'Tinker,' 'Drive' lead London Critics' Circle race

LONDON -- Brit espionage thriller "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" and Ryan Gosling starrer "Drive" lead the 32nd London Critics' Circle race, receiving six nominations each. Tomas Alfredson's "Mess Tailor" received noms for film, British film, film author (Peter Straughn and Bridget O'Connor from John Le Carre's tome), actor (Gary Oldman), British actor (Oldman) as well as the technical achievement award for production designer Maria Djurkovic. "Drive," helmed by Nicolas Winding Refn, is nominated for film of year, director, actor (Gosling), supporting actor (Albert Brooks), British actress (Carey Mulligan) and technical achievement for top high cliff Martinez's original score for your pic. Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" and Lynne Ramsay's "We must Discuss Kevin" each received five noms, while using former nominated for language pic as well as the latter nominated for British film of year. Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist" and Steve McQueen's "Shame" each received four nominations with "The Artist" nominated inside the film category and "Shame" nominated inside the British film section. In addition, Nicholas Roeg will probably be granted the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film. The London Critics' Circle Film Honours unspools on Jan. 19, 2012 within the BFI Southbank. The whole report on nominations would be the following: FILM Of Year The Artist (Entertainment) Drive (Icon) A Separation (Artificial Eye) Mess Tailor Soldier Spy (Studiocanal) The Tree of Existence (Fox) THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM Of Year The Guard (Studiocanal) Kill List (Studiocanal) Shame (Momentum) Mess Tailor Soldier Spy (Studiocanal) We must Discuss Kevin (Artificial Eye) FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM Of Year Mysteries of Lisbon (New Wave) Poetry (ICO/Arrow) Le Quattro Volte (New Wave) A Separation (Artificial Eye) The Skin Home Is (Fox/Path) DOCUMENTARY Of Year Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Picturehouse) Wants a Existence (Dogwoof) Pina (Artificial Eye) Project Nim (Icon) Senna (Universal) DIRECTOR Of Year Asghar Farhadi - A Separation (Artificial Eye) Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Entertainment) Terrence Malick - The Tree of Existence (Fox) Lynne Ramsay - We must Discuss Kevin (Artificial Eye) Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive (Icon) Film author Of Year Asghar Farhadi - A Separation (Artificial Eye) Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Entertainment) Kenneth Lonergan - Margaret (Fox) Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan - Mess Tailor Soldier Spy (Studiocanal) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - The Descendants (Fox) THE VIRGIN ATLANTIC AWARD: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER Richard Ayoade - Submarine (Studiocanal) Paddy Considine - Tyrannosaur (Studiocanal) Joe Cornish - Attack the Block (Studiocanal) Andrew Haigh - Weekend (Peccadillo) John Michael McDonagh - The Guard (Studiocanal) ACTOR Of Year George Clooney - The Descendants (Fox) Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Entertainment) Michael Fassbender - Shame (Momentum) Ryan Gosling - Drive (Icon) Gary Oldman - Mess Tailor Soldier Spy (Studiocanal) ACTRESS Of Year Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia (Artificial Eye) Anna Paquin - Margaret (Fox) Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady (Fox/Path) Tilda Swinton - We must Discuss Kevin (Artificial Eye) Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Entertainment) SUPPORTING ACTOR Of Year Simon Russell Beale - The Dark Blue Sea (Artificial Eye) Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn (Entertainment) Albert Brooks - Drive (Icon) Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Universal) Michael Smiley - Kill List (Studiocanal) SUPPORTING ACTRESS Of Year Sareh Bayat - A Separation (Artificial Eye) Jessica Chastain - The Help (Disney) Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus (Lionsgate) Octavia Spencer - The Help (Disney) Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom (Studiocanal) BRITISH ACTOR Of Year Tom Cullen - Weekend (Peccadillo) Michael Fassbender - A Dangerous Method (Lionsgate), Shame (Momentum) Brendan Gleeson - The Guard (Studiocanal) Peter Mullan - Tyrannosaur (Studiocanal), War Equine (Disney) Gary Oldman - Mess Tailor Soldier Spy (Studiocanal) THE MOET & CHANDON AWARD: BRITISH ACTRESS Of Year Olivia Colman - The Iron Lady (Fox/Path), Tyrannosaur (Studiocanal) Carey Mulligan - Drive (Icon), Shame (Momentum) Vanessa Redgrave - Anonymous (The brand new the new sony), Coriolanus (Lionsgate) Tilda Swinton - We must Discuss Kevin (Artificial Eye) Rachel Weisz - The Dark Blue Sea (Artificial Eye) Youthful BRITISH Artist Of Year John Boyega - Attack the Block (Studiocanal) Jeremy Irvine - War Equine (Disney) Yasmin Paige - Submarine (Studiocanal) Craig Roberts - Submarine (Studiocanal) Saoirse Ronan - Hanna (Universal) Paradise 3d AWARD: TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Manuel Alberto Claro, cinematography - Melancholia (Artificial Eye) Paul Davies, appear design - We must Discuss Kevin (Artificial Eye) Maria Djurkovic, production design - Mess Tailor Soldier Spy (Studiocanal) Dante Ferretti, production design - Hugo (Entertainment) Alberto Iglesias, original score - The Skin Home Is (Fox/Path) Chris King & Gregers Sall, editing - Senna (Universal) Joe Letteri, visual effects - Rise in the Planet in the Apes (Fox) High high cliff Martinez, original score - Drive (Icon) Robert Richardson, cinematography - Hugo (Entertainment) Robbie Ryan, cinematography - Wuthering Levels (Artificial Eye) THE DILYS POWELL AWARD: EXCELLENCE IN FILM Nicolas Roeg Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com