London Film Critics' Circle announces nominations

10 nods for The Favourite

by Jennie Kermode

The Favourite leads in the London Film Critics' Circle nominations
The Favourite leads in the London Film Critics' Circle nominations

Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite continues to make the running this awards season, picking up ten nominations from the London Film Critics' Circle. No other film came close, with nominations as a whole showing a lot of variety.

The awards will be handed out at a ceremony on 20 Jan.

Those nominations in full:-

Film of the Year

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Documentary of the Year

British/Irish Film of the Year: The Attenborough Award

Director of the Year

Screenwriter of the Year

Actress of the Year

Actor of the Year

Supporting Actress of the Year

Supporting Actor of the Year

British/Irish Actress of the Year

British/Irish Actor of the Year

Young British/Irish Performer of the Year

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year: The Philip French Award

British/Irish Short Film of the Year

  • Little Shit, Richard Gorodecky
  • Night Out, Amelia Hashemi
  • Salt And Sauce, Alia Ghafar
  • Three Centimetres, Lara Zeidan
  • Under Growth, Evin O’Neill

Technical Achievement of the Year

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