Critics' Circle announces awards

The Brutalist named Film of The Year

by Amber Wilkinson

Attila (Alessandro Nivola) with László Tóth (Adrien Brody) in The Brutalist
Attila (Alessandro Nivola) with László Tóth (Adrien Brody) in The Brutalist

The Brutalist took the top prize from UK-based critics in the London Critics’ Circle Awards, held at London’s May Fair Hotel.

Brady Corbet’s immigrant epic, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce was named Film of The Year.

Edward Berger’s Vatican-set thriller Conclave was named British/Irish Film of The Year, while its star Ralph Fiennes was named Actor of The Year. Actress of The Year went to Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths.

The directing prize went to RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, while its DoP Jomo Fray picked up a cinematography prize for its distinctive first-person point of view. A Real Pain also took two prizes - for screenwriting (Jesse Eisenberg) and supporting actor for Kieran Culkin. Zoe Saldaña won the supporting actress equivalent for her role in Emilia Pérez.

The full list of winners is below Film Of The Year

Foreign Language Film Of The Year

Documentary Of The Year

  • No Other Land - Directed By Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor

Animated Feature Of The Year

British/Irish Film Of The Year

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

Breakthrough Performer

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker

British/Irish Performer Of The Year (For Body Of Work)

Young British/Irish Performer Of The Year

  • Nykiya Adams - Bird

British/Irish Short Film Of The Year

Technical Achievement Award

Dilys Powell Award For Excellence In Film

  • Daniel Craig

Derek Malcolm Award For Innovation

  • Zoe Saldaña
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