Precursor: 34th London Film Critics Nominations (2013)

The London Film Critics Circle have long had an eclectic appreciation for film and with their varied release schedule, some U.S. releases don’t appear at all, while others do. Even though The Wolf of Wall Street will not appear in U.K. theaters until 2014, they have qualified it this year. They also seem to like it more than American Hustle, which is different than most groups across the Pond. 12 Years a Slave again dominated noinations, but thanks to the extra nominations from the British-only categories, Philomena came in second with Wolf and Blue Jasmine following behind. There are few surprises, though cleary the American Hustle indifference is clearly represented here by its two nominations, one for Jennifer Lawrence and the other for Christian Bale as British Actor of the Year.

Nominations Tallies

(8) 12 Years a Slave
(5) Philomena
(4) Blue Jasmine, The Wolf of Wall Street
(3) Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Captain Phillips, Filth, Gravity, The Great Beauty, Nebraska, The Selfish Giant

The Nominations

Best Picture

Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
Gravity
The Great Beauty
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Paolo Sorrentino – The Great Beauty
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor

Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Tom Hanks – Saving Mr Banks
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Naomie Harris – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Screenplay

12 Years a Slave
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Foreign-Language Film

Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Caesar Must Die
Gloria
The Great Beauty
A Hijacking

Best Documentary

The Act of Killing
Beware of Mr. Baker
Leviathan
Stories We Tell
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

Best British Film

A Field in England
Filth
Philomena
Rush
The Selfish Giant

Best British Actor

Christian Bale – American Hustle / Out of the Furnace
Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa / The Look of Love / Philomena / What Maisie Knew
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Michael Fassbender – The Counsellor / 12 Years a Slave
James McAvoy – Filth / Trance / Welcome to the Punch

Best British Actress

Judi Dench – Philomena
Lindsay Duncan – About Time / Last Passenger / Le Week-end
Naomie Harris – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Emma Thompson – Beautiful Creatures / Saving Mr Banks

Best Young British Performer

Conner Chapman – The Selfish Giant
Saoirse Ronan – Byzantium / The Host / How I Live Now
Eloise Laurence – Broken
George MacKay – Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson / For Those in Peril / How I Live Now / Sunshine on Leith
Shaun Thomas – The Selfish Giant

Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Jon S Baird – Filth
Scott Graham – Shell
Marcus Markou – Papadopoulos & Sons
Rufus Norris – Broken
Paul Wright – For Those in Peril

Technical Achievements

Music: Inside Llewyn Davis
Editing: Filth
Cinematography: Frances Ha
Cinematography: 12 Years a Slave
Production Design: American Hustle
Production Design: Behind the Candelabra
Costumes: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Costumes: Stoker
Sound Design: Upsream Color
Visual Effects: Gravity