London Film Critics Circle Awards 2021



42nd London Film Critics' Circle Awards


6 February 2022



Film of the Year:

The Power of the Dog
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British/Irish Film of the Year:

The Souvenir Part II

The 42nd London Film Critics' Circle Awards honoured the best in film of 2021, as chosen by the London Film Critics' Circle. All films released in a UK cinema and direct to premiere streaming services between February 2021 and February 2022 were all eligible to be nominated. For the second year in a row, the event took place virtually on the London Critics' Circle YouTube channel, this time with critics presenting awards remotely from the ceremony's usual home at The May Fair Hotel.
The nominations were announced on 16 December 2021 by actors Gwilym Lee and Joanna Vanderham.
The London Critics' Circle Film Awards is sponsored by The Critics' Circle, The May Fair Hotel, Rémy Martin, DDA, and Pearl Pictures Productions. An in-person event to celebrate the winners took place later in 2022.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
Film of the YearDirector of the Year
The Power of the Dog
Jane CampionThe Power of the Dog
  • * Ryusuke HamaguchiDrive My Car
  • * Joanna HoggThe Souvenir Part II
  • * Céline SciammaPetite Maman
  • * Denis VilleneuveDune
  • Actor of the YearActress of the Year
    Benedict CumberbatchThe Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank
  • * Adam DriverAnnette as Henry McHenry
  • * Andrew Garfieldtick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson
  • * Oscar IsaacThe Card Counter as William Tell
  • * Daniel KaluuyaJudas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton
  • Olivia ColmanThe Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
  • * Penélope CruzParallel Mothers as Janis Martínez
  • * Renate ReinsveThe Worst Person in the World as Julie
  • * Joanna ScanlanAfter Love as Mary Hussain
  • * Kristen StewartSpencer as Diana Spencer
  • Supporting Actor of the YearSupporting Actress of the Year
    Kodi Smit-McPheeThe Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon
  • * Richard AyoadeThe Souvenir Part II as Patrick
  • * Ciarán HindsBelfast as Pop
  • * Jesse PlemonsThe Power of the Dog as George Burbank
  • * Jeffrey WrightThe French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright
  • Ruth NeggaPassing as Clare Bellew
  • * Jessie BuckleyThe Lost Daughter as Young Leda Caruso
  • * Ariana DeBoseWest Side Story as Anita
  • * Kirsten DunstThe Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon
  • * Rita MorenoWest Side Story as Valentina
  • Screenwriter of the YearForeign Language Film of the Year
    Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa OeDrive My Car
  • * Paul Thomas AndersonLicorice Pizza
  • * Wes AndersonThe French Dispatch
  • * Jane CampionThe Power of the Dog
  • * Maggie GyllenhaalThe Lost Daughter
  • Drive My Car
  • * The Hand of God
  • * Petite Maman
  • * Titane
  • * The Worst Person in the World
  • Documentary of the YearThe Attenborough Award: British/Irish Film of the Year
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • * Flee
  • * Gunda
  • * The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
  • * The Velvet Underground
  • The Souvenir Part II
  • * After Love
  • * Belfast
  • * The Green Knight
  • * Limbo
  • British/Irish Actor of the YearBritish/Irish Actress of the Year
    Andrew GarfieldThe Eyes of Tammy Faye, Mainstream, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and tick, tick... BOOM!
  • * Riz AhmedEncounter
  • * Adeel AkhtarAli & Ava, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, and The Nest
  • * Benedict CumberbatchThe Courier, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, and The Power of the Dog
  • * Stephen GrahamBoiling Point and Venom: Let There Be Carnage
  • Tilda SwintonThe French Dispatch, Memoria, and The Souvenir Part II
  • * Jessie BuckleyThe Lost Daughter
  • * Olivia ColmanThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Lost Daughter, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Mothering Sunday, and Ron's Gone Wrong
  • * Ruth NeggaPassing and Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
  • * Joanna ScanlanAfter Love
  • Young British/Irish Performer of the YearThe Philip French Award: Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year
    Woody NormanC'mon C'mon as Jesse
  • * Max HarwoodEverybody's Talking About Jamie as Jamie New / Mimi Me
  • * Jude HillBelfast as Buddy
  • * Emilia JonesCODA as Ruby Rossi
  • * Daniel LamontNowhere Special as Michael
  • Rebecca HallPassing
  • * Prano Bailey-BondCensor
  • * Aleem KhanAfter Love
  • * Marley Morrison – Sweetheart
  • * Ben SharrockLimbo
  • British/Irish Short Film of the YearTechnical Achievement Award
    Play It Safe – Mitch Kalisa
  • * Diseased and DisorderlyAndrew Kötting
  • * Expensive ShitAdura Onashile
  • * Know the Grass – Sophie Littman
  • * Precious Hair & Beauty – John Ogunmuyiwa
  • Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd NefzerDune, visual effects
  • * Jenny BeavanCruella, costumes
  • * Fabrizio Federico and Aline Hervé – Martin Eden, film editing
  • * Jonny GreenwoodThe Power of the Dog, music
  • * Kenneth Ladekjær – Flee, animation
  • * Hélène LouvartThe Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, cinematography
  • * Andrew Droz PalermoThe Green Knight, cinematography
  • * Justin PeckWest Side Story, choreography
  • * Olivier Schneider – No Time to Die, stunts
  • * Adam StockhausenThe French Dispatch, production design