London Critics’ Circle Awards Bring in More Nominations

Here we are again with another batch of award nominations for our talented Potter alumni! This has been a big year for the likes of Gary Oldman and Sir Kenneth Branagh with Darkest Hour and Dunkirk, but the London Critics’ Circle Awards bring in nominations for some other familiar faces we may not have seen previously nominated. Check out the list of nominations below!

Film of the Year

Dunkirk – featuring Sir Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart)

The Shape of Water – composed by Alexandre Desplat (Deathly Hallows)

British/Irish Film of the Year

Dunkirk

Paddington 2 – featuring Jim Broadbent (Horace Slughorn), Sir Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore), Brendan Gleeson (Mad-Eye Moody), Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge), and Dame Julie Walters (Molly Weasley)

Director of the Year

Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk

Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water

Actress of the Year

Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water

Actor of the Year

Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) for Darkest Hour

Supporting Actor of the Year

Hugh Grant for Paddington 2

British/Irish Actress of the Year

Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water/Paddington 2

British/Irish Actor of the Year

Colin Farrell (Percival Graves in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) for The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Beguiled

Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour

Young British/Irish Performer of the Year

Fionn Whitehead for Dunkirk

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year

Simon Farnaby, screenwriter, for Paddington 2

Technical Achievement of the Year

Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk, music

Pablo Grillo for Paddington 2, visual effects

Ben Morris for Star Wars: The Last Jedi (featuring Domhnall Gleeson (Bill Weasley)), visual effects

The London Critics’ Circle Film Awards will be held January 28, 2018. Tune in to see if your favorites take home the awards!