MOONLIGHT, LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP Lead London Film Critics' Circle Nominations; Full List

Nominations for The London Film Critics' Circle Awards were announced this afternoon. Winners will be revealed on January 22, 2017 at the annual awards ceremony taking place at the May Fair Hotel in central London. Actors and filmmakers Alice Lowe and Steve Oram will return for the second time to host the event.

Barry Jenkins' MOONLIGHT and Whit Stillman's LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP lead this year's nominations with seven each, including nods for Film of the Year. Other top nominees included Maren Ade's TONI ERDMANN, Kenneth Lonergan's MANCHESTER BY THE SEA and Damien Chazell's LA LA LAND

LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP's Kate Beckinsale, MOONLIGHT's Naomie Harris, LA LA LANDS's Emma Stone were among the nominees for Best Actress, while HACKSAW RIDGE's Andrew Garfield and MANCHESTER BY THE SEA's Casey Affleck were among the nominees for Best Actor.

A full list of nominees follows:

Film of the Year
"American Honey"
"Fire at Sea"
"I, Daniel Blake"
"La La Land"
"Love and Friendship"
"Manchester by the Sea"
"Moonlight"
"Nocturnal Animals"
"Son of Saul"
"Toni Erdmann"

British/Irish Film of the Year
"American Honey"
"High-Rise"
"I, Daniel Blake"
"Love and Friendship"
"Sing Street"

Foreign Language Film of the Year
"Fire at Sea"
"Son of Saul"
"Things to Come"
"Toni Erdmann"
"Victoria"

Documentary of the Year
"The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years"
"Cameraperson"
"The Eagle Huntress"
"Fire at Sea"
"Life, Animated"

Director of the Year
Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"
Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester by the Sea"
Barry Jenkins, "Moonlight"
László Nemes, "Son of Saul"
Maren Ade, "Toni Erdmann"

Screenwriter of the Year
Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"
Whit Stillman, "Love and Friendship"
Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester by the Sea"
Barry Jenkins, "Moonlight"
Maren Ade, "Toni Erdmann"

Actor of the Year
Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"
Adam Driver, "Paterson"
Andrew Garfield, "Hacksaw Ridge"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nocturnal Animals"
Peter Simonischek, "Toni Erdmann"

Actress of the Year
Amy Adams, "Arrival"
Kate Beckinsale, "Love and Friendship"
Sandra Hüller, "Toni Erdmann"
Isabelle Huppert, "Things to Come"
Emma Stone, "La La Land"

Supporting Actor of the Year
Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight"
Tom Bennett, "Love and Friendship"
Jeff Bridges, "Hell and High Water"
Shia LaBeouf, "American Honey"
Michael Shannon, "Nocturnal Animals"

Supporting Actress of the Year
Viola Davis, "Fences"
Greta Gerwig, "20th Century Women"
Naomie Harris, "Moonlight"
Riley Keough, "American Honey"
Michelle Williams, "Manchester by the Sea"

British/Irish Actor of the Year
Tom Bennett, "Love and Friendship" and "David Brent: Life on the Road"
Andrew Garfield, "Hacksaw Ridge" and "Silence"
Hugh Grant, "Florence Foster Jenkins"
Dave Johns, "I, Daniel Blake"
David Oyelowo, "A United Kingdom" and "Queen of Katwe"

British/Irish Actress of the Year
Kate Beckinsale, "Love and Friendship"
Rebecca Hall, "Christine"
Naomie Harris, "Moonlight," "Our Kind of Traitor" and "Collateral Beauty"
Ruth Negga, "Loving" and "Iona"
Hayley Squires, "I, Daniel Blake"

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year
Babak Anvari (writer-director), "Under the Shadow"
Mike Carey (writer), "The Girl With All the Gifts"
Guy Hibbert (writer), "Eye in the Sky" and "A United Kingdom"
Peter Middleton and James Spinney (writer-directors), "Notes on Blindness"
Rachel Tunnard (writer-director), "Adult Life Skills"

Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Ruby Barnhill, "The BFG"
Lewis MacDougall, "A Monster Calls"
Sennia Nanua, "The Girl With All the Gifts"
Anya Taylor-Joy, "The Witch," "Morgan" and "Split"
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, "Sing Street"

Technical Achievement of the Year
Robbie Ryan (cinematography), "American Honey"
(sound design), "Arrival"
Mark Tildesley (production design), "High-Rise"
Mica Levi (music), "Jackie"
(stunt coordination), "Jason Bourne"
Justin Hurwitz (music), "La La Land"
Nat Sanders and Joi Macmillan (editing), "Moonlight"
(visual effects),"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
Gary Clark and John Carney (music), "Sing Street"
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (cinematography), "Victoria"

British/Irish Short Film of the Year
"Isabella," Duncan Cowles and Ross Hogg
"Jacked," Rene Pannevis
"Sweet Maddie Stone," Brady Hood
"Tamara," Sofia Safanova
"Terminal," Natasha Waugh

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