British drama All of Us Strangers has consolidated its position as a serious awards-season contender with nine nominations at the London critics’ circle film awards, including film of the year.

Written and directed by Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers secured nods for three of its principal cast: Andrew Scott as actor of the year, and Claire Foy and Paul Mescal in supporting categories. The film tells the story of a romance between Scott and Mescal’s characters, with Foy and Jamie Bell as Scott’s parents who appear to have been suspended in time. The film has not yet been released in the UK but premiered at the prestigious Telluride film festival in September, where the Guardian’s chief film critic Peter Bradshaw described it as a “mysterious, beautiful and sentimental film” in a five-star review.

Christopher Nolan’s atom bomb biopic Oppenheimer is in second place with seven nominations, including film of the year, director and screenwriter of the year for Nolan, and actor of the year for its star Cillian Murphy. Also showing well, on six nominations each, are Celine Song’s immigrant romance Past Lives, Yorgos Lanthimos’ literary adaptation Poor Things and Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 4 February.

Full list of nominations

Film of the year
All of Us Strangers
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Foreign-language film of the year
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Fallen Leaves
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

Documentary of the year
20 Days in Mariupol
Beyond Utopia
The Eternal Memory
Scala!!!
Still: A Michael J Fox Movie

Animated film of the year
The Boy and the Heron
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Director of the year
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Screenwriter of the year
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Celine Song – Past Lives
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie

Actress of the year
Lily Gladstone – Killers of The Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Actor of the year
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Supporting actress of the year
Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Supporting actor of the year
Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Breakthrough performer of the year
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex
Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla

Attenborough award for British/Irish film of the year
All of Us Strangers
How to Have Sex
Poor Things
Rye Lane
The Zone of Interest

Philip French award for breakthrough British/Irish film-maker
Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane
Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping – Femme
Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex
Nida Manzoor – Polite Society
Charlotte Regan – Scrapper

British/Irish performer of the year (for body of work)
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers/God’s Creatures/Foe/Carmen
Carey Mulligan – Maestro/Saltburn
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Tilda Swinton – The Eternal Daughter/The Killer/Asteroid City

Young British/Irish performer of the year
Jaeden Boadilla – Raging Grace
Le’Shantey Bonsu – Girl
Samuel Bottomley – How to Have Sex
Lola Campbell – Scrapper
Temilola Olatunbosun – Pretty Red Dress

British/Irish short film of the year
For People in Trouble
Muna
Outlets
Predators
The Veiled City

Technical achievement award
All of Us Strangers – casting, Kahleen Crawford
Barbie – production design, Sarah Greenwood
The First Slam Dunk – sound design, Kôji Kasamatsu
Full Time – film editing, Mathilde Van de Moortel
Killers of the Flower Moon – film editing, Thelma Schoonmaker
Medusa Deluxe – makeup and hair, Eugene Souleiman
Oppenheimer – visual effects, Andrew Jackson
Past Lives – cinematography, Shabier Kirchner
Poor Things – costumes, Holly Waddington
Saltburn – casting, Kharmel Cochrane
The Zone of Interest – music and sound, Mica Levi and Johnnie Burn

Dilys Powell award for excellence in film
Jeffrey Wright