45th London Critics Nominations

London’s critics have a different release window to worry about and thus titles like La Chimera show up when they might be eligible for Oscar. That said, this list looks more “high brow” than most other lists, which is par for the course with this group with them ignoring seemingly more “American” efforts like Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown, A Real Pain and Wicked.

Nominations Tallies

(7) The Brutalist
(6) Anora, Conclave, The Substance
(4) Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths, Kneecap
(3) La Chimera, Nickel Boys, Nosferatu, The Outrun
(2) All We Imagine as Light, Bird, Blitz, A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, A Real Pain
(1) Abigail, The Apprentice, Babygirl, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Book of Clarence, Buffalo Kids, Challengers, Dahomey, Drift, Flow, Gladiator II, Grand Theft Hamlet, Hoard, I’m Still Here, In Camera, Inside Out 2, Iranian Yellow Pages, Juror #2, Karavidhe, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Lee, Love Lies Bleeding, Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Memoir of a Snail, Monkey Man, No Other Land, The Order, The Piano Lesson, Push, Queer, Sing Sing, Speak No Evil, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Wander to Wonder, We Beg to Differ, Wicked, Wicked Little Letters, The Wild Robot

The Nominations

Best Picture

All We Imagine as Light
Anora
The Brutalist
La Chimera
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Kneecap
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Substance

Best Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Director

Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Best Actress

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Michele Austin – Hard Truths
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
A Real Pain
The Substance

Best Foreign-Language Film

All We Imagine as Light
La Chimera
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap

Best Documentary

Dahomey
Grand Theft Hamlet
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

British / Irish Short Film

Iranian Yellow Pages
Karavidhe
Push
Wander to Wonder
We Beg to Differ

Technical Achievements

Cinematography – Nickel Boys
Cinematography – Nosferatu
Costumes – A Complete Unknown
Film Editing – Conclave
Makeup – The Substance
Music – Emilia Pérez
Production Design – The Brutalist
Stunts – Anora
Visual Effects – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Visual Effects – Dune: Part Two

Best British / Irish Film

Bird
Conclave
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Love Lies Bleeding

Best British / Irish Performer

.Cynthia Erivo – Drift, Wicked
.Marianne Jean-Baptiste – The Book of Clarence, Hard Truths
.Nicholas Hoult – Juror #2, Nosferatu, The Order
.Josh O’Connor – La Chimera, Challengers, Lee
.Saoirse Ronan – Blitz, The Outrun

Breakthrough British / Irish Filmmaker

Luna Carmoon – Hoard
Naqqash Khalid – In Camera
Amy Liptrot – The Outrun
Dev Patel – Monkey Man
Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

Best Young British / Irish Performer

Nykiya Adams – Bird
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Raffey Casidy – The Brutalist, Kensuke’s Kingdom
Dan Hough – Speak No Evil
.Alisha Weir – Abigail, Buffalo Kids, Wicked Little Letters