London Film Critics Circle Awards 2022

Edition of British film award

43rd London Film Critics' Circle Awards

5 February 2023

Film of the Year:
Tár

British/Irish Film of the Year:
The Banshees of Inisherin

The 43rd London Film Critics' Circle Awards honoured the best in film of 2022, as chosen by the London Film Critics' Circle.^[1] All films released in a UK cinema or to premiere via streaming service between February 2022 and February 2023 were all eligible to be nominated.^[2] The ceremony was held on 5 February 2023 at The May Fair Hotel in London.^[2] The nominations were announced on 21 December 2022 by actors Ellie Bamber and Fionn O'Shea, while British comedian and actor Anna Leong Brophy hosted the ceremony.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The Banshees of Inisherin received the most nominations with nine, followed by Aftersun with eight.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Acclaimed actress, producer, and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh received the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.^[6]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Film of the Year	Director of the Year
Tár Aftersun All the Beauty and the Bloodshed The Banshees of Inisherin Decision to Leave Everything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans Living Saint Omer Top Gun: Maverick	Todd Field – Tár Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Actor of the Year	Actress of the Year
*Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin* as Pádraic Súilleabháin** Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Bill Nighy – Living as Mr. Williams	*Cate Blanchett – Tár* as Lydia Tár** Ana de Armas – Blonde as Norma Jean Rae / Marilyn Monroe Vicky Krieps – Corsage as Empress Elisabeth of Austria Florence Pugh – The Wonder as Elizabeth "Lib" Wright Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang
Supporting Actor of the Year	Supporting Actress of the Year
*Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin* as Dominic Kearney** Tom Burke – The Wonder as William Byrne Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway as James Aucoin Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang	*Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin* as Siobhán Súilleabháin** Hong Chau – The Whale as Liz Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness as Abigail Nina Hoss – Tár as Sharon Goodnow Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer as Laurence Coly
Screenwriter of the Year	Foreign Language Film of the Year
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Todd Field – Tár Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Charlotte Wells – Aftersun	Decision to Leave (TIE) The Quiet Girl (TIE) EO RRR Saint Omer
Documentary of the Year	The Attenborough Award: British/Irish Film of the Year
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed All That Breathes Fire of Love Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time Moonage Daydream	The Banshees of Inisherin Aftersun Living The Quiet Girl The Wonder
British/Irish Actor of the Year	British/Irish Actress of the Year
Bill Nighy – Living Harris Dickinson – See How They Run, Triangle of Sadness, and Where the Crawdads Sing Colin Farrell – After Yang, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, and Thirteen Lives Ralph Fiennes – The Forgiven and The Menu Paul Mescal – Aftersun	Florence Pugh – Don't Worry Darling, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and The Wonder Jessie Buckley – Men, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, and Women Talking Olivia Colman – Empire of Light, Joyride, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Letitia Wright – Aisha, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and The Silent Twins
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year	The Philip French Award: Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year
*Frankie Corio – Aftersun* as Sophie** Kila Lord Cassidy – The Wonder as Anna O'Donnell / Nan Catherine Clinch – The Quiet Girl as Cáit Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy as Lady Catherine / Birdy Alisha Weir – Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical as Matilda Wormwood	Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Katy Brand – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Colm Bairéad – The Quiet Girl Frances O'Connor – Emily Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean
British/Irish Short Film of the Year	Technical Achievement Award
A Fox in the Night – Keeran Anwar Blessie Groom – Leyla Coll-O'Reilly Honesty – Roxy Rezvany A Letter to Black Men – Kiosa Sukami Scale – Joseph Pierce	*Brian Leif Hansen and Guillermo del Toro – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, animation* Matias Boucard – Athena, cinematography Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, costumes Nina Gold – The Wonder, casting Stephen Griffiths – Tár, sound design Kim Ji-yong – Decision to Leave, cinematography Catherine Martin – Elvis, costumes Nick Powell – RRR, stunts Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once, film editing Leslie Shatz – Blonde, sound design

References

^ Cline, Rich (5 February 2023). "'Tár' and 'The Banshees of Inisherin' Top the CC Film Awards". London Film Critics' Circle. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cline, Rich (15 December 2022). "Rising Stars to Host CC Film Awards Nominations and Ceremony". London Film Critics' Circle. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Ritman, Alex (21 December 2022). "'Banshees of Inisherin', 'Aftersun' Top London Critics' Circle Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Pulver, Andrew (21 December 2022). "'The Banshees of Inisherin' leads pack as London Film Critics announce nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cline, Rich (21 December 2022). "'The Banshees of Inisherin' and 'Aftersun' lead nominations for 43rd Film Awards". London Film Critics' Circle. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ Cline, Rich (26 January 2023). "Michelle Yeoh will receive top honour at CC Film Awards". London Film Critics' Circle. Retrieved 26 January 2023.