# London Film Critics Circle Awards 2022

43rd London Film Critics' Circle Awards
5 February 2023
Film of the Year: Tár
British/Irish Film of the Year: The Banshees of Inisherin
The 43rd London Film Critics' Circle Awards honoured the best in film of 2022, as chosen by the London Film Critics' Circle. All films released in a UK cinema or to premiere via streaming service between February 2022 and February 2023 were all eligible to be nominated. The ceremony was held on 5 February 2023 at The May Fair Hotel in London. The nominations were announced on 21 December 2022 by actors Ellie Bamber and Fionn O'Shea, while British comedian and actor Anna Leong Brophy hosted the ceremony. The Banshees of Inisherin received the most nominations with nine, followed by Aftersun with eight.
Actress, producer, and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh received the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
| Film of the Year | Director of the Year |
| Tár Aftersun All the Beauty and the Bloodshed The Banshees of Inisherin Decision to Leave Everything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans Living Saint Omer Top Gun: Maverick | Todd Field – Tár Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave Charlotte Wells – Aftersun |
| Actor of the Year | Actress of the Year |
| Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Patterson Bill Nighy – Living as Mr. Williams | Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár Ana de Armas – Blonde as Norma Jean Rae / Marilyn Monroe Vicky Krieps – Corsage as Empress Elisabeth of Austria Florence Pugh – The Wonder as Elizabeth "Lib" Wright Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang |
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Supporting Actress of the Year |
| Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin as Dominic Kearney Tom Burke – The Wonder as William Byrne Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway as James Aucoin Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang | Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin Hong Chau – The Whale as Liz Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness as Abigail Nina Hoss – Tár as Sharon Goodnow Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer as Laurence Coly |
| Screenwriter of the Year | Foreign Language Film of the Year |
| Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Todd Field – Tár Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Charlotte Wells – Aftersun | Decision to Leave (TIE) The Quiet Girl (TIE) EO RRR Saint Omer |
| Documentary of the Year | The Attenborough Award: British/Irish Film of the Year |
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed All That Breathes Fire of Love Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time Moonage Daydream | The Banshees of Inisherin Aftersun Living The Quiet Girl The Wonder |
| British/Irish Actor of the Year | British/Irish Actress of the Year |
| Bill Nighy – Living Harris Dickinson – See How They Run, Triangle of Sadness, and Where the Crawdads Sing Colin Farrell – After Yang, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, and Thirteen Lives Ralph Fiennes – The Forgiven and The Menu Paul Mescal – Aftersun | Florence Pugh – Don't Worry Darling, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and The Wonder Jessie Buckley – Men, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, and Women Talking Olivia Colman – Empire of Light, Joyride, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Letitia Wright – Aisha, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and The Silent Twins |
| Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | The Philip French Award: Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year |
| Frankie Corio – Aftersun as Sophie Kíla Lord Cassidy – The Wonder as Anna O'Donnell / Nan Catherine Clinch – The Quiet Girl as Cáit Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy as Lady Catherine / Birdy Alisha Weir – Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical as Matilda Wormwood | Charlotte Wells – Aftersun Katy Brand – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Colm Bairéad – The Quiet Girl Frances O'Connor – Emily Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean |
| British/Irish Short Film of the Year | Technical Achievement Award |
| A Fox in the Night – Keeran Anwar Blessie Groom – Leyla Coll-O'Reilly Honesty – Roxy Rezvany A Letter to Black Men – Kiosa Sukami Scale – Joseph Pierce | Brian Leif Hansen and Guillermo del Toro – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, animation Matias Boucard – Athena, cinematography Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, costumes Nina Gold – The Wonder, casting Stephen Griffiths – Tár, sound design Kim Ji-yong – Decision to Leave, cinematography Catherine Martin – Elvis, costumes Nick Powell – RRR, stunts Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once, film editing Leslie Shatz – Blonde, sound design |