The Palme d’Or winner Anora and epic architect drama The Brutalist have come out on top in the nominations count for the London Critics’ Circle film awards, with seven apiece. The two films are expected to feature strongly throughout the awards race during the next few months, and have largely matched each other here. Anora and The Brutalist are both nominated for film of the year and director of the year (for Sean Baker and Brady Corbet respectively), and their lead performers are also nominated: Mikey Madison for actress of the year for Anora and Adrien Brody for The Brutalist. Madison, who plays a sex worker who impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch, is also nominated for breakthrough performer. Just behind, on six nominations each, are the papal drama Conclave and feminist body horror The Substance. The former, which stars Ralph Fiennes as a British cardinal involved in the election of a new pope, has nods for actor for the year for Fiennes and screenwriter of the year for Peter Straughan, adapting Robert Harris’s novel. In what counts as a major comeback, Demi Moore is up for actress of the year for The Substance, while its creator Coralie Fargeat is nominated twice, in the writing and directing categories. Emilia Pérez, the trans gangster musical directed by Jacques Audiard, which is already being talked up as a major Oscar contender, has five nominations including film of the year and foreign-language film of the year. Conclave is the leading British/Irish film in the nominations count; behind it, with four each, are Mike Leigh’s latest drama, Hard Truths, and Belfast-set rap comedy Kneecap. Hard Truths star Marianne Jean-Baptiste is up for actress of the year and British/Irish performer of the year (with the latter for her “body of work”, including her role in The Book of Clarence). Kneecap, meanwhile, is set to have a strong awards season after emerging as the leading contender for the British independent film awards (Bifas) and making the shortlist for the best international feature film Oscar. The Critics’ Circle award winners will be announced on 2 February at a ceremony in London. Full list of nominations Film of the year All We Imagine As Light Anora The Brutalist La Chimera Conclave Emilia Pérez Kneecap Nickel Boys Nosferatu The Substance Foreign-language film of the year All We Imagine As Light La Chimera Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Kneecap Documentary of the year Dahomey Grand Theft Hamlet Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger No Other Land Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Animated feature of the year Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wild Robot Attenborough award for British/Irish film of the year Bird Conclave Hard Truths Kneecap Love Lies Bleeding Director of the year Sean Baker - Anora Brady Corbet - The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat - The Substance RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two Screenwriter of the year Sean Baker - Anora Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold - The Brutalist Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain Coralie Fargeat - The Substance Peter Straughan - Conclave Actress of the year Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths Nicole Kidman - Babygirl Mikey Madison - Anora Demi Moore - The Substance Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun Actor of the year Adrien Brody - The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown Daniel Craig - Queer Colman Domingo - Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes - Conclave Supporting actress of the year Michele Austin - Hard Truths Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson Margaret Qualley - The Substance Isabella Rossellini - Conclave Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez Supporting actor of the year Yura Borisov - Anora Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain Guy Pearce - The Brutalist Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice Denzel Washington - Gladiator II Breakthrough performer Marisa Abela - Back to Black Nykiya Adams - Bird Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison - Anora Maisy Stella - My Old Ass Philip French award for Breakthrough British/Irish film-maker Luna Carmoon - Hoard Naqqash Khalid - In Camera Amy Liptrot - The Outrun Dev Patel - Monkey Man Rich Peppiatt - Kneecap British/Irish performer of the year (for body of work) Cynthia Erivo - Drift/Wicked: Part I Marianne Jean-Baptiste - The Book of Clarence/Hard Truths Nicholas Hoult - Juror #2/Nosferatu/The Order Josh O’Connor - La Chimera/Challengers/Lee Saoirse Ronan - Blitz/The Outrun Young British/Irish performer of the year (for body of work) Nykiya Adams - Bird Elliott Heffernan - Blitz Raffey Cassidy - The Brutalist/Kensuke’s Kingdom Dan Hough - Speak No Evil Alisha Weir - Abigail/Buffalo Kids/Wicked Little Letters British/Irish short film of the year Iranian Yellow Pages Karavidhe Push Wander to Wonder We Beg to Differ Technical achievement award Anora - stunts, Manny Siverio, Christopher Colombo & Roberto Lopez Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - visual effects, Angus Bickerton The Brutalist - production design, Judy Becker A Complete Unknown - costumes, Arianne Phillips Conclave - film editing, Nick Emerson Dune: Part Two - visual effects, Paul Lambert Emilia Pérez - music, Clément Ducol & Camille Nickel Boys - cinematography, Jomo Fray Nosferatu - cinematography, Jarin Blaschke The Substance - makeup, Stéphanie Guillon & Pierre-Olivier Persin