Irish titles ‘Hunger’, ‘In Bruges’, ‘The Escapist’ and actor Peter O’Toole (Venus) are among the nominees for next year’s London Film Critics’ Circle Awards, which take place February 4th at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
‘Hunger’ along with Ron Howard's ‘Frost/Nixon’, and Mike Leigh's ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ has sealed five nominations each for the Awards which are chosen by The London Film Critics' Circle - composed of 100 members who write for newspapers and magazines published all over the U.K. ‘Hunger’ nominations include The Attenborough Award: British Film of the Year, Best British Director, Best British Actor in a Lead Role of the Year, Best British Actor in a Supporting Role and Breakthrough British Filmmaker.
Martin McDonagh has been nominated for Scriptwriter of the Year for penning ‘In Bruges’ starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson and has also been nominated in the Attenborough Award: British Film of the Year as well as McDonagh being nominated in the Breakthrough British Filmmaker category.
Rupert Wyatt director of Parallel Film’s ‘The Escapist’ has also been nominated in the Breakthrough British Filmmaker cat.
Peter O'Toole – joins Liam Cunningham in the British Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in ‘Dean Spanley’ and Asa Butterfield the young actor at the centre of film adaptation of Irish writer John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ has been nominated in the Young British Performer of the Year.
Judi Dench will be presented with the Dilys Powell Award for outstanding contribution to cinema.
The London Film Critics' Circle has more than 100 members who write for newspapers and magazines published all over the U.K. and the awards will be held as a fund-raiser for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The following list of nominees is:
FILM OF THE YEAR
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
‘Frost/Nixon’
‘Milk’
‘Wall-E’
‘The Wrestler’
THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
‘Hunger’
‘In Bruges’
‘Man on Wire’
‘Slumdog Millionaire’
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
‘Gomorrah’
‘I’ve Loved You So Long’
‘The Orphanage’
‘Persepolis’
‘Waltz With Bashir’
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Darren Aronofsky - ‘The Wrestler’
Danny Boyle - ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Clint Eastwood - ‘Changeling’
David Fincher - ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Gus Van Sant - ‘Milk’
BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Danny Boyle - ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Terence Davies - ‘Of Time and the City’
Mike Leigh - ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
Steve McQueen - ‘Hunger’
Christopher Nolan - ‘The Dark Knight’
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Josh Brolin - ‘W.’
Frank Langella - ‘Frost/Nixon’
Heath Ledger - ‘The Dark Knight’
Sean Penn - ‘Milk’
Mickey Rourke - ‘The Wrestler’
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Penelope Cruz - ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’
Anne Hathaway - ‘Rachel Getting Married’
Angelina Jolie - ‘Changeling’
Meryl Streep - ‘Doubt’
Kate Winslet - ‘The Reader’ and ‘Revolutionary Road’
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Fassbender - ‘Hunger’
Ralph Fiennes - ‘The Duchess’
Ben Kingsley - ‘Elegy’
Dev Patel - ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Michael Sheen - ‘Frost/Nixon’
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Rebecca Hall - ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’
Sally Hawkins - ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
Kristin Scott Thomas - ‘I’ve Loved You So Long’
Tilda Swinton - ‘Julia’
Kate Winslet - ‘The Reader’and ‘Revolutionary Road’
BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Liam Cunningham - ‘Hunger’
Toby Jones - ‘Frost/Nixon’ and ‘W.’
Eddie Marsan - ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
Peter O'Toole - ‘Dean Spanley’
Mark Strong - ‘Body of Lies’
BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hayley Atwell - ‘The Duchess’
Kristin Scott Thomas - ‘Easy Virtue’
Tilda Swinton - ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Emma Thompson - ‘Brideshead Revisited’
Alexis Zegerman - ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Simon Beaufoy - ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
David Hare - ‘The Reader’
Martin McDonagh - ‘In Bruges’
Peter Morgan - ‘Frost/Nixon’
Eric Roth - ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Asa Butterfield - ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’
Georgia Groome - ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’
Bill Milner - ‘Son of Rambow’
Dev Patel - ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Will Poulter - ‘Son of Rambow’
Thomas Turgoose - ‘Somers Town’ and ‘Eden Lake’
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER
Joanna Hogg - writer-director: ‘Unrelated’
Martin McDonagh - writer-director: ‘In Bruges’
Steve McQueen - writer-director: ‘Hunger’
James Watkins - writer-director: ‘Eden Lake’
Rupert Wyatt - director: ‘The Escapist’
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Judi Dench
