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LONDON – This year’s London Critics’ Circle nomination list is a tale of two Scandis with Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn leading the charge with six shots at glory apiece.
This year’s nominations also put Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer from The Help head-to-head in the supporting actress of the year category, both up against Sareh Bayat (A Separation), Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus) and Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) in the battle to win the trophy.
Alfredson and Refn, both Scandinavian, find their films vying for the London Critics’ Circle’s top accolade, film of the year.
But both Drive and Tinker Tailor find themselves in heady competition with The Tree of Life, The Artist and Iranian drama A Separation also tilting at the top prize.
Alfredson misses out on a berth in the director of the year category with Refn going up against Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin), Asghar Farhadi (A Separation), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) and Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) for the nod.
Voted for by over 120 U.K. film critics, broadcasters and writers, this year’s actor of the year will be one from George Clooney (The Descendants), Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Michael Fassbender (Shame), Ryan Gosling (Drive) and Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
Kirsten Dunst(Melancholia), Anna Paquin (Margaret), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn) all take nomination slots for actress of the year.
The Critics’ choice of supporting actor will be from Simon Russell Beale (The Deep Blue Sea), Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn), Albert Brooks (Drive), Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Michael Smiley (Kill List).
The 32nd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards will be dished out its annual awards at a ceremony on January 19 at BFI Southbank.
This year’s nods will be in aid of its charity partner, the British Film Institute, to help with the preservation and restoration of British film, in particular Hitchcock’s nine silent features, as part of the BFI’s landmark ‘Rescue the Hitchcock 9’ campaign.
The 32nd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards nominations:
FILM OF THE YEAR
The Artist
Drive
A Separation
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Tree of Life
The Attenborough Award:
BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
The Guard
Kill List
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Mysteries of Lisbon
Poetry
Le Quattro Volte
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Dreams of a Life
Pina
Project Nim
Senna
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Asghar Farhadi– A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius– The Artist
Terrence Malick– The Tree of Life
Lynne Ramsay– We Need to Talk About Kevin
Nicolas Winding Refn– Drive
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Asghar Farhadi– A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius– The Artist
Kenneth Lonergan– Margaret
Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan– Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash– The Descendants
The Virgin Atlantic Award:
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Richard Ayoade– Submarine
PaddyConsidine – Tyrannosaur
JoeCornish – Attack the Block
AndrewHaigh – Weekend
JohnMichael McDonagh – The Guard
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
George Clooney– The Descendants
JeanDujardin – The Artist
MichaelFassbender – Shame
RyanGosling – Drive
GaryOldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
KirstenDunst – Melancholia
Anna Paquin– Margaret
Meryl Streep– The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton– We Need to Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams– My Week With Marilyn
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Simon Russell Beale– The Deep Blue Sea
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks– Drive
Christopher Plummer– Beginners
Michael Smiley– Kill List
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Sareh Bayat– A Separation
Jessica Chastain– The Help
Vanessa Redgrave– Coriolanus
Octavia Spencer– The Help
Jacki Weaver– Animal Kingdom
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Tom Cullen– Weekend
MichaelFassbender – A Dangerous Method, Shame
BrendanGleeson – The Guard
PeterMullan – Tyrannosaur, War Horse
GaryOldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Moët & Chandon Award:
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
OliviaColman – The Iron Lady, Tyrannosaur
Carey Mulligan– Drive, Shame
Vanessa Redgrave– Anonymous, Coriolanus
Tilda Swinton– We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rachel Weisz– The Deep Blue Sea
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
John Boyega– Attack the Block
Jeremy Irvine– War Horse
Yasmin Paige– Submarine
Craig Roberts– Submarine
Saoirse Ronan– Hanna
The Sky 3D Award:
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ManuelAlberto Claro, cinematography – Melancholia
PaulDavies, sound design – We Need to Talk About Kevin
MariaDjurkovic, production design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
DanteFerretti, production design – Hugo
AlbertoIglesias, original score – The Skin I Live In
ChrisKing & Gregers Sall, editing – Senna
JoeLetteri, visual effects – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
CliffMartinez, original score – Drive
RobertRichardson, cinematography – Hugo
RobbieRyan, cinematography – Wuthering Heights
The Dilys Powell Award:
EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Nicolas Roeg
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