London Film Critics Circle Awards 2016 Explained

37th London Film Critics Circle Awards

22 January 2017

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Film of the Year:
La La Land----
British Film of the Year:
I, Daniel Blake

The 37th London Film Critics' Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2016, were announced by the London Film Critics' Circle on 22 January 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

La La Land

• American Honey
• Fire at Sea
• I, Daniel Blake
• Love & Friendship
• Manchester by the Sea
• Moonlight
• Nocturnal Animals
• Son of Saul
• Toni Erdmann

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Toni Erdmann

• Fire at Sea
• Son of Saul
• Things to Come
• Victoria

British/Irish Film of the Year

I, Daniel Blake

• American Honey
• High-Rise
• Love & Friendship
• Sing Street

Documentary of the Year

Fire at Sea

• The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
• Cameraperson
• The Eagle Huntress
• Life, Animated

Actor of the Year

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

• Adam Driver – Paterson
• Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals
• Peter Simonischek – Toni Erdmann

Actress of the Year

Isabelle Huppert – Things to Come

• Amy Adams – Arrival
• Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
• Sandra Hüller – Toni Erdmann
• Emma Stone – La La Land

Supporting Actor of the Year

Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Tom Bennett – Love & Friendship

• Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
• Shia LaBeouf – American Honey
• Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

Supporting Actress of the Year

Naomie Harris – Moonlight

• Viola Davis – Fences
• Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
• Riley Keough – American Honey
• Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

British/Irish Actor of the Year

Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge and Silence

• Tom Bennett – Love & Friendship and
• Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
• Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake
• David Oyelowo – A United Kingdom and Queen of Katwe

British/Irish Actress of the Year

Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship

• Rebecca Hall – Christine
• Naomie Harris – Moonlight, Our Kind of Traitor, and Collateral Beauty
• Ruth Negga – Loving and Iona
• Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake

Young British/Irish Performer of the Year

Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls

• Ruby Barnhill – The BFG
• Sennia Nanua – The Girl with All the Gifts
• Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch, Morgan, and Split
• Ferdia Walsh-Peelo – Sing Street

Director of the Year

László Nemes – Son of Saul

• Maren Ade – Toni Erdmann
• Damien Chazelle – La La Land
• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
• Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

Screenwriter of the Year

Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

• Maren Ade – Toni Erdmann
• Damien Chazelle – La La Land
• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
• Whit Stillman – Love & Friendship

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker

Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow

• Mike Carey – The Girl with All the Gifts
• Guy Hibbert – Eye in the Sky and A United Kingdom
• Peter Middleton and James Spinney – Notes on Blindness
• Rachel Tunnard – Adult Life Skills

British/Irish Short Film

Brady Hood – Sweet Maddie Stone

• Duncan Cowles and Ross Hogg –Isabella
• Rene Pannevis – Jacked
• Sofia Safanova – Tamara
• Natasha Waugh – Terminal

Technical Achievement

Victoria – Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, cinematography

• American Honey – Robbie Ryan, cinematography
• Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare, sound design
• High-Rise – Mark Tildesley, production design
• Jackie – Mica Levi, music
• Jason Bourne – Gary Powell, stunt coordination
• La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, music
• Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon, editing
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Neal Scanlan, visual effects
• Sing Street – Gary Clark and John Carney, music

Dilys Powell Award

• Isabelle Huppert

Notes and References

1. Web site: ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Love and Friendship’ Lead London Film Critics’ Circle Nominations . Variety . 20 December 2016 . 20 December 2016 .
2. Web site: London Critics Awards: ‘La La Land’ Best Film, Isabelle Huppert Doubles Up. Variety. 22 January 2017. 23 January 2017.