Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest was named Film of the Year at the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards along with prizes for director and the mix of music and sound.

Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers won the Attenborough Award for British/Irish Film of the Year, along with Actor of the Year for Andrew Scott and British/Irish Performer for his costar Paul Mescal for his overall body of work in 2023.

Actress of the Year went to Emma Stone for Poor Things, and supporting performance awards were won by Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers and Charles Melton for May December.

Mstyslav Chernov’s 20 Days in Mariupol won Documentary of the Year, Celine Song’s Past Lives was named Foreign-Language Film of the Year, and Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron won the new Animated Film award.

Jeffrey Wright received the prestigious Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, presented to him by American Fiction director Cord Jefferson; and Misan Harriman, Oscar nominated this year for his short The After, presented the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation to Colman Domingo.

Mia McKenna-Bruce received the first international Breakthrough Performance award for How to Have Sex, and the film’s writer-director Molly Manning Walker won the Philip French Award for British/Irish Breakthrough Filmmaker.

Full list of winners of 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

FILM OF THE YEAR
The Zone of Interest (A24)

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Past Lives (StudioCanal)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
20 Days in Mariupol (Dogwoof)

ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
The Boy and the Heron (Elysian)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest (A24)

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall (Picturehouse)

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emma Stone – Poor Things (Searchlight)

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (Universal)

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Charles Melton – May December (Sky)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex (Mubi)

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)

THE PHILIP FRENCH AWARD: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex (Mubi)

BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (for body of work)
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers (Searchlight), God’s Creatures (BFI), Foe (Metfilm), Carmen (Miracle)

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Lola Campbell – Scrapper (Picturehouse)

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
The Veiled City – Natalie Cubides-Brady, director

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Zone of Interest – music & sound, Mica Levi & Johnnie Burn (A24)

THE DILYS POWELL AWARD: EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Jeffrey Wright

THE DEREK MALCOLM AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Colman Domingo