‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Film at 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won four awards, including Film of the Year at the 46th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.

Anderson won Director of the Year and Screenwriter of the Year, while Sean Penn was named Supporting Actor of the Year.

Jessie Buckley won Actress of the Year for her role in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, Timothée Chalamet took Actor of the Year for Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, and Amy Madigan won Supporting Actress of the Year for Weapons.

In British and Irish categories, Harry Lighton’s Pillion won two awards for British/Irish Film of the Year and Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker. Josh O’Connor was awarded British/Irish Performer of the Year for his roles in The Mastermind, The History of Sound and Wake Up Dead Man, and Alfie Williams was named Young British/Irish Performer of the Year for 28 Years Later.

Another British star, Robert Aramayo, won the prize for Breakthrough Performer of the Year for his roles in both I Swear and Palestine 36.

Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value won the award for Foreign Language Film of the Year, Documentary of the Year went to Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor, and KPop Demon Hunters took Animated Film of the Year.

British performer Cynthia Erivo received the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation, and the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film went to filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.

Full List of Winners of 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Award

Film of the Year
One Battle After Another

Director of the Year
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

Screenwriter of the Year
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

British/Irish Film of the Year
Pillion

Animated Film of the Year
KPop Demon Hunters

Documentary of the Year
The Perfect Neighbor

Foreign-Language Film of the Year
Sentimental Value

Actor of the Year
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme

Actress of the Year
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

Supporting Actor of the Year
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

Supporting Actress of the Year
Amy Madigan – Weapons

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
Harry Lighton – Pillion

British/Irish Performer of the Year
Josh O’Connor – The Mastermind/TheHistory of Sound/Wake Up Dead Man

Breakthrough Performer of the Year
Robert Aramayo – I Swear/Palestine 36

Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

Technical Achievement Award
Sinners – Music, Ludwig Göransson

British/Irish Short Film of the Year
Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites – Directed by Duncan Cowles

Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film
Guillermo del Toro

Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation
Cynthia Erivo