All Of Us Are Strangers Leads The 2023 London Critics’ Circle Awards Nominations

2023 is nearly over, the awards season has started and today London Critics’ Circle Awards announced it’s All Of Us Are Strangers leading the nominations.

The UK’s leading film critics announced their nominations today at the city’s Mayfair Hotel. Andrew Haigh‘s drama with nine nominations with Christopher Nolan‘s epic biopic Oppenheimer with seven. Celine Song‘s Past Lives, Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Poor Things and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest. All faired well with six nominations, they are joined by Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie who scooped 5 nods.

Majority of All Of Us Are Strangers main cast all found themselves with nods. Andrew Scott in lead actor role, Claire Foy and Paul Mescal in the Best Supporting roles. The film is in line for Film Of The Year, British Film Of The Year, Best Screenwriter, to name a few.

In other areas, there is a new Animated Film category, The Boy and the Heron and Suzume, plus inventive genre favourites Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

At this year’s ceremony, Jeffrey Wright will be presented with the London Critics’ top honour The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, named after the legendary critic.

“We are thrilled to present such an iconic actor as Jeffrey Wright with the Dilys Powell Award. And we are planning another special award as well, new this year, to be announced soon. As always, our nominees stand out from other awards because our members actually take the time to watch all of the year’s films,” says Rich Cline, chair of the Critics’ Circle Film Section. “So these nominations represent a cross-section of the very best movies we saw in 2023. Instead of being critical, it’s nice to celebrate films, filmmakers and performances that deserve attention.”

The full list of nominations:

FILM OF THE YEAR
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All of Us Strangers
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Fallen Leaves
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
20 Days in Mariupol
Beyond Utopia
The Eternal Memory
Scala!!!
Still: A Michael J Fox Movie

ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
The Boy and the Heron
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
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Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Celine Song – Past Lives
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Lily Gladstone – Killers of The Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
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Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex
Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
All of Us Strangers
How to Have Sex
Poor Things
Rye Lane
The Zone of Interest

THE PHILIP FRENCH AWARD: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
Raine Allen Miller – Rye Lane
Sam H Freeman & Ng Choon Ping – Femme
Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex
Nida Manzoor – Polite Society
Charlotte Regan – Scrapper

BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (for body of work)
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers/God’s Creatures/Foe/Carmen
Carey Mulligan – Maestro/Saltburn
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Tilda Swinton – The Eternal Daughter/The Killer/Asteroid City

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Jaeden Boadilla – Raging Grace
Le’Shantey Bonsu – Girl
Samuel Bottomley – How to Have Sex
Lola Campbell – Scrapper
Temilola Olatunbosun – Pretty Red Dress

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
For People in Trouble – Alex Lawther, director
Muna – Warda Mohammed, director
Outlets – Duncan Cowles, director
Predators – Jack King, director
The Veiled City – Nathalie Cubides-Brady, director

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
All of Us Strangers – casting, Kahleen Crawford
Barbie – production design, Sarah Greenwood
The First Slam Dunk – sound design, Kôji Kasamatsu
Full Time – film editing, Mathilde Van De Moortel
Killers of the Flower Moon – film editing, Thelma Schoonmaker
Medusa Deluxe – makeup & hair, Eugene Souleiman
Oppenheimer – visual effects, Andrew Jackson
Past Lives – cinematography, Shabier Kirchner
Poor Things – costumes, Holly Waddington
Saltburn – casting, Kharmel Cochrane
The Zone of Interest – music & sound, Mica Levi & Johnnie Burn

THE DILYS POWELL AWARD: EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Jeffrey Wright

Winners of The 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards will be announced on Sunday, 4th February.