40th London Film Critics' Circle Awards
30 January 2020
Film of the Year:
Parasite
British/Irish Film of the Year:
The Souvenir
The 40th London Film Critics' Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2019, were announced by the London Film Critics' Circle on 30 January 2020 at The May Fair Hotel, in Mayfair, London. [1] The nominations were announced on 17 December 2019. [2] The event was hosted by actor and writer Sally Phillips.
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
Film of the Year | Director of the Year |
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Actor of the Year | Actress of the Year |
Supporting Actor of the Year | Supporting Actress of the Year |
Screenwriter of the Year | Foreign Language Film of the Year |
Documentary of the Year | British/Irish Film of the Year |
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British/Irish Actor of the Year | British/Irish Actress of the Year |
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year |
British/Irish Short Film of the Year | Technical Achievement Award |
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