The French and English made strong showings at the London Critics awards with The Artist and several British stars claiming prizes or even American stars playing British characters. The only real surprises were Sareh Bayat for Best Supporting Actress and the tie between Meryl Streep and Anna Paquin. The rest of the choices fit the London Critics quite well.
In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.
Awards Tallies
(3) The Artist / A Separation
The Awards
Best Picture
The Artist
Best Director
Michele Hazanavicius – The Artist
Best Actor
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Best Actress
TIE:
Anna Paquin – Margaret
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actress
Sareh Bayat – A Separation
Best Screenplay
A Separation
Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation
Best Documentary
Senna
Best British Film
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best British Actor
Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method / Shame
Best British Actress
Olivia Colman – The Iron Lady / Tyrannosaur
Best Young British Performer
Craig Roberts – Submarine
Best Breakthrough British Filmmaker
Andrew Haigh – Weekend
Technical Achievements
Production Design: Maria Djurkovic – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film
Nicolas Roeg
London Film Critics Circle Data
Year Founded: 1907
First Awards: 1980 (32)
Precursor Accuracy
KEY:
- Winner won the corresponding Oscar
- Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
- Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
- Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)
Picture: 1 (0-0-0-1-0) W / 2 (1-0-0-1-0) N / 3 (0-1-1-0-1) I
Director: 1 (0-1-0-X-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-X-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-X-0) I
Actor: 2 (1-0-0-1-0) W / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) N / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) I
Actress: 1 (0-0-0-1-0) W / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) N / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) I
Original/Adapted Screenplay: 2 (1-0-1-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-0-1) N / 1 (0-0-0-1-0) I
Foreign Language Film: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) N / 4 (1-1-0-1-1) I
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