2023 Crash/Cut Film Awards

Welcome to the Third Annual Crash/Cut Awards

Brought to you by the U of C Film Society

Hi everyone! We are SO excited to be hosting our third annual film awards right here on Crash/Cut. 2022 was an incredible year for cinema, and after weeks of nominations and voting, the results are finally in! Keep reading to check out the winners. 

​A massive thanks to our wonderful members who participated. We appreciate you! Here's to another year of great movies. 

MUSIC AWARDS

Best Original Song

Naatu Naatu (RRR)
​Kaala Bhairava, M. M.Keeravani, and Rahul Sipligunj

Other Nominees: 
This is a Life (Everything Everywhere All at Once) - Son Lux, Mitski, and David Byrne
Fearless Hero (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish) - Heitor Pereira and Antonio Bandera

Best Original Score

Babylon
Justin Hurwitz

Other Nominees: 
The Banshees of Inisherin (Carter Burwell)
Bones and All (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Cinematography

NOPE
Hoyte van Hoytema

Other Nominees:
Tár (Florian Hoffmeister)
Aftersun (Gregory Oke)

Best Editing

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Rogers

Other Nominees:
Top Gun: Maverick (Eddie Hamilton)
Elvis (Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond)

       

Best Sound

The Batman
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson

Other Nominees:
Avatar: The Way of Water (Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges)

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

Other Nominees:
Everything Everywhere All at Once (​Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom, Ethan Feldbau, Evan Halleck, Kirsten Lepore, Zak Stoltz, and Matthew Wauhkonen)

      

Best Stunts/Choreography

Top Gun: Maverick

Other Nominees:
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
RRR

Best Production Design

Godland
Frosti Fridriksson

Other Nominees:
The Fablemans (Rick Carter)
Avatar: The Way of Water (Dylan Cole)

   

Best Costume Design

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Shirley Kurata

Other Nominees:
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Ruth Carter)
See How They Run (Odile Dicks-Mireaux)
Moonage Daydream

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Chung, Annisa E. Salazar, Nina Adado

Other Nominees: 
The Batman (Kat Ali, Sylvia Atkins, Hayley Barkway)
Syk Pike (Dimitra Drakopoulou, Izzi Galindo, Ida Astero Welle)
The Whale (Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley)

WRITING AWARDS

Best Original Screenplay

Tár 
Written by Todd Field 

Other Nominees:
The Banshees of Inisherin (Written by Martin McDonagh)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Women Talking 
Screenplay by Sarah Polley; Story by Miriam Toews 

Other Nominees:
The Menu (Screenplay by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy; Story by Will Tracy)

PERFORMANCE AWARDS

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Brendan Fraser
The Whale

Other Nominees:
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin 
Austin Butler - Elvis
Paul Mescal - Aftersun

Best Actress in a Leading Role

​Michelle Yeoh
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Other Nominees:
Cate Blanchett - Tár 
Mia Goth - Pearl 
Frankie Corio - Aftersun

     

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Ke Huy Quan
​Everything Everywhere All at Once

Other Nominees: 
Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin 
Mark Rylance - Bones and All 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Stephanie Hsu
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Other Nominees:
Dolly De Leon - Triangle of Sadness
Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale

   

Best Ensemble 

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Other Nominees: 
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Women Talking

BEST SHORTS

Best Live Action Short

​Starfuckers
Antonio Marziale

Other Nominees:
Train Again (Peter Tscherkassky)

Best Animated Short

Ice Merchants
João Gonzalez

Other Nominees: 
Nest (Hylnur Pálmason)

Best Documentary Short

How Do You Measure a Year?
Jay Rosenblatt

Other Nominees:
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It (Lachlan Pendragon)

BEST PICTURES

Best Documentary

Fire of Love
Sara Dosa

Other Nominees:
Burial Emilija Škarnulyte
All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen)

Best International Film

Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook (South Korea)

Other Nominees:
Joyland (Saim Sadiq) - Pakistan
​EO (Jerzy Skolimowski) - Poland
All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger) -  Germany

Best Animated Film

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 
Joel Crawford

Other Nominees:
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Dean Fleischer Camp)
Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro)

    

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Other Nominees:
Aftersun (Charlotte Wells)

Best Director

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Other Nominees: 
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)