London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007

28th London Film Critics Circle Awards

8 February 2008

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Film of the Year:
No Country for Old Men

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British Film of the Year:
Control

The 28th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2007, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2008. ^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

No Country for Old Men

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• There Will Be Blood
• Zodiac

British Film of the Year

Control

• Atonement
• Eastern Promises
• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
• This Is England

Foreign Language Film of the Year

The Lives of Others • Germany

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly • France
• Letters from Iwo Jima • United States
• Tell No One • France

Director of the Year

Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood

• Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
• David Fincher – Zodiac
• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others
• Cristian Mungiu – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

British Director of the Year

Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum

• Danny Boyle – Sunshine
• Anton Corbijn – Control
• Shane Meadows – This Is England
• Joe Wright – Atonement

Screenwriter of the Year

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others

• Christopher Hampton – Atonement
• Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
• Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood

British Breakthrough – Filmmaking

Anton Corbijn, director – Control

• John Carney, writer and director – Once
• Sarah Gavron, director – Brick Lane
• Matt Greenhalgh, writer – Control
• Stevan Riley, writer, director, producer – Blue Blood

Actor of the Year

Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood

• Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• George Clooney – Michael Clayton
• Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
• Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others

Actress of the Year

Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose

• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
• Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
• Laura Linney – The Savages
• Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

British Actor of the Year

James McAvoy – Atonement

• Christian Bale – 3:10 to Yuma
• Jim Broadbent – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Jonny Lee Miller – The Flying Scotsman
• Sam Riley – Control

British Actress of the Year

Julie Christie – Away from Her

• Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Keira Knightley – Atonement
• Sienna Miller – Interview
• Samantha Morton – Control

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

• Albert Finney – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• Toby Jones – The Painted Veil
• Toby Kebbell – Control
• Alfred Molina – The Hoax

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement

• Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
• Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

British Breakthrough – Acting

Sam Riley – Control

• Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazing Grace
• Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
• Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
• Thomas Turgoose – This Is England

Dilys Powell Award

• Julie Walters

References

1. "Control, Atonement lead London Critics' Circle nominations". ScreenDaily.com.
2. "London critics honour Coen drama". BBC News.