‘The Favourite’ Leads Nominations for London Critics’ Circle Awards

Living up to its name, The Favourite has emerged as the favorite for the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards. 

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar-tipped dark comedy has snared 10 nominations, as announced Tuesday by actors Molly Wright and Lee Shone, including film of the year, director of the year and actress of the year for Olivia Colman. Roma and Cold War, also expected to be among the pack heading to the Academy Awards, were behind with five nods each. 

Elsewhere, the members of the London Critics’ Circle offered some love to titles that, despite critical acclaim, have largely been shut out of the awards conversation, including You Were Never Really Here from Lynne Ramsay and Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince, which also picked up five each. A Star Is Born, however, was shut out entirely. 

The awards ceremony is due to be held Jan. 20. 

See the list of 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 

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 

Actress of the year

Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Joanna Kulig, Cold War

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

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

Director of the year

Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here

Screenwriter of the year

The Favourite
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Widows

Foreign language film of the year

Cold War
A Fantastic Woman
120 Beats Per Minute
Roma
Shoplifters

Documentary of the year

Faces Places
McQueen
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers
Whitney

British/Irish film of the year

Apostasy
Beast
The Favourite
The Happy Prince
You Were Never Really Here

British actress of the year

Emily Blunt
Jessie Buckley
Olivia Colman
Claire Foy
Rachel Weisz

British actor of the year

Christian Bale
Steve Coogan
Rupert Everett
Richard E. Grant
Daniel Kaluuya

Technical achievement

American Animals, editing
BlacKkKlansman, costume
Cold War, cinematography
The Favourite, production design
First Man, vfx
If Beale Street Could Talk, music
Mission: Impossible – Fallout, stunts
A Quiet Place, sound
Suspiria, music
You Were Never Really Here, editing

Breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker

Deborah Davis, The Favourite
Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince
Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion
Daniel Kokotajlo, Apostasy
Michael Pearce, Beast

Young British/Irish performer

Liv Hill, The Little Stranger/Jellyfish
Noah Jupe, A Quiet Place/Holmes & Watson/That Good Night/The Titan
Anya Taylor-Joy, Thoroughbreds/The Secret of Marrowbone
Fionn Whitehead, The Children Act
Molly Wright, Apostasy

Dilys Powell Award for career achievement: Pedro Almodovar