Atonement - fresh from a slew of Golden Globe nominations - leads the pack vying for the London Critics' Circle Film Awards.
The Epic British drama, directed by Joe Wright, leads the list of nominees with eight nominations, including The Attenborough Award for British Film of the Year, British Actor of the Year for James McAvoy and British Actress of the Year for Keira Knightley.
Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and Sienna Miller are also among the stars nominated for the 28th Critics’ Circle Film Awards to be held in aid of the NSPCC, on Friday February 8 at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
Atonement faces tough competition for British Film of the Year from Once, Control, Eastern Promises and This Is England. Summer blockbuster The Bourne Ultimatum will need to see off No Country For Old Men, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, There Will Be Blood, and Zodiac to be crowned Film of the Year.
The awards ceremony will be presented by broadcasters Mariella Frostrup and Paul Gambaccini.
The full list of nominees is below:
Film of the Year
No Country For Old Men
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Attenborough Award for British Film of the Year
Once
Control
Atonement
Eastern Promises
This Is England
Director of the Year
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives Of Others
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men
David Fincher – Zodiac
Cristian Mungiu – 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
British Director of the Year
Anton Corbijn – Control
Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum
Shane Meadows – This Is England
Joe Wright – Atonement
Danny Boyle – Sunshine
Actor of the Year
Ulrich Mühe – The Lives Of Others
Casey Affleck – The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Actress of the Year
Laura Linney – The Savages
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
British Actor of the Year
Sam Riley – Control
James McAvoy – Atonement
Christian Bale – 3:10 To Yuma
Jim Broadbent - And When Did You Last See Your Father
Jonny Lee Miller – The Flying Scotsman
British Actress of the Year
Samantha Morton – Control
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Keira Knightley – Atonement
Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd
Sienna Miller – Interview
British Actor in a Supporting Role
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
Toby Jones – The Painted Veil
Alfred Molina – The Hoax
Toby Kebell – Control
Albert Finney – Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
British Actress in a Supporting Role
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Kelly Macdonald – No Country For Old Men
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
Screenwriter of the Year
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives Of Others
Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Christopher Hampton – Atonement
British Breakthrough – Acting
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Sam Riley – Control
Thomas Turgoose – This Is England
Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazing Grace
Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
British Breakthrough – Film-making
John Carney, writer and director – Once
Sarah Gavron, director – Brick Lane
Anton Corbijn, director – Control
Matt Greenhalgh, writer – Control
Stevan Riley, writer, director, producer – Blue Blood
Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
The Lives of Others
Letters from Iwo Jima
Tell No One
