London Critics' Circle Awards 2018: The Crown's two Queens Claire Foy and Olivia Colman battle for Actress of the Year

The nominations for the 39th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards have been announced, with Olivia Colman and Claire Foy competing for Best Actress.

Colman recently took over the role of Queen Elizabeth II from Foy in Netflix drama The Crown, and has been recognised by the Critics’ Circle for another royal role, receiving a nomination for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite. Foy picked up a nomination for her performances in First Man, Unsane and The Girl In The Spider’s Web.

They’re joined in the Best Actress race by Colman’s The Favourite co-star Rachel Weisz, Mary Poppins Returns star Emily Blunt and newcomer Jessie Buckley, who has been nominated for her performance in Beast.

Darkly comic period drama The Favourite leads the awards race with 10 nominations in total, including Best Film, Director, Screenwriter and British/Irish Film of the Year.

Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War, Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince, Alfonso Cuáron’s Roma and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here each earned five nominations, and are in contention for Film of the Year alongside BlacKkKlansman, First Man, First Reformed, Leave No Trace and Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters.

Director Pedro Almodovar will receive the ceremony's top honour, the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.

“Our members have gone against expectations this year in their voting, so our list of nominees is very distinctive in the current awards season, including selecting two women for best director and honouring some performances that other groups are overlooking,” said awards chair Rich Cline. “With such a wide range of titles on the ballots, getting a nomination is a real achievement

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on January 20 at the May Fair Hotel.

Full list of nominations:

Film of the Year

BlacKkKlansman

Cold War

The Favourite

First Man

First Reformed

The Happy Prince

Leave No Trace

Roma

Shoplifters

You Were Never Really Here

BlacKkKlansman - Trailer

Foreign Language Film of the Year

120 Beats per Minute

Cold War

A Fantastic Woman

Roma

Shoplifters

Documentary of the Year

Faces Places

McQueen

They Shall Not Grow Old

Three Identical Strangers

Whitney

British/Irish Film of the Year: The Attenborough Award

Apostasy

Beast

The Favourite

The Happy Prince You Were Never Really Here

The Favourite - Trailer

Director of the Year

Alfonso Cuarón - Roma

Debra Granik - Leave No Trace

Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite

Pawel Pawlikowski - Cold War

Lynne Ramsay - You Were Never Really Here

Screenwriter of the Year

Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara - The Favourite

Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk

Steve McQueen & Gillian Flynn - Widows

Paul Schrader - First Reformed

Actress of the Year

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma

Glenn Close - The Wife

Toni Collette - Hereditary

Olivia Colman - The Favourite

Joanna Kulig - Cold War

Actor of the Year

Christian Bale - Vice

Rupert Everett - The Happy Prince

Ben Foster - Leave No Trace

Ethan Hawke - First Reformed

Joaquin Phoenix - You Were Never Really Here

Supporting Actress of the Year

Elizabeth Debicki - Widows

Cynthia Erivo - Bad Times at the El Royale

Claire Foy - First Man

Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk

Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

Widows - Trailer 2

Supporting Actor of the Year

Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman

Richard E Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Michael B Jordan - Black Panther

Daniel Kaluuya - Widows

Alessandro Nivola - Disobedience

British/Irish Actress of the Year

Emily Blunt - Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place, Sherlock Gnomes

Jessie Buckley - Beast

Olivia Colman - The Favourite

Claire Foy - First Man, The Girl in the Spider's Web, Unsane

Rachel Weisz - Disobedience, The Favourite

British/Irish Actor of the Year

Christian Bale - Mowgli, Vice

Steve Coogan - Holmes & Watson, Ideal Home, Stan & Ollie

Rupert Everett - The Happy Prince

Richard E Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Daniel Kaluuya - Black Panther, Widows

Young British/Irish Performer of the Year

Liv Hill - Jellyfish, The Little Stranger

Noah Jupe - Holmes & Watson, A Quiet Place, That Good Night, The Titan

Anya Taylor-Joy - Glass, The Secret of Marrowbone, Thoroughbreds

Fionn Whitehead - The Children Act

Molly Wright - Apostasy

The Little Stranger - Trailer

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker: The Philip French Award

Deborah Davis - The Favourite

Rupert Everett - The Happy Prince

Deborah Haywood - Pin Cushion

Daniel Kokotajlo - Apostasy

Michael Pearce - Beast

British/Irish Short Film

Little S*** - Richard Gorodecky

Night Out - Amelia Hashemi

Salt & Sauce - Alia Ghafar

Three Centimetres - Lara Zeidan

Under Growth - Evin O'Neill

Technical Achievement Award

American Animals - film editing, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart

BlacKkKlansman - costume design, Marci Rodgers

Cold War - cinematography, Lukasz Zal

The Favourite - production design, Fiona Crombie

First Man - visual effects, Paul Lambert

If Beale Street Could Talk - music, Nicholas Britell

Mission: Impossible Fallout - stunts, Wade Eastwood

A Quiet Place - sound design, Ethan Van der Ryn & Erik Aadahl

Suspiria - music, Thom Yorke

You Were Never Really Here - film editing, Joe Bini

The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film

Pedro Almodovar