Movie The Favourite, which was largely shot on location in Hatfield, leads the nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedy drama was filmed at Hatfield House in the spring of 2017.
Opening in the UK on January 1, the royal love triangle set during Queen Anne’s reign has won over the UK’s leading critics.
Starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, The Favourite picked up 10 nominations across the board.
This follows the movie picking up a record haul from the British Independent Film Awards, and securing five Golden Globe nominations.
The 39th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards presented by Dover Street Entertainment will be held at The May Fair Hotel on Sunday, January 20.
The Favourite is up for 10 awards – twice as many as its nearest rivals – including Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actress for Olivia Colman, and Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz.
In addition, the film is nominated for British/Irish Film of the Year.
After The Favourite’s 10 nominations, the next most nominated films are Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War, Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, each of which earned five nominations.
These five films are in contention for Film of the Year alongside BlacKkKlansman, First Man, First Reformed, Leave No Trace and this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters.
“Because our critics see almost everything that’s released, they nominated more than 180 titles in the Film of the Year category alone,” said awards chair Rich Cline.
“Our members have gone against expectations this year in their voting, so our list of nominees is very distinctive in the current awards season, including selecting two women for best director and honouring some performances that other groups are overlooking.
“With such a wide range of titles on the ballots, getting a nomination is a real achievement.”
The 39th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards is presented by London-based media group Dover Street Entertainment.
• Full List of Nominations:
FILM OF THE YEAR
BlacKkKlansman
Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
First Reformed
The Happy Prince
Leave No Trace
Roma
Shoplifters
You Were Never Really Here
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
120 Beats per Minute
Cold War
A Fantastic Woman
Roma
Shoplifters
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Faces Places
McQueen
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers
Whitney
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: The Attenborough Award
Apostasy
Beast
The Favourite
The Happy Prince
You Were Never Really Here
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Alfonso Cuarón - Roma
Debra Granik - Leave No Trace
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite
Pawel Pawlikowski - Cold War
Lynne Ramsay - You Were Never Really Here
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Alfonso Cuarón - Roma
Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara - The Favourite
Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk
Steve McQueen & Gillian Flynn - Widows
Paul Schrader - First Reformed
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Yalitza Aparicio - Roma
Glenn Close - The Wife
Toni Collette - Hereditary
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Joanna Kulig - Cold War
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Christian Bale - Vice
Rupert Everett - The Happy Prince
Ben Foster - Leave No Trace
Ethan Hawke - First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix - You Were Never Really Here
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Elizabeth Debicki - Widows
Cynthia Erivo - Bad Times at the El Royale
Claire Foy - First Man
Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
Richard E Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B Jordan - Black Panther
Daniel Kaluuya - Widows
Alessandro Nivola - Disobedience
BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt - Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place, Sherlock Gnomes
Jessie Buckley - Beast
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Claire Foy - First Man, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Unsane
Rachel Weisz - Disobedience, The Favourite
BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Christian Bale - Mowgli, Vice
Steve Coogan - Holmes & Watson, Ideal Home, Stan & Ollie
Rupert Everett - The Happy Prince
Richard E Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Daniel Kaluuya - Black Panther, Widows
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Liv Hill - Jellyfish, The Little Stranger
Noah Jupe - Holmes & Watson, A Quiet Place, That Good Night, The Titan
Anya Taylor-Joy - Glass, The Secret of Marrowbone, Thoroughbreds
Fionn Whitehead - The Children Act
Molly Wright - Apostasy
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER: The Philip French Award
Deborah Davis - The Favourite
Rupert Everett - The Happy Prince
Deborah Haywood - Pin Cushion
Daniel Kokotajlo - Apostasy
Michael Pearce - Beast
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM
Little Shit - Richard Gorodecky
Night Out - Amelia Hashemi
Salt & Sauce - Alia Ghafar
Three Centimetres - Lara Zeidan
Under Growth - Evin O’Neill
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
American Animals - film editing, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart
BlacKkKlansman - costume design, Marci Rodgers
Cold War - cinematography, Lukasz Zal
The Favourite - production design, Fiona Crombie
First Man - visual effects, Paul Lambert
If Beale Street Could Talk - music, Nicholas Britell
Mission: Impossible Fallout - stunts, Wade Eastwood
A Quiet Place - sound design, Ethan Van der Ryn & Erik Aadahl
Suspiria - music, Thom Yorke
You Were Never Really Here - film editing, Joe Bini
THE DILYS POWELL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Pedro Almodovar
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