Love & Friendship, Moonlight Lead London Film Critics Circle Nominations

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Two films, one very under-awarded this season and one the awards leader this season, have topped the London Film Critics nominations today. Respectively, Love & Friendship and Moonlight. Both earned seven nominations. Maren Ade’s critics’ winner Toni Erdmann was right behind with six nominations, while La La Land, Manchester by the Sea and American Honey each earned five.

Last year’ Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film, Son of Saul, is nominated here (due to its release date in the UK) in Film of the Year, Foreign Language Film of the Year and Director of the Year.

Winners will be announced January 22nd, 2017.

Here are the nominations in the main categories:

Film of the Year

American Honey
Fire at Sea
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Love & Friendship
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Fire at Sea
Son of Saul
Things to Come
Toni Erdmann
Victoria

Documentary of the Year

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Cameraperson
The Eagle Huntress
Fire at Sea
Life, Animated

Actor of the Year

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Adam Driver, Paterson
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
Peter Simonischek, Toni Erdmann

Actress of the Year

Amy Adams, Arrival
Kate Beckinsale, Love & Friendship
Sandra Huller, Toni Erdmann
Isabelle Huppert, Things to Come
Emma Stone, La La Land

Supporting Actor of the Year

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Tom Bennett, Love & Friendship
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Shia LaBeouf, American Honey
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Supporting Actress of the Year

Viola Davis, Fences
Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Riley Keough, American Honey
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Director of the Year

Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
László Nemes, Son of Saul

Screenwriter of the Year

Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Whit Stillman, Love & Friendship

British/Irish Film of the Year

American Honey
High-Rise
I, Daniel Blake
Love & Friendship
Sing Street

British/Irish Actress of the Year
Kate Beckinsale, Love & Friendship
Rebecca Hall, Christine
Naomie Harris, Moonlight, Our Kind of Traitor and Collateral Beauty
Ruth Negga, Loving
Hayley Squires, I, Daniel Blake

British/Irish Actor of the Year
Tom Bennett, Love & Friendship and David Brent: Life on the Road
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge and Silence
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dave Johns, I, Daniel Blake
David Oyelowo, A United Kingdom and Queen of Katwe

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
Babak Anvari (writer-director), Under the Shadow
Mike Carey (writer), The Girl With All the Gifts
Guy Hibbert (writer), Eye in the Sky and A United Kingdom
Peter Middleton and James Spinney (writer-directors), Notes on Blindness
Rachel Tunnard (writer-director), Adult Life Skills

Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Ruby Barnhill, The BFG
Lewis MacDougall, A Monster Calls
Sennia Nanua, The Girl With All the Gifts
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch, Morgan and Split
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Sing Street

Technical Achievement of the Year
Robbie Ryan (cinematography), American Honey
(sound design), Arrival
Mark Tildesley (production design), High-Rise
Mica Levi (music), Jackie
(stunt coordination), Jason Bourne
Justin Hurwitz (music), La La Land
Nat Sanders and Joi Macmillan (editing), Moonlight
John Knoll, Nigel Summer, (visual effects), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Gary Clark and John Carney (music), Sing Street
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (cinematography), Victoria

British/Irish Short Film of the Year
Isabella, Duncan Cowles and Ross Hogg
Jacked, Rene Pannevis
Sweet Maddie Stone, Brady Hood
Tamara, Sofia Safanova
Terminal, Natasha Waugh

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