A breath of fresh air in this crowded critics' corridor of awards season, the UK Critics' Circle (you might know them as the London Critics' Circle) has announced its nominations for its film awards for the year. British actors Lee Shone and Molly Wright - herself nominated this year - announced the nominees at London's May Fair Hotel just now, which include multiple mentions for some of the season's underdogs such as Cold War and You Were Never Really Here, while The Favourite leads the field with 10 nominations total. The big story online is the shut-out for A Star Is Born, though I'm more perplexed by Roma's cinematography missing out on a Technical Achievement nod. It's always a great selection from the UKCC, and this year's is no exception - two female directors recognized! We'll have to wait until the ceremony on the 20th of January to find out the winners, but for now, you can see all the nominations below.
Film of the Year
BlacKkKlansman Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
First Reformed
The Happy Prince
Leave No Trace
Roma
Shoplifters
You Were Never Really Here
Director of the Year
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Debra Granik (Leave No Trace)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)
Actress of the Year
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Toni Collette (Hereditary)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Joanna Kulig (Cold War)
Actor of the Year
Christian Bale (Vice)
Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince)
Ben Foster (Leave No Trace)
Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)
Supporting Actress of the Year
Elizabeth Debicki (Widows)
Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale)
Claire Foy (First Man)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Supporting Actor of the Year
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther)
Daniel Kaluuya (Widows)
Alessandro Nivola (Disobedience)
Screenwriter of the Year
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen (Widows)
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Paul Schrader (First Reformed)
Technical Achievement of the Year
Erik Aadahl and Ethan van der Ryn - sound design (A Quiet Place)
Joe Bini - editing (You Were Never Really Here)
Nicholas Britell - music (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Fiona Crombie - production design (The Favourite)
Wade Eastwood - stunts (Mission: Impossible - Fallout)
Nick Fenton, Chris Gill and Julian Hart - editing (American Animals)
Paul Lambert - visual effects (First Man)
Marci Rodgers - costume design (BlacKkKlansman)
Thom Yorke - music (Suspiria)
Lukasz Zal - cinematography (Cold War)
Documentary of the Year
Faces Places
McQueen
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers
Whitney
Foreign Language Film of the Year
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Cold War
A Fantastic Woman
Roma
Shoplifters
The Attenborough Award for British / Irish Film of the Year
Apostasy
Beast
The Favourite
The Happy Prince
You Were Never Really Here
British / Irish Actress of the Year
Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns / A Quiet Place / Sherlock Holmes)
Jessie Buckley (Beast)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Claire Foy (First Man / The Girl in the Spider's Web / Unsane)
Rachel Weisz (Disobedience / The Favourite)
British / Irish Actor of the Year
Christian Bale (Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle / Vice)
Steve Coogan (Holmes & Watson / Ideal Home / Stan & Ollie)
Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me? / The Nutcracker and the Four Realms)
Daniel Kaluuya (Black Panther / Widows)
The Philip French Award for Breakthrough British / Irish Filmmaker of the Year
Deborah Davis (The Favourite)
Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince)
Deborah Haywood (Pin Cushion)
Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Young British / Irish Performer of the Year
Liv Hill (Jellyfish / The Little Stranger)
Noah Jupe (Holmes & Watson / A Quiet Place / That Good Night / The Titan)
Ana Taylor-Joy (Marrowbone / Thoroughbreds)
Fionn Whitehead (The Children Act)
Molly Wright (Apostasy)
British / Irish Short Film of the Year
Little Shit (Richard Gorodecky)
Night Out (Amelia Hashemi)
Salt & Sauce (Alia Ghafar)
Three Centimetres (Lara Zeidan)
Under Growth (Evin O'Neill)
Dilys Powell Award for Career Achievement
Pedro Almodovar
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