Guillermo del Toro is the critics’ choice across the pond…
The 43rd annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards winners have been revealed, with the 58-year-old Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker picking up an award.
del Toro took home the Technical Achievement Award for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” for the Netflix film’s animation. The awards was was collected by Gregory Mann, who voiced Pinocchio.
The awards are given by the 200-member film section of the Critics’ Circle, the U.K.’s longest-standing critics’ organization. The May Fair Hotel was the main sponsor of the event for the 13th year running.
JWP.tv livestreamed the ceremony on the Critics’ Circle YouTube channel.
Here’s a look at this year’s London Critics’ Circle winners for 2023:
FILM OF THE YEAR
“Tár”
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR (tie)
“Decision to Leave”
“The Quiet Girl” (“An Cailín Ciúin”)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
The Attenborough Award:
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by The House of Koko
Todd Field – “Tár”
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR sponsored by Nyman Libson Paul
Cate Blanchett – “Tár”
ACTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by The House of Koko
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”
The Philip French Award:
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER sponsored by MetFilm
Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun”
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER
Frankie Corio – “Aftersun”
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
“A Fox in the Night” – dir. Keeran Anwar Blessie
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” – Guillermo del Toro and Brian Leif Hansen, animation
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Michelle Yeoh