

Regina Hall as Trinitie Childs—Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

Song Kang-ho as Ha Sang-hyeon—Broker

Amber Midthunder as Naru—Prey

Tang Wei as Seo-rae—Decision to Leave

Ricardo Darín as Julio César Strassera—Argentina, 1985

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

WINNER: Brendan Gleeson as Colm Doherty—The Banshees of Inisherin

NOMINEES:

Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang—Everything Everywhere All at Once

Kerry Condon as Siobhán Súilleabháin—The Banshees of Inisherin

Dolly de Leon as Abigail—Triangle of Sadness

Pantea Panahiha as The Mother—Hit the Road

Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki—Everything Everywhere All at Once

Hassan Madjooni as The Father—Hit the Road

Jessie Buckley as Mariche—Women Talking

Luca Sabin as Kente Aron— Întregalde

Noémie Merlant as Nora Ligier—Paris, 13^th District

 

BEST CHILD ACTOR:

WINNER: Malea Emma Tjandrawidjsaja as Mika Fleming—After Yang

NOMINEES:

Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim as Aisha—The Innocents

Rakel Lenora Fløttum as Ida—The Innocents

Frankie Corio as Sophie—Aftersun

Sam Ashraf as Ben—The Innocents

Rayan Sarlak as The Younger Brother—Hit the Road

 

BEST ENSEMBLE:

WINNER: The Banshees of Inisherin (Kerry Condon, Colin Farrell, Sheila Flitton, Brendan Gleeson, Jon Kenny, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon, Aaron Monaghan, Bríd Ní Neachtain, David Pearse, Pat Shortt)

 

NOMINEES:

Everything Everywhere All at Once (Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, Stephanie Hsu, Tallie Medel, Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh)

 

Hit the Road (Hassan Madjooni, Pantea Panahiha, Rayan Sarlak, Amin Simiar)

 

Women Talking (Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Emily Mitchell, Ben Whishaw, August Winter)

 

Paris, 13^th District (Jehnny Beth, Noémie Merlant, Makita Samba, Lucie Zhang)

 

The Innocents (Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim, Sam Ashraf, Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Morten Svartveit, Lisa Tønne, Kadra Yusuf)

 

Broker (Bae Doona, Gang Dong-won, Im Seung-soo, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young, Song Kang-ho)

 

The Fabelmans (Jennie Berlin, Julia Butters, Paul Dano, Chloe East, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Judd Hitsch, Keeley Karsten, Sophia Kopera, Gabriel LaBelle, David Lynch, Sam Rechner, Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams)

 

Triangle of Sadness (Iris Berben, Vicki Berlin, Zlatko Burić, Oliver Ford Davies, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Harris Dickinson, Henrik Dorsin, Jean-Christopher Folly, Woody Harrelson, Sunnyi Melles, Amanda Walker)

 

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Dave Bautista, Madelyn Cline, Daniel Craig, Kathryn Hahn, Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, Leslie Odom Jr., Noah Segan)

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

WINNER: Martin McDonagh—The Banshees of Inisherin

NOMINEES:

Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert—Everything Everywhere All at Once

Makoto Ueda—Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner—The Fabelmans

Santiago Mitre and Mariano Llinás—Argentina, 1985

Kyle Edward Ball—Skinamarink

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

WINNER: Sarah Polley—Women Talking

NOMINEES:

Emma Donoghue, Sebastián Lelio, and Alice Birch—The Wonder

Joel Kim Booster—Fire Island

Rebecca Lenkiewicz—She Said

Zev Borow and Greg Mottola—Confess, Fletch

Jacques Audiard, Céline Sciamma, and Léa Mysius—Paris, 13^th District

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

WINNER: James Friend—All Quiet on the Western Front

NOMINEES:

Ben Davis—The Banshees of Inisherin

Simone D’Arcangelo—The Tale of King Crab

Matias Boucard—Athena

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

Ari Wegner—The Wonder

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

WINNER: Bigbug

NOMINEES:

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The House

Mad God

The Eternal Daughter

Strawberry Mansion

 

BEST SOUND:

WINNER: Skinamarink

NOMINEES:

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nope

Prey

Top Gun: Maverick

Athena

 

BEST SCORE:

WINNER: Carter Burwell—The Banshees of Inisherin

NOMINEES:

Gustavo Santolalla—The House

Jo Yeong-wook—Decision to Leave

Hildur Guðnadóttir—Women Talking

Jung Jae-il—Broker

GENER8ION—Athena

 

BEST SCENE:

WINNER: Triangle of Sadness (Captain’s dinner)

NOMINEES:

After Yang (Family Dance)

Pearl (End Credits)

The Fabelmans (Boris and Sammy)

The Eternal Daughter (Happy Birthday)

Nope (Gordy)

No Bears (The swearing room)

Please Baby Please (Since I Don’t Have You)

Speak No Evil (Bjørn discovers the photos)

The Banshees of Inisherin (Siobhán leaves)

 

 

In case you couldn’t tell…I really liked The Banshees of Inisherin, which managed to take home five awards, and was the only film to have gotten more than one. Still, there were so many incredible films this year, and I hope that comes across. You can see how the awards panned out below, and I’ve already gotten started on watching films for next year’s awards!

 

The Banshees of Inisherin 10 nominations, 5 wins

Everything Everywhere All at Once 9 nominations, 1 win

Women Talking 6 nominations, 1 win

Skinamarink 4 nominations, 1 win

Triangle of Sadness 4 nominations, 1 win

No Bears 3 nominations, 1 win

After Yang 2 nominations, 1 win

All Quiet on the Western Front 1 nomination, 1 win

Bigbug 1 nomination, 1 win

The Eternal Daughter 5 nominations

Hit the Road 5 nominations

The Fabelmans 4 nominations

The Innocents 4 nominations

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes 3 nominations

The House 3 nominations

Argentina, 1985 3 nominations

Prey 3 nominations

Broker 3 nominations

Paris, 13^th District 3 nominations

Athena 3 nominations

The Wonder 2 nominations

Decision to Leave 2 nominations

Nope 2 nominations

Please Baby Please 2 nominations

Întregalde 1 nomination

Fire Island 1 nomination

She Said 1 nomination

Confess, Fletch 1 nomination

Speak No Evil 1 nomination

Living 1 nomination

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 1 nomination

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. 1 nomination

Mad God 1 nomination

Aftersun 1 nomination

Pearl 1 nomination

The Tale of King Crab 1 nomination

Strawberry Mansion 1 nomination

Top Gun: Maverick 1 nomination

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths 1 nomination