Brady Corbet’s epic American immigrant saga “The Brutalist” has been given the top prize by the U.K.’s leading film writers and broadcasters.
At the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Sunday night, the feature was named film of the year in a ceremony that saw the honors widely shared across a number of titles, although notably both “The Substance” and “A Complete Unknown” came away empty-handed.
Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller “Conclave” took two awards, including British/Irish film of the year and actor of the year for Ralph Fiennes, while RaMell Ross’s radical Colson Whitehead adaptation “Nickel Boys” was recognised with director of the year and the technical achievement award for Jomo Fray’s first-person cinematography.
Elsewhere on the night, Jesse Eisenberg’s dark comedy “A Real Pain” was another multiple prizewinner, awarded screenwriter of the year for the actor-filmmaker, and supporting actor of the year for co-star Kieran Culkin.
Meanwhile, Zoe Saldaña claimed best supporting actress for “Emilia Perez” in the first awards show since a major scandal erupted over historic tweets by the film’s lead star Karla Sofía Gascon. Saldaña was honored twice by Circle as she had already been announced as the winner of the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation, presented at the ceremony by America Ferrera and last year’s winner Colman Domingo.
The night’s second honorary award, the Dilys Powell Award for excellence in film, went to Daniel Craig, 20 years after he earned the Circle’s British actor of the year award for “Enduring Love.” Craig was presented with the award by Lesley Manville, his co-star in Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer,” for which he was also an actor of the year nominee.
The 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards were voted by the 210 members of film section of the Critics’ Circle, the U.K.’s longest-standing and most prestigious critics’ organisation.
See the full list of winners below.
FILM OF THE YEAR“The Brutalist” – WINNER“All We Imagine As Light”“Anora”“La Chimera”“Conclave”“Emilia Pérez”“Kneecap”“Nickel Boys”“Nosferatu”“The Substance”
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR“All We Imagine As Light” – WINNER“La Chimera”“Emilia Pérez”“I’m Still Here”“Kneecap”
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR“No Other Land” – WINNER“Dahomey”“Grand Theft Hamlet”“Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger”“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – WINNER“Flow”“Inside Out 2”“Memoir of a Snail”“The Wild Robot”
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR“Conclave” – WINNER“Bird”“Hard Truths”“Kneecap”“Love Lies Bleeding”
DIRECTOR OF THE YEARRaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys” – WINNERSean Baker – “Anora”Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two”
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEARJesse Eisenberg – “A Real Pain” – WINNERSean Baker – “Anora”Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – “The Brutalist”Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”Peter Straughan – “Conclave”
ACTRESS OF THE YEARMarianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths” – WINNERNicole Kidman – “Babygirl”Mikey Madison – “Anora”Demi Moore – “The Substance”Saoirse Ronan – “The Outrun”
ACTOR OF THE YEARRalph Fiennes – “Conclave” – WINNERAdrien Brody – “The Brutalist”Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”Daniel Craig – “Queer”Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEARZoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” – WINNERMichele Austin – “Hard Truths”Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson”Margaret Qualley – “The Substance”Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEARKieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” – WINNERYura Borisov – “Anora”Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice”Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II”
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMERMikey Madison – “Anora” – WINNERMarisa Abela – “Back to Black”Nykiya Adams – “Bird”Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez”Maisy Stella – “My Old Ass”
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKERRich Peppiatt – “Kneecap” – WINNERLuna Carmoon – “Hoard”Naqqash Khalid – “In Camera”Amy Liptrot – “The Outrun”Dev Patel – “Monkey Man”
BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEARSaoirse Ronan – “Blitz”/”The Outrun” – WINNERCynthia Erivo – “Drift”/”Wicked: Part I”Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “The Book of Clarence”/”Hard Truths”Nicholas Hoult – “Juror #2″/”Nosferatu”/”The Order”Josh O’Connor – “La Chimera”/”Challengers”/”Lee”
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEARNykiya Adams – “Bird” – WINNERElliott Heffernan – “Blitz”Raffey Cassidy – “The Brutalist”/”Kensuke’s Kingdom”Dan Hough – “Speak No Evil”Alisha Weir – “Abigail”/”Buffalo Kids”/”Wicked Little Letters”
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR“Wander to Wonder” – directed by Nina Gantz – WINNER“Iranian Yellow Pages” – directed by Anna Snowball“Karavidhe” – directed by Eoin Doran“Push” – directed by Elly Condron“We Beg to Differ” – directed by Ruairi Bradley
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD“Nickel Boys” – cinematography, Jomo Fray – WINNER“Anora” – stunts, Manny Siverio, Christopher Colombo & Roberto Lopez“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – visual effects, Angus Bickerton“The Brutalist” – production design, Judy Becker“A Complete Unknown” – costumes, Arianne Phillips“Conclave” – film editing, Nick Emerson“Dune: Part Two” – visual effects, Paul Lambert“Emilia Pérez” – music, Clément Ducol & Camille“Nosferatu” – cinematography, Jarin Blaschke“The Substance” – makeup, Stéphanie Guillon & Pierre-Olivier Persin
