43rd London Critics Circle (LCC) winners: ‘TÁR,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ take top honors
TÁR and The Banshees of Inisherin were the big winners from the 43rd London Critics Circle (LCC) tonight, in a ceremony held at The May Fair Hotel in London.
TÁR was named Film of the Year, Todd Field Director of the Year and star Cate Blanchett Actress of the Year (her third win here) for the multi-Oscar nominated film about the downfall of fictional composer Lydia Tár. Nomination leader The Banshees of Inisherin took home the most wins with five, including three acting wins: Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon.
Another nomination leader, Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, was a two-time winner, both in the breakthrough categories; Wells for her direction and young star Frankie Corio as Young British/Irish Performer of the Year.
Florence Pugh and Bill Nighy were named British/Irish Actress and Actor, respectively, for their body of work in 2022. Pugh for Don’t Worry Darling, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Wonder and Nighy for his Oscar-nominated turn in Living.
Colm Bairéad’s Oscar-nominated Irish film The Quiet Girl and Park Chan-wook’s Korean noir thriller Decision to Leave tied for org’s Foreign-Language Film of the Year award and Laura Poitras’ Oscar-nominated All the Beauty and the Bloodshed was named Documentary of the Year.
The Technical Achievement Award went to Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio for animation, where Gregory Mann, who voiced Pinocchio, accepted.
Michelle Yeoh was honored with The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, which was presented by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle.
The London Critics Circle (LCC), which has over 200 members, is the U.K.’s longest-standing critics organization. Here is the complete list of winners.
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
TÁR – WINNER
Top Gun: Maverick
Director of the Year sponsored by The House of Koko
Todd Field, TÁR – WINNER
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Actor of the Year sponsored by The House of Koko
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin – WINNER
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Actress of the Year sponsored by Nyman Libson Paul
Cate Blanchett, TÁR – WINNER
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Vicky Krieps, Corsage
Florence Pugh, The Wonder
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
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 – WINNER
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Supporting Actress of the Year
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin – WINNER
Dolly de Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Nina Hoss, TÁR
Guslagie Malanda, Saint Omer
Screenwriter of the Year
Todd Field, TÁR
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin – WINNER
Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Foreign Language Film of the Year (tie)
Decision to Leave – WINNER
EO
The Quiet Girl – WINNER
RRR
Saint Omer
Documentary of the Year
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – WINNER
Fire of Love
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Moonage Daydream
The Attenborough Award for British/Irish Film of the Year
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin – WINNER
Living
The Quiet Girl
The Wonder
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 – WINNER
British/Irish Actress of the Year
Jessie Buckley – Men, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, Women Talking
Olivia Colman – Empire of Light, Joyride, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Florence Pugh – Don’t Worry Darling, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Wonder – WINNER
Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Letitia Wright – Aisha, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Silent Twins
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Kila Lord Cassidy, The Wonder
Catherine Clinch, The Quiet Girl
Frankie Corio, Aftersun – WINNER
Bella Ramsey, Catherine Called Birdy
Alisha Weir, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
The Philip French Award for Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year sponsored by MetFilm
Katy Brand, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Colm Bairéad, The Quiet Girl
Frances O’Connor, Emily
Georgia Oakley, Blue Jean
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun – WINNER
British/Irish Short Film of the Year
A Fox in the Night (Keeran Anwar Blessie) – WINNER
Groom (Leyla Coll-O’Reilly)
Honesty (Roxy Rezvany)
A Letter to Black Men (Kiosa Sukami)
Scale (Joseph Pierce)
Technical Achievement Award
Athena – Matias Boucard, cinematography
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter, costumes
Blonde – Leslie Shatz, sound designxftar
Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong, cinematography
Elvis – Catherine Martin, costumes
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers, film editing
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Brian Leif Hansen, animation – WINNER
RRR – Nick Powell, stunts
TÁR – Stephen Griffiths, sound design
The Wonder – Nina Gold, casting
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