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