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46th Annual Film Awards set for 1 February 2026 at The May Fair

Timothée Chalamet, winner of Actor of the Year for ‘Marty Supreme’ at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
“What a tremendous honour to be here tonight. My New York sense was I was going to be in a room with well-spoken Brits so I came prepared with a speech so I wouldn’t feel judged. If I’m here it means you guys
judged me in a good way.”
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Jessie Buckley, winner of Actress of the Year for ‘Hamnet’ at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
“This is such an honour. It was my absolute privilege to give voice to Agnes, this incredible woman, this epic mother, this daughter of a forest witch, this wife of Shakespeare, who, until this moment, has in some way been misunderstood and miscast in her own life.”
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Paul Thomas Anderson, winner of Film of the Year, Director of the Year and Screenwriter of the Year for ‘One Battle After Another’ at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
“Thank you for this. When you finish something you have absolutely no idea how anybody else might feel and you’ve given this affection back to us that we put into it. And I appreciate that... Three for three. Okay. This is a great night.”
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The Critics’ Circle is delighted to announce that pioneering filmmaker, critic and academic Laura Mulvey has been welcomed as an honorary and full member of its Film Section. Mulvey is internationally renowned as one of the most influential voices in film studies. Her groundbreaking 1975 essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ transformed the way scholars and critics understand representation, spectatorship and gender in film, introducing ideas that continue to shape contemporary film criticism and academic debate.

Mark Kermode, host of the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
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Tom Basden and James Griffiths, nominees for British/Irish Film of the Year for ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island,’ at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
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Duncan Cowles, winner of British/Irish Short Film of the Year for ‘Neil Armstrong and the Langholmitest’ at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
“I wasn’t expecting to come up, so this is really lovely... Short films often get overlooked so it really means a lot to get something like this and to be in a room with these intimidating people.”
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Douglas Hodge and Lesley Sharp, stars of ‘Pillion,’ at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
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Ebada Hassan, nominee for Young Performer of the Year for ‘Brides’ at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
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Scott Ellis Watson, nominee for Young Performer of the Year for ‘I Swear’ at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
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Cynthia Erivo, winner of the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
“While this award is about innovation, it also gifts me with a beautiful opportunity to share my appreciation and my deepest gratitude for the journey I’ve been on with this miracle of a film, Wicked.”
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Noah Jupe and Jacobi Jupe, nominees for Young Performer of the Year at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
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