London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009

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30th London Film Critics Circle Awards

18 February 2010



Film of the Year:
A Prophet



British Film of the Year:
Fish Tank

The 30th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2009, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 18 February 2010. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

A Prophet

British Film of the Year

Fish Tank

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Let the Right One In Sweden

Director of the Year

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

British Director of the Year

Andrea Arnold - Fish Tank

Screenwriter of the Year

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - In the Loop

Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Duncan Jones - Moon

Actor of the Year

Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Actress of the Year

Mo'Nique - Precious

British Actor of the Year

Colin Firth - A Single Man

British Actress of the Year

Carey Mulligan - An Education

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy

Young British Performer of the Year

Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank

30th Year Anniversary Award (Best of the winners since 1980)

  1. Apocalypse Now
  2. Schindler's List
  3. The Lives of Others
  4. Unforgiven
  5. Brokeback Mountain
  6. Cinema Paradiso
  7. L.A. Confidential
  8. Fargo
  9. Distant Voices, Still Lives
  10. The King of Comedy

Dilys Powell Award

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References

  1. "Quentin Tarantino honoured by London Film Critics' Circle". The Telegraph. London. 21 December 2009.
  2. "Fish Tank takes four at London critics' awards". ScreenDaily.com.
  3. Brown, Mark (18 February 2010). "London critics pick A Prophet and Fish Tank". The Guardian.