Joanna Hogg’s autobiographical relationship drama has seven nominations, ahead of Martin Scorsese’s mob epic The Irishman and Sam Mendes’ war movie 1917

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The Souvenir, Joanna Hogg’s loosely autobiographical film about a student who embarks on a relationship with a mysterious older man, has emerged as the leading contender at the London critics’ circle film awards, after nominations were announced today.

Hogg’s film was nominated in seven categories, including film of the year, British/Irish film of the year, and acting nods for Tom Burke, Honor Swinton Byrne, and Tilda Swinton. Hogg was nominated for screenwriter of the year.

Close behind were The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s mob epic about mafia killer Frank Sheeran, and Sam Mendes’ first world war drama 1917. Both were nominated for film of the year and director of the year. Three of The Irishman’s actors received nominations – Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino – while 1917’s George Mackay was nominated for best British/Irish actor.

The Syrian civil war documentary For Sama continued its impressive awards season run, picking up nominations for documentary of the year and breakthrough British/Irish film-maker.

The winners of the London critics’ circle film awards will be announced on 30 January.

Full list of nominations

Film of the year

The Irishman

Joker

Knives Out

Marriage Story

Midsommar

1917

Pain and Glory

Parasite

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

The Souvenir

Foreign-language film of the year

Happy As Lazzaro

Monos

Pain and Glory

Parasite

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Documentary of the year

Amazing Grace

Apollo 11

The Cave

For Sama

Varda by Agnès

Director of the year

Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory

Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

Sam Mendes, 1917

Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Martin Scorsese, The Irishman

Screenwriter of the year

Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory

Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-wan, Parasite

Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir

Steven Zaillian, The Irishman

Actress of the year

Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

Lupita Nyong’o, Us

Florence Pugh, Midsommar

Charlize Theron, Bombshell

Renée Zellweger, Judy

Actor of the year

Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory

Tom Burke, The Souvenir

Robert De Niro, The Irishman

Adam Driver, Marriage Story

Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Supporting actress of the year

Laura Dern, Marriage Story

Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

Florence Pugh, Little Women

Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Tilda Swinton, The Souvenir

Supporting actor of the year

Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy

Al Pacino, The Irishman

Joe Pesci, The Irishman

Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

British/Irish Film: The Attenborough award

Bait

1917

Rocketman

The Souvenir

Wild Rose

British/Irish actress (for body of work)

Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose/Judy

Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

Lesley Manville, Ordinary Love/Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Florence Pugh, Fighting With My Family/Midsommar/Little Women

Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

British/Irish actor (for body of work)

Tom Burke, The Souvenir

Taron Egerton, Rocketman

George MacKay, 1917/Where Hands Touch/Ophelia

Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse/High Life/The King

Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

Young British/Irish performer (for body of work)

Raffey Cassidy, Vox Lux

Dean-Charles Chapman, 1917/The King/Blinded By the Light

Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit

Noah Jupe, Honey Boy/Le Mans ’66

Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir

Breakthrough British/Irish film-maker: The Philip French award

Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, For Sama

Richard Billingham, Ray & Liz

Mark Jenkin, Bait

Owen McCafferty, Ordinary Love

Nicole Taylor, Wild Rose

British/Irish short film of the year

Appreciation

Beyond the North Winds: A Post-Nuclear Reverie

The Devil’s Harmony

Kingdom Come

Pompeii

Technical achievement award

Allen Maris, visual effects, Ad Astra

Todd Douglas Miller, film editing, Apollo 11

Jeremy Woodhead, makeup and hair, Judy

Jacqueline Durran, costumes, Little Women

Daniel Pemberton, music, Motherless Brooklyn

Jasper Wolf, cinematography, Monos

Oliver Tarney, sound design, 1917

Barbara Ling, production design, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Lee Ha-jun, production design, Parasite

Will Becher and Richard Phelan, animation, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Dilys Powell award for excellence in film

Sally Potter

Sandy Powell

40th anniversary award

Aardman Animations