LONDON CRITICS CIRCLE WINNERS

Best Picture

1. The Artist
2. A Separation
3. Drive
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
5. The Tree of Life
6. We Need to Talk About Kevin
7. Melancholia
8. Shame
9. Margaret
10. The Descendants

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Anna Paquin (Margaret)

Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Sareh Bayat (A Separation)

Best Screenplay

Asghar Farhadi (A Separation)

The Sky 3D Award for Best Technical Achievement

Maria Djurkovic – production design (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Best Documentary

Senna

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation

The Attenborough Award for Best British Film

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Performance by a British Actor

Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method / Shame)

Best Performance by a British Actress

Olivia Colman (The Iron Lady / Tyrannosaur)

The Virgin Atlantic Award for Best Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Andrew Haigh (Weekend)

Best Young British Performer

Craig Roberts (Submarine)

The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film

                Nicolas Roeg

This is Anna Paquin's first win this season, although it was also one of her first (and only) nominations. Finally, Olivia Colman has a win to her name - not just for her brilliant performance in Tyrannosaur but also for The Iron Lady, in which she was very good also, and I'm as pleased as ever to see Michael Fassbender win. It's also great to see such love for A Separation, which they nominated for both Best Picture and Director. They've also announced a Top 10 for Best Picture, whereas previously we only knew five nominees (which are, obviously, their top five). And it's a Top 10 I love! And Maria Djurkovic highly deserves that Production Design award. Good choices overall!

Nominations are here.

P.S. These are the last critics' awards of the season! I'll have full results up soon! :)