{"id":634937,"date":"2025-12-15T23:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/634937\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T23:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:57:18","slug":"one-battle-after-another-dominates-the-nominations-at-londons-big-film-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/634937\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018One Battle After Another\u2019 dominates the nominations at London\u2019s big film awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s countercultural thriller One Battle After Another<\/a>, already tipped for Oscars, has dominated the nominations for this year\u2019s London Critics\u2019 Circle Film Awards.<\/p>\n

The critically acclaimed political epic picked up nine nominations, including Film of the Year, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and Director of the Year for Anderson, while Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn will go head-to-head in the Best Supporting Actor category.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hamnet<\/a> also scored highly with the UK critics\u2019 body, picking up eight nods, including Film of the Year. Jessie Buckley was nominated for Actress of the Year and Chlo\u00e9 Zhao collected a Director of the Year nomination, although Paul Mescal missed out in the Actor of the Year bracket.<\/p>\n

Ryan Coogler\u2019s musically-charged vampire horror Sinners<\/a> was another favourite with voters, collecting seven nominations, while Josh Safdie\u2019s Marty Supreme<\/a> picked up six.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other notable nominees include an Actor of the Year nod for Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet for Marty Supreme<\/a>, and four nominations each for Oliver Laxe\u2019s Sir\u0101t, Joachim Trier\u2019s Sentimental Value and Kelly Reichardt\u2019s The Mastermind.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: BBC Film\u2018Sentimental Value\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018At a time when A.I. and homogeny seems to be the shorthand answer to everything, it\u2019s encouraging to see the films that our members voted for are teeming with human life, creativity and unique perspectives,\u2019 says Jane Crowther, London Critics\u2019 Circle film section chair. \u2018Boasting bold, vital stories, real experiences and artistry, these movies and their creative teams are evidence that not everything can be made by an algorithm.\u2019<\/p>\n

The winners in all categories will be announced in London on February 1, 2026.\u00a0
Here\u2019s the list of nominations in full:<\/p>\n

FILM OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Hollywood Authentic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The Mastermind
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sir\u0101t
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams
Weapons<\/p>\n

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sir\u0101t<\/p>\n

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cover-Up
One to One: John & Yoko
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
Riefenstahl<\/p>\n

ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain
Zootropolis 2<\/p>\n

BRITISH\/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by BFI Player<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
I Swear
Pillion<\/p>\n

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
\u00d3liver Laxe – Sir\u0101t
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao – Hamnet<\/p>\n

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Celtx<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein – Marty Supreme
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet<\/p>\n

ACTOR OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Cinemadix<\/strong><\/p>\n

Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Josh O\u2019Connor – The Mastermind<\/p>\n

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by <\/strong>WS Hair Pro \u2013 Imperial Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Seesaw Media<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein\u00a0
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd – Pillion\u00a0<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by Regent Street Cinema<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Aramayo – I Swear\/Palestine 36
Miles Caton – Sinners
Frank Dillane – Urchin\/Harvest\u00a0
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby<\/p>\n

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH\/IRISH FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Basden & Tim Key – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Laura Carreira – On Falling\u00a0
Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father\u2019s Shadow\u00a0
Harris Dickinson – Urchin\u00a0
Harry Lighton – Pillion<\/p>\n

BRITISH\/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR – Sponsored by BritBox<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naomi Ackie – Sorry, Baby\/Mickey 17\/The Thursday Murder Club
Robert Aramayo – I Swear\/Palestine 36
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
David Jonsson – Wasteman\/The Long Walk
Josh O\u2019Connor – The Mastermind\/The History of Sound\/Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery<\/p>\n

YOUNG BRITISH\/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott Ellis Watson – I Swear
Ebada Hassan – Brides
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet\u00a0
Noah Jupe – Hamnet\/The Carpenter\u2019s Son
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

<\/strong>TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Sponsored by Abbey Road Studios<\/strong><\/p>\n

Die My Love – Editing, Toni Froschhammer
The Ice Tower – Production Design, Julia Irribarria
Marty Supreme – Casting, Jennifer Venditti
The Mastermind – Music, Rob Mazurek
One Battle After Another – Editing, Andy Jurgensen
Sinners – Music, Ludwig G\u00f6ransson
Sir\u0101t – Sound design, Laia Casanovas
Sound of Falling – Costume Design, Sabrina Kr\u00e4mer
Train Dreams – Cinematography, Adolpho Veloso
Weapons – Makeup and Hairstyling, Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat and Jason Collins

<\/strong>BRITISH\/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two Black Boys In Paradise – Directed by Baz Sells\u00a0
Leaving Ikorodu in 1999 – Directed by Rashida Seriki
I Saw The Face Of God In The Jet Wash – Directed by Mark Jenkin
Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites – Directed by Duncan Cowles
Milk – Directed by Naomi Waring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s countercultural thriller One Battle After Another, already tipped for Oscars, has dominated the nominations for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,61592,393,3063,4884,257,61593,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-634937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-film","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-film","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-news-film","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115726296343863478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}