The Banshees of Inisherin was one of the big winners at the 43rd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, which were held on Sunday at the May Fair Hotel.
British-Irish director Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy left the ceremony with five prizes. The film, which is about two friends going through a catastrophic breakdown in their relationship on a small island near Ireland in the 1920s, took home the Attenborough Award for British/Irish Film of the Year as well as Screenwriter of the Year for MartinMcDonagh, who also directed the film.
The Banshees of Inisherin‘s other three awards came for Colin Farrell in the Actor of the Year category Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress for Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon respectively.
The win continues Farrell’s successful awards season run, after scooping his first Academy Award nomination for best actor and receiving a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) gong for his performance as Padraic Suilleabhain.
Another Irish film, An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl), won foreign language film of the year in a tie win alongside Park Chan-wook’s thriller Decision To Leave.
The London Critics’ Circle Awards are given by the 200 strong members of the film section of the Critics’ Circle – which is the longest-standing critics’ organisation in the United Kingdom.
Here’s the Full List of Winners for the 2023 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards:
FILM OF THE YEAR
Tár
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR (tie)
Decision to Leave
The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The Attenborough Award:
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
The Banshees of Inisherin
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Todd Field – Tár
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Cate Blanchett – Tár
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR for body of work
Florence Pugh – Don’t Worry Darling, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Wonder
BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR for body of work
Bill Nighy – Living
The Philip French Award:
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
A Fox in the Night – dir. Keeran Anwar Blessie
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro and Brian Leif Hansen, animation
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Michelle Yeoh