Last night, the London Critics Circle held its annual film awards ceremony, and decided upon a popular pick for their prestigious Film of the Year prize. Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog won yet another top award, taking four LCC trophies in all, including for actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee. With Cumberbatch winning Best Actor, Best British/Irish Actor went instead to Andrew Garfield for three of the worst performances of this year or any other: The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Mainstream and tick, tick...BOOM! There's hope for us all! You can remind yourself of the London critics' Film Awards nominations here.
Film of the Year
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Director of the Year
Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Actress of the Year
Olivia Colman (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Actor of the Year
Benedict Cumberbatch (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Supporting Actress of the Year
Ruth Negga (PASSING)
Supporting Actor of the Year
Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Screenwriter of the Year
Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Oe Takamasa (DRIVE MY CAR)
Technical Achievement Award
DUNE (Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer) - visual effects
Documentary of the Year
SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Foreign Language Film of the Year
DRIVE MY CAR
British/Irish Film of the Year
THE SOUVENIR: PART II
British/Irish Actress of the Year (for body of work)
Tilda Swinton (MEMORIA / THE SOUVENIR: PART II / THE FRENCH DISPATCH)
British/Irish Actor of the Year
Andrew Garfield (TICK, TICK...BOOM! / THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE / MAINSTREAM)
Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year
Rebecca Hall (PASSING)
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Woody Norman (C'MON C'MON)
British/Irish Short Film of the Year
PLAY IT SAFE (Mitch Kalisa)