The Banshees Of Inisherin and Aftersun lead the London Film Critics Circle nominations

Tragedy-comedy by Martin McDonagh The Banshees by Inisherin leads this year’s London Film Critics Circle nominations with nine, followed by Charlotte Wells’ acclaimed debut After sunwhich received eight nominations.

Both films were nominated for Film of the Year, British-Irish Film of the Year, Director of the Year and Writer of the Year. The two films also received several acting nominations, with Paul Mescal nominated for his role in Best Actor After sun. Frankie Corio, who plays his daughter in the picture, is nominated for Young British/Irish Artist. Banshees Stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are nominated for best actor and best supporting actor respectively.

Elsewhere, Todd Field’s high-art drama tar and Everything, everywhere, all at once by The Daniels both garnered six nominations. The Best Foreign Language category includes five pictures, including the Irish language drama The quiet girl and Alice Diop’s debut novel Holy Omer.

“As always, our nominees stand out because our members actually see all the films released each year,” said Rich Cline, president of the Critics’ Circle Film Division. “These nominations therefore represent a cross-section of the very best films we have seen in 2022. And it’s great that every year we can highlight films, filmmakers and performances that deserve attention.”

This year’s winners in all categories will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Mayfair Hotel on 5 February 2023. This year’s ceremony is the Critics Group’s first in-person event since the pandemic.

Check out the full list of nominations below:

FILM OF THE YEAR
After sun
All the beauty and the bloodshed
The Banshees by Inisherin
decided to go
Everything, everywhere, all at once
The Fables
Life
Holy Omer
tar
Top Gun: Maverick

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
decided to go
E.O
The quiet girl
RRR
Holy Omer

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Anything that breathes
All the beauty and the bloodshed
fire of love
Kurt Vonnegut: Not stuck in time
monday dream

The Attenborough Awards: BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
After sun
The Banshees by Inisherin
Life
The quiet girl
The wonder

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by The House of Koko
Todd Field—Tar
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything at the same time everywhere
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook – Decided to leave
Charlotte Wells – To the Sun

DREAM GAME OF THE YEAR
Todd Field—Tar
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything at the same time everywhere
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – The Fablemans
Charlotte Wells – To the Sun

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR sponsored by Nyman Libson Paul
Cate Blanchett-Tar
Ana de Armas- Blonde
Vicky Krieps – corsage
Florence Pugh – The Miracle
Michelle Yeoh – Everything everywhere at once

ACTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by The House of Koko
Austin Butler-Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal – To the sun
Bill Nighty – Alive

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Dolly De Leon – Triangle of Sadness
Nina Hoss-Tar
Guslagie Malanda-Saint Omer

Supporting Actor of the Year
Tom Burke – The Miracle
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Dam
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything everywhere at once

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR for Complete Work
Jessie Buckley – Men, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, Talking Women
Olivia Colman – Empire of Light, Joyride, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Florence Pugh – Don’t Worry, Darling, The Wonder
Emma Thompson – Good luck Leo Grande, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Letitia Wright – Aisha, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Silent Twins

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR for his complete works
Harris Dickinson – Watch They Run, Triangle of Sadness, Where the Crawdads Sing
Colin Farrell – After Yang, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, Thirteen Lives
Ralph Fiennes – The Forgiveness Menu
Paul Mescal – To the sun
Bill Nighty – Alive

The Philip French Award:
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER sponsored by MetFilm
Katy Brand – Good luck to you Leo Grande
Colm Bairead – The quiet girl
Frances O’Connor-Emily
Georgia Oakley blue jeans
Charlotte Wells – To the Sun

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH TRANSPORT
Kila Lord Cassidy – The Miracle
Catherine Clinch – The Quiet Girl
Frankie Corio Aftersun
Bella Ramsey – Catherine called Birdy
Alisha Weir – Matilda the Musical by Roald Dahl

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
A Fox in the Night directed by Keeran Anwar Blessie
Groom—your Leyla Coll-O’Reilly
Honesty – you Roxy Rezvany
A letter to black men – your Kiosa Sukami
Scales – Directed by Joseph Pierce

AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Athena – Matias Boucard, camera
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter, costumes
Blonde – Leslie Shatz, sound design
Decided to go – Kim Ji-yong, camera
Elvis – Catherine Martin, costumes
Everything everywhere at once – Paul Rogers, film montage
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro – Brian Leif Hansen, animation
RRR – Nick Powell, tricks
Tár – Stephen Griffiths, sound design
The Miracle – Nina Gold, cast