London Film Critics Circle Awards 2020



41st London Film Critics' Circle Awards


7 February 2021



Film of the Year:

Nomadland
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British/Irish Film of the Year:

Saint Maud

The 41st London Film Critics' Circle Awards honoured the best in film of 2020, as chosen by the London Film Critics' Circle. The event was held virtually on the Critics' Circle's YouTube channel for the first time on 7 February 2021, with awards presented by member critics who serve on the event's organising committee and acceptance videos from almost all of the winners. An in-person celebration with nominees and winners occurred later in the year along with long-time sponsors The May Fair Hotel and Audi. The nominations were announced on 12 January 2021; due to the then-rising COVID-19 pandemic, more films released directly to streaming services were made eligible, and the qualifying release dates were extended into March 2021, as long as films had been screened in 2020 to critics or at festivals.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
Film of the YearDirector of the Year
Nomadland
Steve McQueen – Small Axe
  • * David Fincher – Mank
  • * Rose Glass – Saint Maud
  • * Kevin Macdonald – The Mauritanian
  • * Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
  • Actor of the YearActress of the Year
    Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • * Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
  • * Anthony Hopkins – The Father
  • * Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
  • * Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian
  • Frances McDormand – Nomadland
  • * Morfydd Clark – Saint Maud
  • * Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • * Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
  • * Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
  • Supporting Actor of the YearSupporting Actress of the Year
    Shaun Parkes – Mangrove
  • * Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • * Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
  • * Aldis Hodge – Clemency
  • * Ben Mendelsohn – Babyteeth
  • Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • * Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
  • * Essie Davis – Babyteeth
  • * Jennifer Ehle – Saint Maud
  • * Amanda Seyfried – Mank
  • Screenwriter of the YearForeign Language Film of the Year
    Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
  • * Jack Fincher – Mank
  • * Rose Glass – Saint Maud
  • * Charlie Kaufman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  • * Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Another Round
  • * About Endlessness
  • * Collective
  • * Les Misérables
  • * Minari
  • Documentary of the YearThe Attenborough Award for British/Irish Film of the Year
    Collective
  • * Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
  • * Dick Johnson Is Dead
  • * Time
  • * The Truffle Hunters
  • Saint Maud
  • * The Father
  • * Lovers Rock
  • * Mangrove
  • * Rocks
  • British/Irish Actor of the YearBritish/Irish Actress of the Year
    Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli and Sound of Metal
  • * Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • * John Boyega – Red, White and Blue
  • * Anthony Hopkins – The Father
  • * Cosmo Jarvis – Calm with Horses and Nocturnal
  • Morfydd Clark – Eternal Beauty and Saint Maud
  • * Bukky Bakray – Rocks
  • * Jessie Buckley – I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Misbehaviour
  • * Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman and The World to Come
  • * Carey Mulligan – The Dig and Promising Young Woman
  • Young British/Irish Performer of the YearThe Philip French Award for Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year
    Bukky Bakray – Rocks
  • * Kosar Ali – Rocks
  • * Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes
  • * Conrad Khan – County Lines
  • * Molly Windsor – Make Up
  • Rose Glass – Saint Maud
  • * Henry Blake – County Lines
  • * Fyzal Boulifa – Lynn + Lucy
  • * Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
  • * Remi Weekes – His House
  • British/Irish Short Film of the YearTechnical Achievement Award
    The Long Goodbye
  • * Filipiñana
  • * Hungry Joe
  • * Lizard
  • * The Shift
  • Lucy Pardee – Rocks, casting
  • * Nicolas Becker – Sound of Metal, sound design
  • * Donald Graham Burt – Mank, production design
  • * Deborah La Mia Denaver and Adruitha Lee – Birds of Prey, makeup & hair
  • * Pete Docter – Soul, animation
  • * Stéphane Fontaine – Ammonite, cinematography
  • * Jennifer Lame – Tenet, film editing
  • * Mica Levi – Lovers Rock, music
  • * Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart – Wolfwalkers, animation
  • * Joshua James Richards – Nomadland, cinematography