Oscars Watch: 2024 London Film Critics Circle Awards

45TH ANNUAL London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
Sunday, February 2, 2025

BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
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“The Brutalist” • A24

Directed by Brady Corbet
Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews

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“All We Imagine As Light” • Sideshow/Janus Films
“Anora” • NEON
“Conclave” • Focus Features
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
“Kneecap” • Sony Pictures Classics
“La Chimera” • NEON
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
“Nosferatu” • Focus Features
“The Substance” • MUBI

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

“All We Imagine As Light” • Sideshow/Janus

Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim

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“Emilia Pérez” | Netflix
“I’m Still Here” | Sony Pictures Classics
“Kneecap” | Sony Pictures Classics
“La Chimera” | NEON

BEST DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media

Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning

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“Dahomey” | MUBI
“Grand Theft Hamlet” | MUBI
“Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger” | Cohen Media Group
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” | Warner Bros Pictures

BEST ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR

“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” • Netflix

Directed by Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham
Produced by Richard Beek

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“Flow” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Inside Out 2” | Pixar Animation/Walt Disney Pictures
“Memoir of a Snail” | IFC Films
“The Wild Robot” | DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures

Best DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

RaMell Ross
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine

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Sean Baker – “Anora” | NEON
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” | A24
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance” | MUBI
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures

BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

“A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures

Written by Jesse Eisenberg

Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Dave McCary

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Sean Baker – “Anora” | NEON
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – “The Brutalist” | A24
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance” | MUBI
Peter Straughan – “Conclave” | Focus Features

Best ACTOR OF THE YEAR
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Ralph Fiennes
“Conclave” • Focus Features

Directed by Edward Berger
Produced by Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Robert Harris, Alice Dawson

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Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” | A24
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Daniel Craig – “Queer” | A24
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing” | A24

Best ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste
“Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street

Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Georgina Lowe

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Nicole Kidman – “Babygirl” | A24
Mikey Madison – “Anora” | NEON
Demi Moore – “The Substance” | MUBI
Saoirse Ronan – “The Outrun” | Sony Pictures Classics

Best SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Kieran Culkin
“A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures

Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Dave McCary

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Yura Borisov – “Anora” | NEON
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist” | A24
Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice” | Briarcliff Entertainment
Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II” | Paramount Pictures

Best SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Zoe Saldaña
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix

Directed by Jacques Audiard
Produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello

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Michele Austin – “Hard Truths” | Bleecker Street
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson” | Netflix
Margaret Qualley – “The Substance” | MUBI
Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave” | Focus Features

Best BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Mikey Madison
“Anora” • NEON

Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

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Marisa Abela – “Back to Black” | Focus Features
Nykiya Adams – “Bird” | MUBI
Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez” | Netflix
Maisy Stella – “My Old Ass” | Amazon MGM Studios

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR

“Conclave” • Focus Features

Directed by Edward Berger
Produced by Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Robert Harris, Alice Dawson

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“Bird” | MUBI
“Hard Truths” | Bleecker Street
“Kneecap” | Sony Pictures Classics
“Love Lies Bleeding” | A24

THE PHILIP FRENCH AWARD: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
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Rich Peppiatt
“Kneecap” • Sony Pictures Classics

Produced by Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling

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Luna Carmoon – “Hoard” | Sunrise Films
Naqqash Khalid – “In Camera” | BBC Film
Amy Liptrot – “The Outrun” | Sony Pictures Classics
Dev Patel – “Monkey Man” | Universal Pictures

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

Saoirse Ronan
“BLITZ” | “THE OUTRUN”

BEST YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Nykiya Adams
“BIRD” • MUBI

Directed by Andrea Arnold
Produced by Lee Groombridge, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross

BEST BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

“Wander to Wonder“

Directed by Nina Gantz

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“Iranian Yellow Pages” – directed by Anna Snowball
“Karavidhe” – directed by Eoin Doran
“Push” – directed by Elly Condron
“We Beg to Differ” – directed by Ruairi Bradley

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

“NICKEL BOYS” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Cinematography by Jomo Fray

Directed by RaMell Ross
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes

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“Anora” – Stunts, Manny Siverio, Christopher Colombo & Roberto Lopez | NEON
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – Visual Effects, Angus Bickerton | Warner Bros Pictures
“The Brutalist” – Production Design, Judy Becker | A24
“A Complete Unknown” – Costumes, Arianne Phillips | Searchlight Pictures
“Conclave” – Film Editing, Nick Emerson | Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” – Visual Effects, Paul Lambert | Warner Bros Pictures
“Emilia Pérez” – Music, Clément Ducol & Camille | Netflix
“Nosferatu” – Cinematography, Jarin Blaschke | Focus Features
“The Substance” – Makeup, Stéphanie Guillon & Pierre-Olivier Persin | MUBI

THE DILYS POWELL AWARD: EXCELLENCE IN FILM

Daniel Craig

THE DEREK MALCOLM AWARD FOR INNOVATION

Zoe Saldaña

London Film Critics Circle

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BEST BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER:
BEST YOUNG IRISH PERFORMER:
BEST BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM:
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

“The Brutalist”
“All We Imagine As Light”
“No Other Land”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”
“A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths”
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
“Conclave”
Rich Peppiatt – “Kneecap”
Saoirse Ronan – “Blitz” | “The Outrun”
Nykiya Adams – “Bird”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Nickel Boys” – Cinematography, Jomo Fray

ABOUT THE London Film Critics Circle

The Critics’ Circle has existed since 1913 to protect cultural criticism from the censor and the despot. It was at first an offshoot of the Institute of Journalists on Fleet Street and has aways had the critics of the daily national papers as the core of its membership. The Circle views criticism as an arm of free speech and an essential ingredient of a healthy society. From small beginnings, the Circle today has 490 members shared between Theatre (117), Music (78), Film (151), Dance (57), Visual Arts (47) and Books (40). As an association, it provides numerical strength to its members, most of whom labour as unrepresented freelancers. After much philosophical debate in the 1980s, the Circle decided to become an award-giving organisation and since 1988 has presented each year the Service to Art Rosebowl to an artist of conspicuous achievement whom the President toasts by raising the Charles Dickens Goblet to him or her at the annual luncheon usually held in London. In 2015 the members voted for Dame Maggie Smith. The sections also make their own awards, some of them in ceremonies which have become siginificant social occasions. The sections hold periodic meetings to discuss their awards, propose new members, debate current issues and sometimes meet artists.