Female filmmakers lead nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Full list of nominations:

FILM OF THE YEAR

  • About Endlessness
  • Collective
  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  • Lovers Rock
  • The Mauritanian
  • Minari
  • Nomadland
  • Promising Young Woman
  • Rocks
  • Saint Maud

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

  • About Endlessness
  • Another Round
  • Collective
  • Les Misérables
  • Minari

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

  • Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
  • Collective
  • Dick Johnson Is Dead
  • Time
  • The Truffle Hunters

The Attenborough Award – BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR

  • The Father
  • Lovers Rock
  • Mangrove
  • Rocks
  • Saint Maud

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

  • David Fincher – Mank
  • Rose Glass – Saint Maud
  • Kevin Macdonald – The Mauritanian
  • Steve McQueen – Small Axe
  • Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

  • Jack Fincher – Mank
  • Rose Glass – Saint Maud
  • Charlie Kaufman – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  • Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

  • Morfydd Clark – Saint Maud
  • Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
  • Frances McDormand – Nomadland
  • Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
  • Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Anthony Hopkins – The Father
  • Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
  • Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

  • Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
  • Essie Davis – Babyteeth
  • Jennifer Ehle – Saint Maud
  • Amanda Seyfried – Mank

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
  • Aldis Hodge – Clemency
  • Ben Mendelsohn – Babyteeth
  • Shaun Parkes – Mangrove

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (for body of work)

  • Bukky Bakray – Rocks
  • Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Misbehaviour
  • Morfydd Clark – Eternal Beauty, Saint Maud
  • Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman, The World to Come
  • Carey Mulligan – The Dig, Promising Young Woman

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR (for body of work)

  • Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli, Sound of Metal
  • Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • John Boyega – Red, White and Blue
  • Anthony Hopkins – The Father
  • Cosmo Jarvis – Calm With Horses, Nocturnal

The Philip French Award – BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER

  • Henry Blake – County Lines
  • Fyzal Boulifa – Lynn + Lucy
  • Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
  • Rose Glass – Saint Maud
  • Remi Weekes – His House

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER

  • Kosar Ali – Rocks
  • Bukky Bakray – Rocks
  • Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes
  • Conrad Khan – County Lines
  • Molly Windsor – Make Up

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM

  • Filipiñana – Rafael Manuel, director
  • Hungry Joe – Paul Holbrook, director
  • Lizard – Akinola Davies Jr, director
  • The Long Goodbye – Aneil Karia, director
  • The Shift – Laura Carreira, director

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

  • Ammonite – Stéphane Fontaine, cinematography
  • Birds of Prey – Deborah Lamia Denaver & Adruitha Lee, makeup & hair
  • Lovers Rock – Mica Levi, music
  • Mank – Donald Graham Burt, production design
  • Nomadland – Joshua James Richards, cinematography
  • Rocks – Lucy Pardee, casting
  • Soul – Pete Docter, animation
  • Sound of Metal – Phillip Bladh, sound design
  • Tenet – Jennifer Lame, film editing
  • WolfWalkers – Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, animation

Winners will be announced virtually on Sunday, 7th February.