The London Film Critics’ Circle brought a rather refreshing breeze across this wards season. With Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir (7 nominations) and Ari Aster’s Midsommar (3 nominations) scoring well among the regular big guns. Florence Pugh might well be cheering loudest with three nominations from the UK critics – for her collectives work in 2019 as well as individual nods for both Midsommar and Little Women. Winners will be announced on 30th January 2020. In the meantime, look at the nominees here:
FILM OF THE YEAR
- The Irishman
- Joker
- Knives Out
- Marriage Story
- Midsommar
- 1917
- Pain and Glory
- Parasite
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- The Souvenir
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
- Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
- Sam Mendes, 1917
- Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory
- Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
- Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
- Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
- Lupita Nyong’o, Us
- Florence Pugh, Midsommar
- Charlize Theron, Bombshell
- Renée Zellweger, Judy
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
- Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
- Tom Burke, The Souvenir
- Robert De Niro, The Irishman
- Adam Driver, Marriage Story
- Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
- Laura Dern, Marriage Story
- Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
- Florence Pugh, Little Women
- Margot Robbie, Bombshell
- Tilda Swinton, The Souvenir
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
- Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy
- Al Pacino, The Irishman
- Joe Pesci, The Irishman
- Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
- Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
- Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
- Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory
- Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won-han, Parasite
- Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
- Happy as Lazzaro
- Monos
- Pain and Glory
- Parasite
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
- Amazing Grace
- Apollo 11
- The Cave
- For Sama
- Varda by Agnès
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
- Bait
- 1917
- Rocketman
- The Souvenir
- Wild Rose
BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
- Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose and Judy
- Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
- Lesley Manville, Ordinary Love and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
- Florence Pugh, Midsommar, Little Women and Fighting With My Family
- Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
- Tom Burke, The Souvenir
- Taron Egerton, Rocketman
- George MacKay, 1917, Where Hands Touch and Ophelia
- Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse, High Life and The King
- Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
- Raffey Cassidy, Vox Lux
- Dean-Charles Chapman, 1917, The King and Blinded by the Light
- Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
- Noah Jupe, Honey Boy and Ford vs. Ferrari
- Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
- Mark Jenkin, Bait
- Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts, For Sama
- Owen McCafferty, Ordinary Love
- Richard Billingham, Ray and Liz
- Nicole Taylor, Wild Rose
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR
- Allen Maris, visual effects, Ad Astra
- Todd Douglas Miller, editing, Apollo 11
- Jeremy Woodhead, makeup and hair, Judy
- Jacqueline Durran, costume design, Little Women
- Jasper Wolf, cinematography, Monos
- Daniel Pemberton, music, Motherless Brooklyn
- Oliver Tarney, sound design, 1917
- Barbara Ling, production design, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
- Lee Ha-jun, production design, Parasite
- Will Becher and Richard Phelan, animation, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
- Appreciation
- Beyond the North Winds: A Post-Nuclear Reverie
- The Devil’s Harmony
- Kingdom, Come
- Pompeii
DILYS POWELL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
- Sally Potter
- Sandy Powell
40TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD
- Aardman Animations
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