2022 Mid-Year Reel Awards Nominees

For the second year in a row, it's time for the Mid-Year Reel Awards nominees! Admittedly, it's a bit later than last time, but hey, June was full. 

For the Mid-Year Reel Awards nomination process, I asked critic friends of mine (and all of you!) to vote for what films are the best of 2022 so far. Out of the multitude of feature films released so far this year, 71 films have been nominated.

The winners of the Mid-Year Reel Awards will be revealed on September 30th. In the meantime, vote on what nominees should win below.

Best Overall Film

After Yang (A24) - 1 vote

The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 2 votes

Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+) - 1 vote

Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 9 votes

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (A24) - 1 vote

This Much I Know to Be True (Trafalgar Releasing) - 1 vote

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Lionsgate) - 1 vote

Best Debut Film

The Bad Guys (Universal) - 1 vote

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (Indiecan) - 1 vote

Bitterbrush (Magnolia Pictures) - 1 vote

The Fallout (HBO Max) - 2 votes

Fresh (Searchlight) - 1 vote

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Searchlight) - 1 vote

I Am What I Am (Shaw Organisation) - 1 vote

Nanny (Prime Video) - 1 vote

Poser (Oscilloscope) - 1 vote

Rubikon (IFC Films) - 1 vote

Turning Red (Walt Disney Studios) - 3 votes

Vengeance (Focus Features) - 1 vote

You Won't Be Alone (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Best Documentary

Bitterbrush (Magnolia Pictures) -1 vote

Crows Are White (Memory) - 1 vote

Fire of Love (NEON) - 3 votes

The Found Footage Phenomenon (Shudder) - 1 vote

Halftime (Netflix) - 1 vote

Leave No Trace (Hulu) - 1 vote

Lucy and Desi (Prime Video) - 1 vote

Mija (Disney+) - 1 vote

Navalny (HBO Max) - 3 votes

Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (HBO Max) - 1 vote

Best Foreign Language/International Film

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (Cinedigm) - 1 vote

Girl Picture (Citizen Jane Productions) - 2 votes

Happening (IFC Films) - 2 votes

Official Competition (IFC Films) - 1 vote

Petite Maman (NEON) - 1 vote

Pleasure (NEON) - 1 vote

Pompo: The Cinéphile (GKIDS) - 1 vote

The Policeman's Lineage (Echelon Studios) - 1 vote

RRR (Netflix) - 1 vote

Vortex (Utopia) - 1 vote

You Won't Be Alone (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Best Debut Screenplay

The Fallout by Megan Park (HBO Max) - 1 vote

Fire Island by Joel Kim Booster (Searchlight) - 1 vote

Girl Picture by Ilona Ahti and Daniela Hakulinen (Citizen Jane Productions) - 1 vote

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande by Katy Brand (Searchlight) - 3 votes

On the Count of Three by Ari Katcher & Ryan Welch (Orion Pictures) - 1 vote

Pleasure by Ninja Thyberg & Peter Modestij (NEON) - 1 vote

Poser by Noah Dixon (Oscilloscope) - 1 vote

Turning Red by Domee Shi and Julia Cho (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

You Won't Be Alone by Goran Stolevski (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Best Debut Performance

Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, After Yang (A24) - 1 vote

Mason Thames, The Black Phone (Universal) - 1 vote

Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One (IFC Films) - 1 vote

Vanessa Burghardt, Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+) - 5 votes

Juancho Hernangómez, Hustle (Netflix) - 1 vote

Sofia Kappel, Pleasure (NEON) - 2 votes

Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

Best Lead Performance

Austin Butler, Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 1 vote

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 10 votes

Jenna Ortega, The Fallout (HBO Max) - 1 vote

Dale Dickey, A Love Song (Bleecker Street) - 1 vote

Françoise Lebrun, Vortex (Utopia) - 1 vote

Nicolas Cage, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Lionsgate) - 2 votes

Best Supporting Performance

Dakota Johnson, Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+) - 2 votes

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 8 votes

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 2 votes

Wes Studi, A Love Song (Bleecker Street) - 1 vote

Rory Kinnear, Men (A24) - 2 votes

Pedro Pascal, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Lionsgate) - 1 vote

Best Screenplay

The Batman by Matt Reeves and Peter Craig (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 1 vote

Cha Cha Real Smooth by Cooper Raiff (Apple TV+) - 2 votes

Everything Everywhere All At Once by The Daniels (A24) - 10 votes

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent by Tom Gormican & Kevin Etten (Lionsgate) - 2 votes

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash by Edwin (Netflix) - 1 vote

Best Director

Kogonada, After Yang (A24) - 2 votes

Matt Reeves, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 1 vote

Cooper Raiff, Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+) - 1 vote

The Daniels, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 8 votes

Dean Fleischer-Camp, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (A24) - 1 vote

Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 1 vote

Tom Gormican, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Lionsgate) - 1 vote

Best Cinematography

Benjamin Loeb, After Yang (A24) - 2 votes

Greig Fraser, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 4 votes

Larkin Seiple, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 3 votes

Hoyte Van Hoyema, Nope (Universal) - 1 vote

Jarin Blaschke, The Northman (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 4 votes

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran, David Crossman, and Glyn Dillon, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 3 votes

Amy Andrews, The Black Phone (Universal) - 2 votes

Maja Meschede & Anna Robbins, Downton Abbey: A New Era (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Catherine Martin, Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 2 votes

Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 5 votes

Linda Muir, The Northman (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Mayes C. Rubeo, Thor: Love and Thunder (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

Best Effects

Dan Lemmon, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 2 votes

Jesse Noel, Chip N' Dale: Rescue Rangers (Disney+) - 1 vote

Chris Corbould, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Walt Disney Studios) - 2 votes

Jonathan Kombrinck, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 8 votes

Scott R. Fisher, Austin Beaulier, Ed Bruce, Will Newis, and everyone at MPC and SSVFX, Nope (Universal) - 1 vote

Michael Duenas Jr., Shane Dzicek, Jack Edjourian, Scott R. Fisher, Pete Kelley, Andrew Verhoeven, everyone at Method Studios, Intelligent Species, Lola VFX, Blind LTD, Gentle Giant Studios, and Lux Machina, Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 1 vote

Best Editing

Sandra Adair, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (Netflix) - 1 vote

Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 11 votes

Michel Aller, Scream (Paramount) - 1 vote

Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 2 votes

Best Hairstyling

Lisa Schonker, Delicious (Samuel Goldwyn Films) - 1 vote

Francesco Alberico, Elaine Browne, Polly Fehily, Chris Coles, Anne Nosh Oldham, Janine Summerhayes, and Andrew Whiteoak, Downton Abbey: A New Era (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Louise Coulston, Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 3 votes

Gloria Conrad, Jason Hamer, and Guilaine Tortereau, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 5 votes

Carmel Jackson, The Northman (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Hayley Atherton, Gabriele Gregorini, Luca Vannella, and Gem Reynolds, Thor: Love and Thunder (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

Frankie Karena, X (A24) - 3 votes

Best Makeup

Naomi Donne, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 3 votes

Danielle Harding, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

Angela Conte, Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 3 votes

Michelle Chung, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 4 votes

Nicole Stafford, Men (A24) - 1 vote

Rebecca Allen, Kate Anderson, Carlton Coleman, Amani Durrani, Camilla Leary, Michaela Macrae, Bart Mixon, Jon Moore, Matteo Silvi, and Samantha Ward, Thor: Love and Thunder (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

Sarah Rubano, X (A24) - 3 votes

Best Production Design

Alexandra Schaller, After Yang (A24) - 1 vote

James Chinlund, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 1 vote

Carol Spier, Crimes of the Future (Neon) - 1 vote

Bertrand Seitz, Delicious (Samuel Goldwyn Films) - 1 vote

Catherine Martin & Karen Murphy, Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 1 vote

Jason Kisvarday, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 8 votes

Craig Lathrop, The Northman (Focus Features) - 3 votes

Best Song

"Sucked Into A Bagel" by Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 1 vote

"On My Way (Marry Me)" by Jennifer Lopez, Marry Me (Universal) - 2 votes

"Marry Me" by Jennifer Lopez, Marry Me (Universal) - 1 vote

"Memoria" by Cesar Lopez, Memoria (NEON) - 1 vote

"Fuck Mr. Google" by Saul Williams, Neptune Frost (Kino Lorber) - 1 vote

"Naacho Naacho/Natu Natu" by NTR and Ram Charan, RRR (Netflix) - 1 vote

"Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses, Thor: Love and Thunder (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

"Hold My Hand"  by Lady Gaga, Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 2 votes

"Nobody Like U" by 4*TOWN and Josh Levi, Turning Red (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

"Carolina" by Taylor Swift, Where the Crawdads Sing (Columbia Pictures) - 1 vote

"Landslide" written by Fleetwood Mac, performed by Brittany Snow, X (A24) - 1 vote

Best Score

Michael Giacchino, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 8 votes

John Lunn, Downton Abbey: A New Era (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) - 1 vote

Disasterpeace, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (A24) - 1 vote

Vessel & Robin Carolan, The Northman (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga, and Hans Zimmer, Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 1 vote

Ludwig Göransson, Turning Red (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

Tyler Bates and Chelsea Wolfe, X (A24) - 1 vote

Best Soundtrack

The Adam Project (Netflix) - 1 vote

After Yang (A24) - 1 vote

The Brink Of (Respect Films) - 1 vote

Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 3 votes

Hustle (Netflix) - 1 vote

Marry Me (Universal) - 1 vote

The Northman (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Thor: Love and Thunder (Walt Disney Studios) - 1 vote

Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 2 votes

Turning Red (Walt Disney Studios) - 2 votes

Best Sound

William Files and Douglas Murray, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 5 votes

Bob Edwards, Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (Sony Pictures Classics) - 1 vote

Ruy García, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (A24) - 1 vote

Tristan Baylis, Johnnie Burn, and Simon Caroll, Nope (Universal) - 2 votes

James Mather, Al Nelson, and Bjorn Ole Schroeder, Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 7 votes

Best Stunts

Robert Alonzo, Jake de Witt, Steve Griffin, Samuel Le, Rick LeFevour, and Jason Oettlé, The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 3 votes

Charles Grisham and Marc Scizak, Jackass Forever (Paramount) - 1 vote

Jón Viðar Arnþórsson, and CC Smiff, The Northman (Focus Features) - 1 vote

Vicky Arora, Melroy Dsilva, Ivan Kostadinov, Todor Lazarov, Branislav Martinak, Riyaz-Habib, King Solomon, Raicho Vasilev, and Sachin Yadav, RRR (Netflix) - 1 vote

Casey O'Neill, Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) - 9 votes

Until next time!

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Austin Belzer

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