# London Film Critics Circle Awards 2020

41st London Film Critics' Circle Awards
7 February 2021
Film of the Year: Nomadland
British/Irish Film of the Year: Saint Maud
The 41st London Film Critics' Circle Awards honoured the best in film of 2020, as chosen by the London Film Critics' Circle. The event was held virtually on the Critics' Circle's YouTube channel for the first time on 7 February 2021, with awards presented by member critics who serve on the event's organising committee and acceptance videos from almost all of the winners. An in-person celebration with nominees and winners occurred later in the year along with long-time sponsors The May Fair Hotel and Audi. The nominations were announced on 12 January 2021; due to the then-rising COVID-19 pandemic, more films released directly to streaming services were made eligible, and the qualifying release dates were extended into March 2021, as long as films had been screened in 2020 to critics or at festivals.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
| Film of the Year | Director of the Year |
| Nomadland About Endlessness Collective I'm Thinking of Ending Things Lovers Rock The Mauritanian Minari Promising Young Woman Rocks Saint Maud | Steve McQueen – Small Axe David Fincher – Mank Rose Glass – Saint Maud Kevin Macdonald – The Mauritanian Chloé Zhao – Nomadland |
| Actor of the Year | Actress of the Year |
| Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Anthony Hopkins – The Father Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian | Frances McDormand – Nomadland Morfydd Clark – Saint Maud Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman |
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Supporting Actress of the Year |
| Shaun Parkes – Mangrove Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods Aldis Hodge – Clemency Ben Mendelsohn – Babyteeth | Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman Essie Davis – Babyteeth Jennifer Ehle – Saint Maud Amanda Seyfried – Mank |
| Screenwriter of the Year | Foreign Language Film of the Year |
| Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Jack Fincher – Mank Rose Glass – Saint Maud Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Another Round About Endlessness Collective Les Misérables Minari |
| Documentary of the Year | The Attenborough Award for British/Irish Film of the Year |
| Collective Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Dick Johnson Is Dead Time The Truffle Hunters | Saint Maud The Father Lovers Rock Mangrove Rocks |
| British/Irish Actor of the Year | British/Irish Actress of the Year |
| Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli and Sound of Metal Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7 John Boyega – Red, White and Blue Anthony Hopkins – The Father Cosmo Jarvis – Calm with Horses and Nocturnal | Morfydd Clark – Eternal Beauty and Saint Maud Bukky Bakray – Rocks Jessie Buckley – I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Misbehaviour Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman and The World to Come Carey Mulligan – The Dig and Promising Young Woman |
| Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | The Philip French Award for Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year |
| Bukky Bakray – Rocks Kosar Ali – Rocks Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes Conrad Khan – County Lines Molly Windsor – Make Up | Rose Glass – Saint Maud Henry Blake – County Lines Fyzal Boulifa – Lynn + Lucy Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Remi Weekes – His House |
| British/Irish Short Film of the Year | Technical Achievement Award |
| The Long Goodbye Filipiñana Hungry Joe Lizard The Shift | Lucy Pardee – Rocks, casting Nicolas Becker – Sound of Metal, sound design Donald Graham Burt – Mank, production design Deborah La Mia Denaver and Adruitha Lee – Birds of Prey, makeup & hair Pete Docter – Soul, animation Stéphane Fontaine – Ammonite, cinematography Jennifer Lame – Tenet, film editing Mica Levi – Lovers Rock, music Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart – Wolfwalkers, animation Joshua James Richards – Nomadland, cinematography |