20/01/2012

It was another awards night but the winner was inevitably the same as Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist [+see also:
film review
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interview: Michel Hazanavicius
film profile] continued its triumphant awards run at the 32nd London Film Critics Circle Awards. It won Film Of The Year, Director Of The Year for Hazanavicius and Actor Of The Year for Jean Dujardin.

Winners in full:

Film of the Year
The Artist (Entertainment)

Critics' circle top 10 films of 2011
1. The Artist
2. A Separation
3. Drive
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
5. The Tree of Life
6. We Need to Talk About Kevin [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lynne Ramsay
film profile]
7. Melancholia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lars von Trier
film profile]
8. Shame [+see also:
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trailer
film profile]
9. Margaret
10. The Descendants

The Attenborough Award: British Film of the Year
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)

Foreign Language Film of the Year
A Separation (Artificial Eye)

Documentary of the Year
Senna [+see also:
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Director of the Year
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Entertainment)

Screenwriter of the Year
Asghar Farhadi - A Separation (Artificial Eye)

Breakthrough British Film-maker
Andrew Haigh - Weekend [+see also:
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Actor of the Year
Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Entertainment)

Actress of the Year (Tied)
Anna Paquin - Margaret (Fox)
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady [+see also:
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making of
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Supporting Actor of the Year
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn [+see also:
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Supporting Actress of the Year
Sareh Bayat - A Separation (Artificial Eye)

British Actor of the Year
Michael Fassbender - A Dangerous Method [+see also:
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interview: The team of A Dangerous Met…
film profile] (Lionsgate), Shame (Momentum)

British Actress of the Year
Olivia Colman - The Iron Lady (Fox/Pathé), Tyrannosaur [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (StudioCanal)

Young British Performer of the Year
Craig Roberts - Submarine [+see also:
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film profile] (StudioCanal)

Technical Achievement
Maria Djurkovic, production design - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)

The Dilys Powell Award: Excellence in Film
Nicolas Roeg

Chairman of the London Film Critics Circle, Jason Solomons, said, “Judging from the quality of films and performances honoured tonight, it is clear that the critics - who see every film, not just those with ‘awards campaigns’ behind them - have an increasingly influential voice in awards races. Our wide-range of viewing has thrown up great surprises and championed small films, shining a light on new, exciting, challenging and thrilling work from around the world of film. Without the enthusiasm of critics, terrific films such as The Artist, A Separation and Margaret and amazing performances such as those by Olivia Colman and Michael Fassbender would not be receiving the wider, global attention occasions such as this can inspire. It was also a thrill to see director Nic Roeg honoured and witness the huge respect and admiration from film-makers and critics for this artist's incredible, still-groundbreaking body of work.”