Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest and Andrew Haig’s All of Us Strangers led the way at the 44th London Critics Circle Awards with three wins each.
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” were nominated for seven and five categories, respectively, but came up empty-handed at the ceremony.
The German-language film “The Zone of Interest” was named Film of the Year, and also won Best Director and Technical Achievement for Music and Sound. All of Us Strangers won the Attenborough Award for British/Irish film of the year, with Andrew Scott named actor of the year and co-star Paul Mescal nominated for the 2023 series He won the British/Irish Actor Award for his role in the film.
The Best Actress award went to Emma Stone for “Poor Things.” Best supporting actors went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for “The Holdovers” and Charles Melton for “May December.” All three received their awards on videotape.
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari directly won the screenplay award for Anatomy of the Fall, and director Mstislav Chernov also won the documentary of the year award for 20 Days in Mariupol. Jeffrey Wright, who received the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, presented by “American Fiction” director Cord Jefferson, was also in attendance.
Mia McKenna-Bruce won the London Critics Circle’s first international Breakthrough Performance Award for How to Have Sex, and Molly Manning Walker, who wrote and directed the film, won the British / Winner of the Philip French Award, which honors groundbreaking Irish filmmakers.
Misan Harriman, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for his short film The After, presented the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation to Colman Domingo, who was receiving the award at a taped ceremony in London two days earlier. was awarded.
“Past Lives,” directed by Celine Song, was selected as this year’s foreign language film. The award for Best New Animated Film went to Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron.
The London Critics Circle Film Awards are voted for by the film category of 210 members of the UK’s oldest film critics’ association, the Critics Circle. May Fair Hotel, part of Edwardian Hotels London, is the main sponsor of the event.
London Critics Circle 2023 Winners
Film of the Year sponsored by Nyman Libson Paul
“Zone of interest”
Foreign language movies of the year
“Past life”
this year’s documentary
“20 days in Mariupol”
Animated movies of the year
“The Boy and the Heron”
Director of the Year sponsored by Reddit
Jonathan Glaser – “The Zone of Interest”
Screenwriter of the year
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – “The Anatomy of a Fall”
actress of the year
Emma Stone – “Poor Things”
ACTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by Cinemadix
Andrew Scott – “All of Us Strangers”
Supporting the Best Actress Award sponsored by Don Julio 1942
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – “The Holdovers”
Best Supporting Actor Award
Charles Melton – “May December”
Breakthrough Performer of the Year sponsored by MetFilm
Mia McKenna-Bruce – “How to Have Sex”
Attenborough Award: Best British/Irish Film of the Year
“We are all strangers”
Philippe France Award: Groundbreaking British/Irish Filmmaker
Molly Manning Walker – “How to Have Sex”
BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (work itself) sponsored by Seesaw Media
Paul Mescal – “All of Us Strangers”, “God’s Creatures”, “Foe”, “Carmen”
British/Irish Young Performer of the Year
Laura Campbell – “Scrapper”
Best British/Irish Short Film of the Year
“The Veiled City” – Natalie Cubides-Brady, director
Technical Achievement Award
“The Zone of Interest” – Music and Sound, Micah Levi and Johnny Byrne
Dilys Powell Award: Excellence in Film
Jeffrey Wright
Derek Malcolm Innovation Award
Colman Domingo