The Banshees of Inisherin unsurprisingly leads the nominations for the London Critics Circle Film Awards for 2022. Capitalizing on its status as both a British and an Irish production, since these awards recognize both in a series of special categories, the movie earns nine nominations total, including Film of the Year and British/Irish Film of the Year. Strong showings here too for fellow British/Irish titles Living and The Wonder, and also for Decision to Leave and Saint Omer. Winners for the 43rd LCC Film Awards will be announced on 5 February.
Film of the Year
Aftersun
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The Banshees of Inisherin
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Living
Saint Omer
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Director of the Year
Todd Field (Tar)
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Park Chan Wook (Decision to Leave)
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Actress of the Year
Cate Blanchett (Tar)
Ana de Armas (Blonde)
Vicky Krieps (Corsage)
Florence Pugh (The Wonder)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Actor of the Year
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Bill Nighy (Living)
Supporting Actress of the Year
Chau Hong (The Whale)
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness)
Nina Hoss (Tar)
Guslagie Malanda (Saint Omer)
Supporting Actor of the Year
Tom Burke (The Wonder)
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Quan Ke Huy (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Screenwriter of the Year
Todd Field (Tar)
Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Technical Achievement Award
Matias Boucard (Athena) - cinematography
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) - costumes
Nina Gold (The Wonder) - casting
Stephen Griffiths (Tar) - sound design
Brian Leif Hansen (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio) - animation
Kim Ji Yong (Decision to Leave) - cinematography
Catherine Martin (Elvis) - costumes
Nick Powell (RRR) - stunts
Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once) - film editing
Leslie Shatz (Blonde) - sound design
Documentary of the Year
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Moonage Daydream
Foreign-Language Film of the Year
Decision to Leave
EO
The Quiet Girl
RRR
Saint Omer
The Attenborough Award for British/Irish Film of the Year
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Living
The Quiet Girl
The Wonder
British/Irish Actress of the Year
Jessie Buckley (Men / Women Talking)
Olivia Colman (Empire of Light / Joyride)
Florence Pugh (Don't Worry Darling / The Wonder)
Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande / Matilda the Musical)
Letitia Wright (Aisha / Black Panther: Wakanda Forever / The Silent Twins)
British/Irish Actor of the Year
Harris Dickinson (See How They Run / Triangle of Sadness / Where the Crawdads Sing)
Colin Farrell (After Yang / The Banshees of Inisherin / The Batman / Thirteen Lives)
Ralph Fiennes (The Forgiven / The Menu)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Bill Nighy (Living)
The Philip French Award for Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
Colm Bairead (The Quiet Girl)
Katy Brand (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
Frances O'Connor (Emily)
Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean)
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Catherine Clinch (The Quiet Girl)
Frankie Corio (Aftersun)
Kila Lord Cassidy (The Wonder)
Bella Ramsey (Catherine Called Birdy)
Alisha Weir (Matilda the Musical)
British/Irish Short Film of the Year
A Fox in the Night (Keeran Anwar Blessie)
Groom (Leyla Coll-O'Reilly)
Honesty (Roxy Rezvany)
A Letter to Black Men (Kiosa Sukami)
Scale (Joseph Pierce)