2024 London Critics’ Circle Nominations: ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Anora’ Lead with Seven
The UK’s leading film critics announced their nominations for the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist leading the nominations with seven apiece. Edward Berger’s Conclave andCoralie Fargeat’s The Substance followed with six nominations each, while Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez gained five nominations. Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths and Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap both earned four nominations.
All of these films are in the running for Film of the Year alongside Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera, RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys and Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu.
The Actress of the Year category celebrates performances from Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance) and Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun), while Actor of the Year nominees are Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave).
Winners in all categories will be announced at London’s May Fair Hotel on February 2, 2025, hosted by critic Mark Kermode.
Here is the complete list of nominations.
Film of the Year
All We Imagine as Light
Anora
The Brutalist
La chimera
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Kneecap
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Substance
Director of the Year
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Actor of the Year
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Actress of the Year
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun
Supporting Actor of the Year
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Supporting Actress of the Year
Michele Austin, Hard Truths
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Breakthrough Performer of the Year
Marisa Abela, Back to Black
Nykiya Adams, Bird
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
Screenwriter of the Year
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Animated Film of the Year
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Documentary of the Year
Dahomey
Grand Theft Hamlet
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Foreign Language Film of the Year
All We Imagine as Light
La chimera
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
British/Irish Film of the Year (The Attenborough Award)
Bird
Conclave
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Love Lies Bleeding
British/Irish Performer of the Year
Cynthia Erivo for Drift and Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste for The Book of Clarence and Hard Truths
Nicholas Hoult for Juror #2, Nosferatu, and The Order
Josh O’Connor for La chimera, Challengers, and Lee
Saoirse Ronan for Blitz and The Outrun
Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker (The Philip French Award)
Luna Carmoon, Hoard
Naqqash Khalid, In Camera
Amy Liptrot, The Outrun
Dev Patel, Monkey Man
Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Nykiya Adams for Bird
Raffey Cassidy for The Brutalist and Kensuke’s Kingdom
Elliott Heffernan for Blitz
Dan Hough for Speak No Evil
Alisha Weir for Abigail, Buffalo Kids, and Wicked Little Letters
British/Irish Short Film of the Year
Iranian Yellow Pages (Anna Snowball)
Karavidhe (Eoin Doran)
Push (Elly Condron)
Wander to Wonder (Nina Gantz)
We Beg to Differ (Ruairi Bradley)
Technical Achievement Award
Anora – Manny Siverio, Christopher Colombo & Roberto Lopez (stunts)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Angus Bickerton (visual effects)
The Brutalist – Judy Becker (production design)
A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips (costumes)
Conclave – Nick Emerson (film editing)
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert (visual effects)
Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol & Camille (music)
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray (cinematography)
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke (cinematography)
The Substance – Stéphanie Guillon & Pierre-Olivier Persin (makeup)
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