The Zone Of Interest tops London Critics Circle awards

Barbie and Oppenheimer go home empty-handed

by Jennie Kermode

The Zone Of Interest
The Zone Of Interest

There were two big winners at the London Film Critics Circle awards last night, and they were not the usual ones. While season successes Poor Things and The Holdovers both got a mention, Barbie and Oppenheimer were left out in the cold. The Zone Of Interest won Best Film, Best Director and the Technical Achievement Award, while All Of Us Strangers won two and a quarter, star Paul Mescal being hailed as British/Irish performer of the year for his work in four different films.

Those awards in full:

Film of the year

Director of the year

Foreign language film of the year

Actress of the year

Actor of the year

Supporting actress of the year

Supporting actor of the year

Documentary of the year

Animated film of the year

British/Irish performer of the year

Screenwriter of the year

Breakthrough performer of the Year

The Attenborough award for British/Irish Film of the year

The Philip French award for breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker

Young British/Irish performer of the year

British/Irish short film of the year

  • The Veiled City

Technical achievement award

The Dilys Powell award for excellence in film

  • Jeffrey Wright

The Derek Malcolm award for innovation

  • Colman Domingo

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