London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 Explained

30th London Film Critics Circle Awards

18 February 2010

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Film of the Year:
A Prophet ----
British Film of the Year:
Fish Tank

The 30th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2009, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 18 February 2010.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

A Prophet

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Up in the Air
• The White Ribbon

British Film of the Year

Fish Tank

• Bright Star
• An Education
• In the Loop
• Moon

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Let the Right One In • Sweden

• The Class • France
• Katyń • Poland
• A Prophet • France
• The White Ribbon • Austria

Director of the Year

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

• Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
• James Cameron - Avatar
• Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
• Jason Reitman - Up in the Air

British Director of the Year

Andrea Arnold - Fish Tank

• Armando Iannucci - In the Loop
• Duncan Jones - Moon
• Kevin Macdonald - State of Play
• Sam Taylor Wood - Nowhere Boy

Screenwriter of the Year

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - In the Loop

• Nick Hornby - An Education
• Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
• Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
• Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon

Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Duncan Jones - Moon

• Daniel Barber - Harry Brown
• Armando Iannucci - In the Loop
• Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga
• Sam Taylor Wood - Nowhere Boy

Actor of the Year

Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

• Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
• George Clooney - Up in the Air
• Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
• Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

Actress of the Year

Mo'Nique - Precious

• Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
• Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
• Carey Mulligan - An Education
• Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

British Actor of the Year

Colin Firth - A Single Man

• Peter Capaldi - In the Loop
• Tom Hardy - Bronson
• Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
• Andy Serkis - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

British Actress of the Year

Carey Mulligan - An Education

• Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
• Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
• Helen Mirren - The Last Station
• Kristin Scott Thomas - Nowhere Boy

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank

• John Hurt - 44 Inch Chest
• Jason Isaacs - Good
• Alfred Molina - An Education
• Timothy Spall - The Damned United

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy

• Emily Blunt - Sunshine Cleaning
• Rosamund Pike - An Education
• Kierston Wareing - Fish Tank
• Olivia Williams - An Education

Young British Performer of the Year

Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank

• Aaron Johnson - Nowhere Boy and Dummy
• Bill Milner - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and Is Anybody There?
• George MacKay - The Boys Are Back
• Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones

30th Year Anniversary Award (Best of the winners since 1980)

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Schindler's List
3. The Lives of Others
4. Unforgiven
5. Brokeback Mountain
6. Cinema Paradiso
7. L.A. Confidential
8. Fargo
9. Distant Voices, Still Lives
10. The King of Comedy

Dilys Powell Award

• Quentin Tarantino

Notes and References

1. News: Quentin Tarantino honoured by London Film Critics' Circle. The Telegraph. London. 21 December 2009.
2. Web site: Fish Tank takes four at London critics' awards. ScreenDaily.com.
3. News: London critics pick A Prophet and Fish Tank. The Guardian. Mark. Brown. 18 February 2010.