Searchlight Pictures Films Pick Up 18 London Critics’ Circle Film Award Nominations
With 2023 coming to a close, the UK Critics’ Choice has announced its nominations for the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards and many of Searchlight Pictures’ films have dominated the categories.
“All Of Us Strangers” picked up nine nominations, including in the categories, Best Film and Best Actor. “Poor Things” has picked up six nominations, and “Rye Lane” has also picked up three nominations.
It’s also been announced that at this year’s ceremony, Jeffrey Wright will be presented with the London Critics’ top honour, The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, named after the legendary critic. Wright is also nominated this year as lead actor in “American Fiction”. Jeffrey Wright can next be seen in the upcoming Disney+ Original series, “What If?, where he plays the role of “The Watcher”.
Rich Cline, chair of the Critics’ Circle Film Section, said in a statement:
We are thrilled to present such an iconic actor as Jeffrey Wright with the Dilys Powell Award. And we are planning another special award as well, new this year, to be announced soon. As always, our nominees stand out from other awards because our members actually take the time to watch all of the year’s films. So these nominations represent a cross-section of the very best movies we saw in 2023. Instead of being critical, it’s nice to celebrate films, filmmakers and performances that deserve attention.”
Here’s the complete list of nominations:
FILM OF THE YEAR
- All of Us Strangers
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- May December
- Oppenheimer
- Past Lives
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Boy and the Heron
- Fallen Leaves
- Past Lives
- The Zone of Interest
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
- 20 Days in Mariupol
- Beyond Utopia
- The Eternal Memory
- Scala!!!
- Still: A Michael J Fox Movie
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
- The Boy and the Heron
- Robot Dreams
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Suzume
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
- Greta Gerwig – Barbie
- Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
- Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
- Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
- Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
- Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
- Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
- Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
- Celine Song – Past Lives
- Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
- Lily Gladstone – Killers of The Flower Moon
- Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
- Greta Lee – Past Lives
- Carey Mulligan – Maestro
- Emma Stone – Poor Things
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
- Bradley Cooper – Maestro
- Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
- Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
- Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
- Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
- Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers
- Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
- Julianne Moore – May December
- Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
- Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
- Ryan Gosling – Barbie
- Charles Melton – May December
- Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers
- Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
- Greta Lee – Past Lives
- Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex
- Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
- Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
- Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla
THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
- All of Us Strangers
- How to Have Sex
- Poor Things
- Rye Lane
- The Zone of Interest
THE PHILIP FRENCH AWARD: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
- Raine Allen Miller – Rye Lane
- Sam H Freeman & Ng Choon Ping – Femme
- Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex
- Nida Manzoor – Polite Society
- Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (for body of work)
- Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers/God’s Creatures/Foe/Carmen
- Carey Mulligan – Maestro/Saltburn
- Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
- Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
- Tilda Swinton – The Eternal Daughter/The Killer/Asteroid City
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
- Jaeden Boadilla – Raging Grace
- Le’Shantey Bonsu – Girl
- Samuel Bottomley – How to Have Sex
- Lola Campbell – Scrapper
- Temilola Olatunbosun – Pretty Red Dress
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
- For People in Trouble – Alex Lawther, director
- Muna – Warda Mohammed, director
- Outlets – Duncan Cowles, director
- Predators – Jack King, director
- The Veiled City – Nathalie Cubides-Brady, director
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- All of Us Strangers – casting, Kahleen Crawford
- Barbie – production design, Sarah Greenwood
- The First Slam Dunk – sound design, Kôji Kasamatsu
- Full Time – film editing, Mathilde Van De Moortel
- Killers of the Flower Moon – film editing, Thelma Schoonmaker
- Medusa Deluxe – makeup & hair, Eugene Souleiman
- Oppenheimer – visual effects, Andrew Jackson
- Past Lives – cinematography, Shabier Kirchner
- Poor Things – costumes, Holly Waddington
- Saltburn – casting, Kharmel Cochrane
- The Zone of Interest – music & sound, Mica Levi & Johnnie Burn
THE DILYS POWELL AWARD: EXCELLENCE IN FILM
- Jeffrey Wright
This year’s winners in all categories will be announced at London’s May Fair Hotel on 4th February 2024. Last year’s ceremony saw Todd Field’s “Tár” take three awards, including Film, Director and Actress of the Year for Cate Blanchett. Michelle Yeoh was also on hand to receive the Dilys Powell Award, and Florence Pugh collected her British/Irish Actress prize.
The 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards are voted by the 210-member Film Section of the Critics’ Circle, the UK’s longest-standing and most prestigious critics’ organisation. Films are automatically eligible if they are released in cinemas or on premiere streaming services between mid-February 2023 and mid-February 2024.
Roger Palmer
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