In the interests of full disclosure (and because everyone loves a list, right?), here are the films and folk that I nominated for this year’s London Film Critics’ Circle (LFCC) awards. The list of actual collective nominations – bearing practically no relation – can be found here.
FILMS OF THE YEAR
2. The Look of Silence
3. The Big Short
4. Coherence
5. Spring
6. Radiator
9. Taxi Tehran
10. The Voices
12. Best of Enemies
13. Dance of Reality
14. A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence
15. It Follows
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ACTOR OF THE YEAR
1. Tom Hardy, Legend
2. Ryan Reynolds, The Voices
3. Jacob Tremblay, Room
4. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
5. Paul Dano, Love &Â Mercy
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ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
1. Doona Bae, A Girl At My Door
2. Anne Dorval, Mother
3. Sarah Snook, Predestination
4. Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
5. Maika Monroe, It Follows
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SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
1. Benicio del Toro, Sicario
2. Alan Rickman, A Little Chaos
3. Liev Schreiber, Spotlight
4. Walton Goggins, The Hateful Eight
5. Jonathan Pryce, Listen Up Philip
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
1. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
2. Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
3. Suzanne Clement, Mommy
4. Melissa Leo, The Big Short
5. Chloe Grace Moretz, Clouds of Sils Maria
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DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
1. Denis Villeneuve, Sicario
2. Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig, Predestination
3. Adam McKay, The Big Short
4. Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson, The Forbidden Room
5. Lisandro Alonso, Jauja
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SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
1. Justin Simien, Dear White People
2. Adam McKay & Charles Randolph, The Big Short
3. Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
4. Oren Moverman & Michael A. Lerner, Love & Mercy
5. Desiree Akhavan, Appropriate Behaviour
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BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
1. Michael Fassbender
2. Idris Elba
3. Tom Hardy
4. Richard Johnson
5. Peter Ferdinando
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BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
1. Carey Mulligan
2. Kate Winslet
3. Emily Blunt
4. Rebecca Hall
5. Saoirse Ronan
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YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER
1. Liam Walpole
2. Milo Parker
3. Maisie Williams
4. Kai Francis-Lewis
5. Florence Pugh
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BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
1. Tom Browne, Radiator
2. Debbie Tucker-Green, Second Coming
3. John Maclean, Slow West
4. Mark Burton and Richard Starzak, Shaun the Sheep Movie
5. Guy Myhill, The Goob