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London Film Critics Circle Nominations 2018: ‘The Favourite’ Scores Big

The London Film Critics’ Circle, one of the more established of all critics groups in the world, announced their nominations for the best in film of 2018 on Tuesday. The Favourite earned the most noms at eight, including Film of the Year, Director, and acting noms for stars Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz.

This year’s ceremony will be held on Jan. 20, 2019. Read the full list of nominees for the 39th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards here:

FILM OF THE YEAR

  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Cold War
  • The Favourite
  • First Man
  • First Reformed
  • The Happy Prince
  • Leave No Trace
  • Roma
  • Shoplifters
  • You Were Never Really Here

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Pawel Pawlikowski – Cold War
  • Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
  • Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
  • Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
  • Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Christian Bale – Vice
  • Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince
  • Ben Foster – Leave No Trace
  • Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
  • Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

  • Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
  • Glenn Close – The Wife
  • Toni Collette – Hereditary
  • Olivia Colman – The Favourite
  • Joanna Kulig – Cold War

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
  • Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
  • Daniel Kaluuya – Widows
  • Alessandro Nivola – Disobedience

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

  • Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
  • Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale
  • Claire Foy – First Man
  • Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

  • The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
  • First Reformed – Paul Schrader
  • If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
  • Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
  • Widows – Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

  • Faces Places
  • McQueen
  • They Shall Not Grow Old
  • Three Identical Strangers
  • Whitney

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

  • Cold War
  • A Fantastic Woman
  • 120 Beats Per Minute
  • Roma
  • Shoplifters

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR

  • Apostasy
  • Beast
  • The Favourite
  • The Happy Prince
  • You Were Never Really Here

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Christian Bale
  • Steve Coogan
  • Rupert Everett
  • Richard E. Grant
  • Daniel Kaluuya

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

  • Emily Blunt
  • Jessie Buckley
  • Olivia Colman
  • Claire Foy
  • Rachel Weisz

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER

  • Liv Hill – The Little Stranger/Jellyfish
  • Noah Jupe – A Quiet Place/Holmes & Watson/That Good Night/The Titan
  • Anya Taylor-Joy – Thoroughbreds/The Secret of Marrowbone
  • Fionn Whitehead – The Children Act
  • Molly Wright – Apostasy

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER

  • Deborah Davis – The Favourite
  • Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince
  • Deborah Haywood – Pin Cushion
  • Daniel Kokotajlo – Apostasy
  • Michael Pearce – Beast

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM

  • Little Shit
  • Night Out
  • Salt & Sauce
  • Three Centimetres
  • Under Growth

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

  • American Animals – editing
  • BlacKkKlansman – costumes
  • Cold War – cinematography
  • The Favourite – production design
  • First Man – visual effects
  • If Beale Street Could Talk – music
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout – stunts
  • A Quiet Place – sound
  • Suspiria – music
  • You Were Never Really Here – editing