Anora and The Brutalist Lead London Critics Circle Nominations

Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist lead the nominations from the London Critics Circle with seven nods each including Film of the Year. Elsewhere, Edward Berger’s Conclave and Coralie Fargeat’s scored six nominations each.

Full list of nominations below. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at London’s May Fair Hotel on February 2, 2025.

FILM OF THE YEAR

All We Imagine as Light
Anora
The Brutalist
La chimera
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Kneecap
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Substance

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Michele Austin, Hard Truths
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Marisa Abela, Back to Black
Nykiya Adams, Bird
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Peter Straughan, Conclave

ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Dahomey
Grand Theft Hamlet
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

All We Imagine as Light
La chimera
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR (THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD)

Bird
Conclave
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Love Lies Bleeding

BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Cynthia Erivo for Drift and Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste for The Book of Clarence and Hard Truths
Nicholas Hoult for Juror #2, Nosferatu, and The Order
Josh O’Connor for La Chimera, Challengers, and Lee
Saoirse Ronan for Blitz and The Outrun

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER (THE PHILIP FRENCH AWARD)

Luna Carmoon, Hoard
Naqqash Khalid, In Camera
Amy Liptrot, The Outrun
Dev Patel, Monkey Man
Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Nykiya Adams for Bird
Raffey Cassidy for The Brutalist and Kensuke’s Kingdom
Elliott Heffernan for Blitz
Dan Hough for Speak No Evil
Alisha Weir for Abigail, Buffalo Kids, and Wicked Little Letters

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Iranian Yellow Pages (Anna Snowball)
Karavidhe (Eoin Doran)
Push (Elly Condron)
Wander to Wonder (Nina Gantz)
We Beg to Differ (Ruairi Bradley)

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Anora – Manny Siverio, Christopher Colombo & Roberto Lopez (stunts)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Angus Bickerton (visual effects)
The Brutalist – Judy Becker (production design)
A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips (costumes)
Conclave – Nick Emerson (film editing)
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert (visual effects)
Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol & Camille (music)
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray (cinematography)
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke (cinematography)
The Substance – Stéphanie Guillon & Pierre-Olivier Persin (makeup)


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Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.

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