44th London Film Critics’ Circle Film Awards Names The Zone Of Interest As Film Of The Year
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Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-nominated drama wins film, director and technical awards at the 44th London Film Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
The UK’s leading critics handed out their awards at a glittering ceremony for the 44th London Film Critics’ Circle Film Awards. The event was held at the May Fair Hotel in London on Sunday. With British projects emerging as the key winners. Jonathan Glazer’s German-language drama The Zone of Interest was named Film of the Year. And also took prizes for the director and the mix of music and sound. Andrew Haigh’s fantastical drama All of Us Strangers won the Attenborough Award for British/Irish Film of the Year. With Andrew Scott named Actor of the Year and costar Paul Mescal winning British/Irish Performer for his body of work in 2023.
Actress of the Year went to Emma Stone for Poor Things. Da’Vine Joy Randolph won a performance award for The Holdovers, and Charles Melton won one for May December. All three accepted their awards on videotape. Justine Triet and Arthur Harari were on hand to receive the Screenwriter award for Anatomy of a Fall. And director Mstyslav Chernov arrived to accept Documentary of the Year for his harrowing 20 Days in Mariupol. Celine Song’s Past Lives was named Foreign-Language Film of the Year. Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron won the New Animated Film award.
JEFFREY WRIGHT AND COLMAN DOMINGO
Jeffrey Wright took the stage to receive the prestigious Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, presented to him by American Fiction director Cord Jefferson. And Misan Harriman, Oscar-nominated this year for his short The After, presented the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation to Colman Domingo. Who had received the award in a small videotaped ceremony two days earlier in London. Rustin costars Wright and Domingo are both nominated for Oscars this year, Wright for American Fiction and Domingo for Rustin.
OTHER WINNERS
Mia McKenna-Bruce received the group’s first international Breakthrough Performance award for How to Have Sex, and the film’s writer-director Molly Manning Walker won the Philip French Award for British/Irish Breakthrough Filmmaker. Other British/Irish winners included Lola Campbell as Young Performer for Scrapper, and Natalie Cubides-Brady, director of Short Film The Veiled City.
THE AWARDS
The 210-member Film Section of the Critics’ Circle votes for the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards. The UK’s longest-standing and most prestigious critics’ organisation. Films are automatically eligible if they are released in UK cinemas or on premiere streaming services between mid-February 2023 and mid-February 2024.
THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS
FILM OF THE YEAR sponsored by Nyman Libson Paul
The Zone of Interest (A24)
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Past Lives (StudioCanal)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
20 Days in Mariupol (Dogwoof)
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
The Boy and the Heron (Elysian)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by Reddit
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest (A24)
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall (Picturehouse)
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emma Stone – Poor Things (Searchlight)
ACTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by Cinemadix
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR sponsored by Don Julio 1942
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (Universal)
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Charles Melton – May December (Sky)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR sponsored by MetFilm
Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex (Mubi)
THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)
THE PHILIP FRENCH AWARD: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex (Mubi)
BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (for body of work) sponsored by Seesaw Media
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers (Searchlight), God’s Creatures (BFI), Foe (Metfilm), Carmen (Miracle)
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Lola Campbell – Scrapper (Picturehouse)
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
The Veiled City – Natalie Cubides-Brady, director
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Zone of Interest – music & sound, Mica Levi & Johnnie Burn (A24)
THE DILYS POWELL AWARD: EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Jeffrey Wright
THE DEREK MALCOLM AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Colman Domingo
We offer our congratulations to all the winners. Their awards are extremely deserved.
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