SPOTLIGHT

Todd Haynes’ romantic drama Carol lead the 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with seven nominations including Film of the Year and both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara competing for Actress of the Year. Close behind in the race for the awards, which are voted on by 140 members of The Critics‘ Circle Film Section, is Andrew Haigh’s marital study 45 Years, with six nominations. Unusually, two films received three nominations each: Asif Kapadia’s Amy is nominated for Film, Documentary and British Film, while Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence is up for Film, Documentary and Foreign-Language Film. The full list of nominees for the 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards: FILM OF THE YEAR 45 Years Amy Carol Inside Out The Look of Silence Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR 45 Years Amy Brooklyn 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 ACTOR OF THE YEAR Tom Courtenay – 45 Years Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Tom Hardy – Legend ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Rooney Mara – Carol Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn 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 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 DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Andrew Haigh – 45 Years Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro G Iñárritu – The Revenant George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott – The Martian SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Emma Donoghue – Room Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Phyllis Nagy – Carol Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR Michael Caine – Kingsman: The Secret Service, Youth Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation, Second Coming Colin Farrell – The Lobster, Miss Julie Michael Fassbender – Macbeth Slow West, Steve Jobs, Tom Hardy – Legend, London Roa, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenantd BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Emily Blunt – Sicario Carey Mulligan – Far From the Madding Crowd, Suffragette Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years, The Forbidden Room Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn, Lost River Kate Winslet – The Dressmaker, A Little Chaos, Steve Jobs YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER Asa Butterfield – X + Y Milo Parker – Mr Holmes, Robot Overlords Florence Pugh – The Falling Liam Walpole – The Goob Maisie Williams – The Falling BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER Tom Browne – Radiator Mark Burton & Richard Starzak – Shaun the Sheep Movie Emma Donoghue – Room Alex Garland – Ex Machina John Maclean – Slow West BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM Directed by Tweedie – dir Duncan Cowles Leidi – dir Simon Mesa Soto Over – dir Jorn Threlfall Rate Me – dir Fyzal Boulifa Stutterer – dir Benjamin Cleary TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Carter Burwell, music – Carol Wade Eastwood, stunts – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Colin Gibson, production design – Mad Max: Fury Road Elliott Graham, editing – Steve Jobs Edward Lachman, cinematography – Carol Tom Ozanich, sound design – Sicario Sandy Powell, costumes – Cinderella John Seale, cinematography – Mad Max: Fury Road Alistair Sirkett and Markus Stemler, sound design – Macbeth Andrew Whitehurst, visual effects – Ex Machina

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