Female film-makers have proven triumphant in the nominations for the annual London critics’ circle awards, with movies by Rose Glass, Sarah Gavron, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell scoring the most nods. Glass’s psychological horror Saint Maud leads the pack, with eight nominations, followed by Gavron’s London coming-of-age tale, Rocks, with six, Nomadland, Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-tipped road movie, with five, and Fennell’s rape revenge comedy Promising Young Woman, with four. David Fincher’s Hollywood love letter, Mank, also took four, as did Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, part of his quintet of Small Axe films of the BBC. The 41st edition of the awards mixes fiction and non-fiction for its 10-strong shortlist for film of the year, which also includes Roy Andersson’s existential comedy About Endlessness, Collective, a documentary uncovering extraordinary corruption in Romania, Charlie Kaufman’s mind-bending I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Minari, Lee Isaac Chung’s Korean-American immigrant drama and Kevin Macdonald’s Guantánamo thriller The Mauritanian. Meanwhile Chadwick Boseman, who took received a posthumous tribute award at the Gotham awards on Monday, was nominated for his lead role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and his supporting role in Da 5 Bloods. Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark was also mentioned more than once, as was Anthony Hopkins, Carey Mulligan, Riz Ahmed, Vanessa Kirby, Sacha Baron Cohen and Rocks’ Bukky Bakray. Ahmed was the surprise victor in the Gothams’ lead actor category for his role in Sound of Metal. That ceremony cemented Nomadland’s reputation as the film to beat this season; it has so far been named best film by a raft of film critic societies, as well as winning the top prize at both the Toronto and Venice film festivals, where it premiered last summer. The London critics’ circle film awards will be presented at a virtual ceremony on 7 February. The body has stuck to its usual spot in the awards calendar, unlike the Baftas, Golden Globes and Oscars, which have shifted their dates back a couple of months in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Film of the year About Endlessness Collective I’m Thinking of Ending Things Lovers Rock The Mauritanian Minari Nomadland Promising Young Woman Rocks Saint Maud Foreign-language film of the year About Endlessness Another Round Collective Les Misérables Minari Documentary of the year Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Collective Dick Johnson Is Dead Time The Truffle Hunters The Attenborough award for British/Irish film of the year The Father Lovers Rock Mangrove Rocks Saint Maud Director of the year David Fincher – Mank Rose Glass – Saint Maud Kevin Macdonald – The Mauritanian Steve McQueen – Small Axe Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Screenwriter of the year Jack Fincher – Mank Rose Glass – Saint Maud Charlie Kaufman – I’m Thinking of Ending Things Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Actress of the year Morfydd Clark – Saint Maud Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman Frances McDormand – Nomadland Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman Actor of the year Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins – The Father Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian Supporting actress of the year Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman Essie Davis – Babyteeth Jennifer Ehle – Saint Maud Amanda Seyfried – Mank Supporting actor of the year Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods Aldis Hodge – Clemency Ben Mendelsohn – Babyteeth Shaun Parkes – Mangrove British/Irish actress of the year (for body of work) Bukky Bakray – Rocks Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Misbehaviour Morfydd Clark – Eternal Beauty, Saint Maud Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman, The World to Come Carey Mulligan – The Dig, Promising Young Woman British/Irish actor of the year (for body of work) Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli, Sound of Metal Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago 7 John Boyega – Red, White and Blue Anthony Hopkins – The Father Cosmo Jarvis – Calm With Horses, Nocturnal The Philip French award for breakthrough British/Irish film-maker Henry Blake – County Lines Fyzal Boulifa – Lynn + Lucy Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Rose Glass – Saint Maud Remi Weekes – His House Young British/Irish performer Kosar Ali – Rocks Bukky Bakray – Rocks Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes Conrad Khan – County Lines Molly Windsor – Make Up British/Irish short film Filipiñana – Rafael Manuel, director Hungry Joe – Paul Holbrook, director Lizard – Akinola Davies Jr, director The Long Goodbye – Aneil Karia, director The Shift – Laura Carreira, director Technical achievement Ammonite – Stéphane Fontaine, cinematography Birds of Prey – Deborah Lamia Denaver & Adruitha Lee, makeup & hair Lovers Rock – Mica Levi, music Mank – Donald Graham Burt, production design Nomadland – Joshua James Richards, cinematography Rocks – Lucy Pardee, casting Soul – Pete Docter, animation Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, sound design Tenet – Jennifer Lame, film editing Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, animation