Chalk it up as yet another set of accolades for celebrated conductor-composer Lydia Tár – despite all that trouble with the former student and the questionable power dynamics she fosters, she’s come up trumps once again. At the 43rd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, TÁR was named as Film Of The Year – with its director Todd Field picking up Director Of The Year, and Tár herself (aka Cate Blanchett) winning Actress Of The Year.
While Field’s film, exploring the downfall of the presented-as-a-real-person Lydia Tár, bagged the biggest award of the night, the Critics’ Circle also gave plenty of recognition for The Banshees Of Inisherin, which bagged five awards on the night. It was named British/Irish Film Of The Year, with a Screenwriter Of The Year award for Martin McDonagh, and Actor Of The Year, Supporting Actor Of The Year, and Supporting Actress Of The Year for Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, and Kerry Condon, respectively.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Aftersun (including Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker for Charlotte Wells and Young British/Irish Performer for Frankie Corio), recognition for All The Beauty And The Bloodshed in Documentary Of The Year, and a split win in Foreign-Language Film Of The Year for Decision To Leave and The Quiet Girl. Michelle Yeoh won the Dilys Powell Award For Excellence In Film, while Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio received the Technical Achievement Award. Read the full list of winners below:
FILM OF THE YEAR
TÁR
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Decision To Leave
The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
The Banshees Of Inisherin
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Todd Field – TÁR
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of Inisherin
BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR for body of work
Florence Pugh – Don’t Worry Darling, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Wonder
BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR for body of work
Bill Nighy – Living
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
A Fox in the Night
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Michelle Yeoh