Todd Haynes’ romantic drama Carol continues to dominate awards season after coming out on top in the nominations for the London Critics’ Circle Awards, with seven nods.
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Carol is the frontrunner for the Best Film prize and also secured nominations for Best Director, Best Actress (twice), Best Screenplay and Technical Achievement of the Year (twice).
The closest competitor to the dominant drama was Andrew Haigh’s intimate British film 45 Years, which picked up nominations for veteran stars Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling as well as citations for Best Film, Best Director, Best British Actress and Best British Film.
Elsewhere in the London Critics’ Circle nominations, Mad Max: Fury Road continued its considerable momentum with nods for Best Film and Best Director for George Miller.
Pixar animation Inside Out and documentary successes Amy and The Look of Silence made their way into the Best Film category, suggesting that they may have more of a chance at the Oscars than other ceremonies have suggested.
Notably, awards season favourites The Danish Girl and The Hateful Eight missed out completely, allowing Tom Hardy to slot into the Best Actor field for Legend – a prize he won at the BIFAs a few weeks ago.
Here are the full nominations for the London Critics’ Circle Awards.
FILM OF THE YEAR
Amy
Carol
45 Years
Inside Out
The Look of Silence
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Amy
Brooklyn
45 Years
The Lobster
London Road
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Eden
Hard to Be a God
The Look of Silence
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
The Tribe
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Amy
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
The Look of Silence
Palio
A Syrian Love Story
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Andrew Haigh (45 Years)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Tom Courtenay (45 Years)
Paul Dano (Love and Mercy)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Tom Hardy (Legend)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Olivia Colman (The Lobster)
Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)
Tilda Swinton (Trainwreck)
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Benicio Del Toro (Sicario)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
Michael Keaton (Spotlight)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt (Sicario)
Carey Mulligan (Suffragette and Far From the Madding Crowd)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years and The Forbidden Room)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn and Lost River)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs, The Dressmaker and A Little Chaos)
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Caine (Youth and Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation and Second Coming)
Colin Farrell (The Lobster and Miss Julie)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs, Macbeth and Slow West)
Tom Hardy (Legend, The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road and London Road)
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Phyllis Nagy (Carol)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Tom Browne (Radiator)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Mark Burton and Richard Starzak (Shaun the Sheep Movie)
John Maclean (Slow West)
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Asa Butterfield (X + Y)
Milo Parker (Mr. Holmes and Robot Overlords)
Florence Pugh (The Falling)
Liam Walpole (The Goob)
Maisie Williams (The Falling)
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR
Carter Burwell (Carol – music)
Edward Lachman (Carol – cinemataography)
Sandy Powell (Cinderella – costume design)
Andrew Whitehurst (Ex Machina – visual effects)
Alastair Sirkett and Markus Stemler (Macbeth – sound design)
Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road – production design)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road – cinematography)
Wade Eastwood (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation – stunt coordination)
Tom Ozanich (Sicario – sound design)
Elliott Graham (Steve Jobs – editing)
BRITISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
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Originally published December 15, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
