The Souvenir, Joanna Hogg’s loosely autobiographical film about a student who embarks on a relationship with a mysterious older man, has emerged as the leading contender at the London critics’ circle film awards, after nominations were announced today.
Hogg’s film was nominated in seven categories, including film of the year, British/Irish film of the year, and acting nods for Tom Burke, Honor Swinton Byrne, and Tilda Swinton. Hogg was nominated for screenwriter of the year.
Close behind were The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s mob epic about mafia killer Frank Sheeran, and Sam Mendes’ first world war drama 1917. Both were nominated for film of the year and director of the year. Three of The Irishman’s actors received nominations – Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino – while 1917’s George Mackay was nominated for best British/Irish actor.
The Syrian civil war documentary For Sama continued its impressive awards season run, picking up nominations for documentary of the year and breakthrough British/Irish film-maker.
The winners of the London critics’ circle film awards will be announced on 30 January.
Full list of nominations
Film of the year
The Irishman
Joker
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Midsommar
1917
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
The Souvenir
Foreign-language film of the year
Happy As Lazzaro
Monos
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Documentary of the year
Amazing Grace
Apollo 11
The Cave
For Sama
Varda by Agnès
Director of the year
Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Screenwriter of the year
Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-wan, Parasite
Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir
Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
Actress of the year
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Florence Pugh, Midsommar
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy
Actor of the year
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Tom Burke, The Souvenir
Robert De Niro, The Irishman
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Supporting actress of the year
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Tilda Swinton, The Souvenir
Supporting actor of the year
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
British/Irish Film: The Attenborough award
Bait
1917
Rocketman
The Souvenir
Wild Rose
British/Irish actress (for body of work)
Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose/Judy
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Lesley Manville, Ordinary Love/Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Florence Pugh, Fighting With My Family/Midsommar/Little Women
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
British/Irish actor (for body of work)
Tom Burke, The Souvenir
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
George MacKay, 1917/Where Hands Touch/Ophelia
Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse/High Life/The King
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Young British/Irish performer (for body of work)
Raffey Cassidy, Vox Lux
Dean-Charles Chapman, 1917/The King/Blinded By the Light
Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Noah Jupe, Honey Boy/Le Mans ’66
Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir
Breakthrough British/Irish film-maker: The Philip French award
Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, For Sama
Richard Billingham, Ray & Liz
Mark Jenkin, Bait
Owen McCafferty, Ordinary Love
Nicole Taylor, Wild Rose
British/Irish short film of the year
Appreciation
Beyond the North Winds: A Post-Nuclear Reverie
The Devil’s Harmony
Kingdom Come
Pompeii
Technical achievement award
Allen Maris, visual effects, Ad Astra
Todd Douglas Miller, film editing, Apollo 11
Jeremy Woodhead, makeup and hair, Judy
Jacqueline Durran, costumes, Little Women
Daniel Pemberton, music, Motherless Brooklyn
Jasper Wolf, cinematography, Monos
Oliver Tarney, sound design, 1917
Barbara Ling, production design, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Lee Ha-jun, production design, Parasite
Will Becher and Richard Phelan, animation, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Dilys Powell award for excellence in film
Sally Potter
Sandy Powell
40th anniversary award
Aardman Animations
