FILM #8
OF 39
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“WOMEN TALKING”
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
SCREENER
DAY 16
OF 48
Best MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand,
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Screenplay by Sarah Polley
“Women Talking” is the most remarkable film about Mennonite women debating in a barn ever made. That sounds like a joke, but Sarah Polley truly takes what feels like a play and produces a captivating, well-spoken film about women deciding their futures. Inspired by real-life events, the fact that this story took place in 2010 keeps me up at night.
PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
Dede Gardner
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Picture | “Vice” | Nominee |
| 89th Academy Awards (2016) | Best Picture | “Moonlight” | WINNER |
| 88th Academy Awards (2015) | Best Picture | “The Big Short” | Nominee |
| 87th Academy Awards (2014) | Best Picture | “Selma” | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards (2013) | Best Picture | “12 Years A Slave” | WINNER |
| 84th Academy Awards (2011) | Best Picture | “The Tree of Life” | Nominee |
Jeremy Kleiner
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Picture | “Vice” | Nominee |
| 89th Academy Awards (2016) | Best Picture | “Moonlight” | WINNER |
| 88th Academy Awards (2015) | Best Picture | “The Big Short” | Nominee |
| 87th Academy Awards (2014) | Best Picture | “Selma” | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards (2013) | Best Picture | “12 Years A Slave” | WINNER |
Frances McDormand
| 93rd Academy Awards (2020) | Best Picture | “Nomadland” | WINNER |
| Actress in a Leading Role | “Nomadland” | WINNER | |
| 90th Academy Awards (2017) | Actress in a Leading Role | “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” | WINNER |
| 78th Academy Awards (2005) | Actress in a Supporting Role | “North Country” | Nominee |
| 73rd Academy Awards (2000) | Actress in a Supporting Role | “Almost Famous” | Nominee |
| 69th Academy Awards (1996) | Actress in a Leading Role | “Fargo” | WINNER |
| 61st Academy Awards (1988) | Actress in a Supporting Role | “Mississippi Burning” | Nominee |
Sarah Polley
| 80th Academy Awards (2007) | Adapted Screenplay | “Away from Her” | Nominee |
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Directed by Sarah Polley
MGM + United Artists Releasing
December 23, 2022
104 minutes
ACCOLADES
Screen Actors Guild Awards — Cast in a Motion Picture (Nominee)
AFI Awards — Movie of the Year [Winner]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Atlanta Film Critics Circle Award — Best Film (Nominee)
Austin Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Black Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Chicago Indie Critics Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Chicago Indie Critics Awards — Best Independent Film (Nominee)
Chlotrudis Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Columbus Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Critics Choice Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
Denver Film Critics Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Denver Film Critics Society Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
DiscussingFilm Critics Awards — Best Motion Picture (Nominee)
DiscussingFilm Critics Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Film Independent Spirit Awards — Robert Altman Award [Winner]
Film Independent Spirit Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
GALECA: Society of LGBTQ Ent. Critics Awards — Screenplay of the Year (Nominee)
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Gold Derby Awards — Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Golden Globe Awards — Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (Nominee)
Gotham Independent Film Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Greater Western NY Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
Greater Western NY Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Hollywood Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
International Cinephile Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Latino Ent. Journalists Ass. Film Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
Latino Ent. Journalists Ass. Film Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Music City Film Critics’ Association Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
National Board of Review Awards — Top Ten Films [Winner]
New York Film Critics Online Awards — Top Films of the Year [Winner]
North Carolina Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
North Carolina Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Narrative Film (Nominee)
Online Ass. of Female Film Critics Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Online Ass. of Female Film Critics Awards — Best Film (Nominee)
Online Film Critics Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Online Film Critics Society Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
San Fran. Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
San Fran. Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
Satellite Awards — Best Motion Picture, Drama (Nominee)
Satellite Awards — Best Screenplay, Adapted (Nominee)
Southeastern Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Southeastern Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards — Best Film (Nominee)
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Sunset Film Circle Awards — Best Film (Nominee)
Sunset Film Circle Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
USC Scripter Award (Nominee)
Utah Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Washington DC Area Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Writers Guild of America Awards — Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Best Motion Picture of the Year
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
1. “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
2. “The Banshees of Inisherin”
3. “The Fabelmans”
4. “Top Gun: Maverick”
5. “TÁR”
6. “Elvis”
7. “All Quiet on the Western Front”
8. “Avatar: The Way of Water”
9. “Triangle of Sadness”
10. “Women Talking”
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
1. “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
2. “The Banshees of Inisherin”
3. “The Fabelmans”
4. “TÁR”
5. “All Quiet on the Western Front”
6. “Top Gun: Maverick”
7. “Women Talking”
8. “Elvis”
9. “Triangle of Sadness”
10. “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
1. “Women Talking” — Sarah Polley
2. “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
3. “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — Rian Johnson
4. “Top Gun: Maverick” — Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
5. “Living” — Kazuo Ishiguro
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
1. “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — Rian Johnson
2. “Women Talking” — Sarah Polley
3. “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
4. “Top Gun: Maverick” — Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
5. “Living” — Kazuo Ishiguro
