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44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
Nominations 20.Dec.23 •
Awards ceremony 4.Feb.24 at the May Fair Hotel
The Critics' Circle is the world's oldest body of critics, established in 1913 and made up of six sections: art, books, film, dance, music and theatre. As chair of the film section, I'm on the overall council. And as chair of the film awards, I'm heavily involved in running our ceremony. Unlike the Oscars or Globes, we have some 2000 members who watch almost all of the movies and vote on what we admire rather than trying to follow the buzz or being lured by over-hyped films. London critics tend to vote just a little against the grain, embracing top-quality films, filmmakers and performances that more mainstream awards often ignore. Also, because Film of the Year is a free vote, the nominations often include docs and foreign-language titles alongside British indies and Hollywood studio films. This year our members particulary embraced bold British/Irish filmmakers, giving awards to Jonathan Glazer, Andrew Haigh and Molly Manning Walker. These are definitely more critic-slanted awards, rather than following awards-season buzz. And our ceremony was a wonderful celebration of people who push boundaries.
Rich Cline joined the Critics' Circle in January 2003, became chair of the awards in 2012 and chair of the Film Section in 2020.
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7: NB. This list includes films from the British/Irish acting nominees' body of work in 2023.
A L L T H E N O M I N E E S
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| F I L M All of Us StrangersAnatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon May December Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things  The Zone of Interest
| D O C U M E N T A R Y 20 Days in MariupolBeyond Utopia The Eternal Memory Scala!!! Still: A Michael J Fox Movie
| B R I T I S H / I R I S H F I L M All of Us StrangersHow to Have Sex Poor Things Rye Lane The Zone of Interest
| F O R E I G N - L A N G U A G E F I L M Anatomy of a FallThe Boy and the Heron Fallen Leaves Past LivesThe Zone of Interest
| A N I M A T E D F I L M The Boy and the HeronRobot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Suzume Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
| A C T R E S S Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower MoonSandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall Greta Lee - Past Lives Carey Mulligan - Maestro Emma Stone - Poor Things
| A C T O R Bradley Cooper - MaestroPaul Giamatti - The Holdovers Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer Andrew Scott - All of Us StrangersJeffrey Wright - American Fiction
| S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S Claire Foy - All of Us StrangersSandra Huller - The Zone of Interest Julianne Moore - May December Rosamund Pike - Saltburn Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers
| S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R Robert Downey Jr - OppenheimerRyan Gosling - Barbie Charles Melton - May DecemberPaul Mescal - All of Us Strangers Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things
| D I R E C T O R Greta Gerwig - Barbie Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of InterestYorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon
| S C R E E N W R I T E R Andrew Haigh - All of Us StrangersChristopher Nolan - Oppenheimer Justine Triet & Arthur Harari - Anatomy of a FallCeline Song - Past Lives Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach - Barbie
| B R I T I S H / I R I S H P E R F O R M E R Paul Mescal Carey Mulligan Cillian Murphy Andrew Scott Tilda Swinton
| Y O U N G P E R F O R M E R Jaeden Boadilla - Raging GraceLe'Shantey Bonsu - Girl Samuel Bottomley - How to Have Sex Lola Campbell - ScrapperTemilola Olatunbosun - Pretty Red Dress
| B R E A K T H R U P E R F O R M E R Greta Lee - Past Lives Mia McKenna-Bruce - How to Have SexVivian Oparah - Rye Lane Dominic Sessa - The Holdovers Cailee Spaeny - Priscilla B R E A K T H R U F I L M M A K E R Raine Allen Miller - Rye LaneSam H Freeman & Ng Choon Ping - Femme Molly Manning Walker - How to Have SexNida Manzoor - Polite Society Charlotte Regan - Scrapper B R I T I S H / I R I S H S H O R T For People in TroubleMuna Outlets Predators The Veiled City
| T E C H N I C A L A C H I E V E M E N T All of Us Strangers - casting, Kahleen CrawfordBarbie - production design, Sarah Greenwood The First Slam Dunk - sound design, Koji Kasamatsu Full Time - film editing, Mathilde Van De Moortel Killers of the Flower Moon - film editing, Thelma Schoonmaker Medusa Deluxe - makeup & hair, Eugene Souleiman Oppenheimer - visual effects, Andrew Jackson Past Lives - cinematography, Shabier Kirchner Poor Things - costumes, Holly Waddington Saltburn - casting, Kharmel Cochrane The Zone of Interest - music & sound, Mica Levi & Johnnie BurnS P E C I A L A W A R D S DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM: Jeffrey WrightDEREK MALCOLM AWARD FOR INNOVATION: Colman DomingoCRITICS' CIRCLE AWARD FOR SERVICES TO THE ARTS 2023: Daniel Barenboim
| “With the Critics’ Circle awards, it’s just a bunch of guys hanging out and we have a drink. My bag. I love that award. I appreciate that award so much. That was a good year.”
“The Critics’ Circle Film Awards are a bit like how the Golden Globes used to be when they were a party and not a pre-Oscar industry occasion.”
REPORTS/PICS FROM CRITICS' CIRCLE FILM AWARDS: 2004 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
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