London Film Critics’ Circle Name The Brutalist Film Of The Year

Brady Corbett‘s epic 3 and half hour drama, The Brutalist has been named Film Of The Year at the annual London Critics’ Circle film awards ceremony. The epic American immigrant saga about a talented Hungarian architect starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce.

Corbett’s film would only win one prize tonight and what better prize, the Film Of The Year. Fifteen titles were honoured across 18 categories, and it was a tight contest. Which saw Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller Conclave take two awards for British/Irish Film of the Year and Actor of the Year for Ralph Fiennes.while RaMell Ross’s  Nickel Boys picks up Best Director  and the Technical Achievement Award for Jomo Fray’s cinematography.

Jesse Eisenberg’s dark comedy A Real Pain was another multiple prizewinner, landing Screenwriter of the Year , and Supporting Actor of the Year for costar Kieran Culkin. Payal Kapadia’s Mumbai-set drama All We Imagine as Light was named Foreign Language Film of the Year, while the Palestinian-Israeli collective behind No Other Land took Documentary of the Year.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste wins  Actress of the Year for Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, while Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl was named Animated Feature of the Year. In the British/Irish-specific categories, Saoirse Ronan won British/Irish Performer of the Year for her performances in The Outrun and Blitz, 14-year-old Nykiya Adams won Young British/Irish Performer of the Year for her screen debut in Andrea Arnold’s Bird, and Rich Peppiatt won the Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker award for writing and directing the hip-hop biopic Kneecap.

Full list of winners:
FILM OF THE YEAR
The Brutalist – directed by Brady Corbet

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
All We Imagine as Light – directed by Payal Kapadia

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
No Other Land – directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor

ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – directed by Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Conclave – directed by Edward Berger

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR 
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

ACTOR OF THE YEAR 
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Mikey Madison – Anora

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER 
Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (for body of work)
Saoirse Ronan – Blitz and The Outrun

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Nykiya Adams – Bird

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
Wander to Wonder – directed by Nina Gantz

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nickel Boys – cinematography by Jomo Fray

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Daniel Craig

DEREK MALCOLM AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Zoe Saldaña

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