“Tar“his new film Todd Field with her Cate Blanchettwas her big winner Society of Film Critics of London (London Critics’ Circle Film Awards) held on Sunday evening as it won in three important categories.

In particular, Field received Directing Award and Blanchett her Actor of the Year. In fact, this is not the first time the actress has received this award, having received it in 1998 for her role in the film Elizabeth and in 2013 for Blue Jasmine.

Cate Blanchett’s Complete Victory Speech at the London Film Critics Awards Part 1 pic.twitter.com/XRVpUiKrez

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“A film about the female experience, but also beyond. It’s Complicated. For me personally, this was the most independent, exciting and creatively risky shoot of my career,” Blanchett emphasized, among other things, in her acceptance speech.

Accepting the award, Field said, “Kate, we won’t do this again. And I’m so grateful that we worked together, so grateful that you gave your all to this role. And if you’ve seen the movie, you know what the human sacrifice of what Kate did was worth. I share this award with you.”

“Kate, we can’t do this. [TÁR] again. I’m so grateful that we did. If you’ve seen the movie, you know what it must cost a person to do what Kate did, and it costs her and her family dearly.”

— Todd Field — Cate Blanchett at the London Critics Circle Awards. pic.twitter.com/GhcBWgKJSW

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His black comedy Martin McDonough“Spirits of Inisherin(The Banshee of Inishereen) won five awards, including the Attenborough Award for Best British/Irish Film of the Year, Actor of the Year for Colin Farrell and supporting actor and actress for them Barry Keoghan And Kerry Condonrespectively.

Florence Pugh And Bill Nye were at the ceremony where they were presented with the British/Irish Actress Award for their work in 2022.

Heroes of the movieafter the sun» Paul Mescal And Frankie Corio they reunited at the event when Corio won the Young British/Irish Performer Award for her performance and Mescal won the Philip French New British/Irish Director Award given to filmmaker Charlotte Wells.

Meanwhile, Colm Byrd’s drama The Quiet Girl and Park Chan-wook’s noir thriller The Decision to Quit were voted Foreign Language Film of the Year.

Florence Pugh, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Yeoh, Frankie Corio, Kieran Anwar Blessey, Kleona Ni Chrualaoi, Katherine Clinch, Colm Barread, Gregory Mann and Anna Leong Brophy at the 43rd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards! pic.twitter.com/hAJ2TL7LIT

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Technical Achievement Award went to “Pinocchio” his Guillermo del Toro for impressive animations.

Movie Star – Nominated for 11 Oscars – “All“(Everything and everywhere, all at once) Michelle Geo was awarded the Dilys Powell Award for excellence in film. During his six-minute acceptance speech, he dedicated the victory to the pioneering British film critic Powell, after whom the award was named.

The awards are presented by the 200-member film section of the Critics’ Circle, Britain’s oldest critics’ organisation.

According to Variety