Precursor: 43rd London Critics Nominations (2022)

London critics’ top nominees of the year are Aftersun and The Banshees of Inisherin, with both picking up several citations in the British/Irish categories, but the Best Picture slate is unique enough to be interesting.

Nominations Tallies

(9) Aftersun, The Banshees of Inisherin
(6) Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tár, The Wonder
(4) Decision to Leave, Living, The Quiet Girl
(3) Saint Omer
(2) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Blonde, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, RRR, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, Triangle of Sadness, The Whale

The Nominations

Best Picture

Aftersun
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The Banshees of Inisherin
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Living
Saint Omer
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director

Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Actor

Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Tár
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Vicky Krieps – Corsage
Florence Pugh – The Wonder
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Burke – The Wonder
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Barry Kegohan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness
Nina Hoss – Tár
Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer

Best Screenplay

Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár

Best Foreign-Language Film

Decision to Leave
EO
The Quiet Girl
RRR
Saint Omer

Best Documentary

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Moonage Daydream

British / Irish Short Film

A Fox in the Night
Groom
Honesty
A Letter to Black Men
Scale

Technical Achievements

.Athena – Matias Boucard, cinematography
.Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E Carter, costumes
.Blonde – Leslie Shatz, sound design
.Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong, cinematography
.Elvis – Catherine Martin, costumes
.Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers, film editing
.Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Brian Leif Hansen, animation
.RRR – Nick Powell, stunts
.Tár – Stephen Griffiths, sound design
.The Wonder – Nina Gold, casting

The Dilys Powell Award

TBD

Best British / Irish Film

Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Living
The Quiet Girl
The Wonder

Breakthrough British / Irish Filmmaker

Katy Brand – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Colm Bairéad – The Quiet Girl
Frances O’Connor – Emily
Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best British / Irish Actor

.Harris Dickinson – See How They Run, Triangle of Sadness, Where the Crawdads Sing
.Colin Farrell – After Yang, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, Thirteen Lives
.Ralph Fiennes – The Forgiven, The Menu
.Paul Mescal – Aftersun
.Bill Nighy – Living

Best British / Irish Actress

.Jessie Buckley – Men, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, Women Talking
.Olivia Colman – Empire of Light, Joyride, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
.Florence Pugh – Don’t Worry Darling, The Wonder
.Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
.Letitia Wright – Aisha, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Silent Twins

Best Young British / Irish Performer

Kila Lord Cassidy – The Wonder
Catherine Clinch – The Quiet Girl
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy
Alisha Weir – Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical