London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010
# London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010

31st London Film Critics Circle Awards

11 February 2011

Film of the Year:

The Social Network

British Film of the Year:

The King's Speech

The 31st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2010, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 11 February 2011.

## Winners and nominees

### Film of the Year

The Social Network

* Black Swan
* The Kids Are All Right
* The King's Speech
* Toy Story 3

### British Film of the Year

The King's Speech

* 127 Hours
* Another Year
* The Arbor
* Monsters

### Foreign Language Film of the Year

Of Gods and Men • France

* Dogtooth • Greece
* I Am Love • Italy
* The Secret in Their Eyes • Argentina
* Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives • Thailand

### Director of the Year

David Fincher – The Social Network

* Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
* Joel and Ethan Coen – True Grit
* Christopher Nolan – Inception
* Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

### British Director of the Year

Tom Hooper – The King's Speech

* Clio Barnard – The Arbor
* Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
* Mike Leigh – Another Year
* Christopher Nolan – Inception

### Screenwriter of the Year

Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network

* Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain – Four Lions
* Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg – The Kids Are All Right
* David Seidler – The King's Speech
* Joel and Ethan Coen – True Grit

### Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Gareth Edwards – Monsters

* Banksy – Exit Through the Gift Shop
* Clio Barnard – The Arbor
* J Blakeson – The Disappearance of Alice Creed
* Chris Morris – Four Lions

### Actor of the Year

Colin Firth – The King's Speech

* Jeff Bridges – True Grit
* Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
* Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
* Édgar Ramírez – Carlos

### Actress of the Year

Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right

* Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
* Natalie Portman – Black Swan
* Noomi Rapace – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
* Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

### British Actor of the Year

Christian Bale – The Fighter

* Riz Ahmed – Four Lions
* Jim Broadbent – Another Year
* Colin Firth – The King's Speech
* Andrew Garfield – Never Let Me Go

### British Actress of the Year

Lesley Manville – Another Year

* Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
* Rosamund Pike – Barney's Version
* Ruth Sheen – Another Year
* Tilda Swinton – I Am Love

### British Supporting Actor of the Year

Andrew Garfield – The Social Network

* David Bradley – Another Year
* Pierce Brosnan – The Ghost Writer
* Tom Hardy – Inception
* Peter Wight – Another Year

### British Supporting Actress of the Year

Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer

* Helena Bonham Carter – Alice in Wonderland
* Christine Bottomley – The Arbor
* Minnie Driver – Barney's Version
* Rosamund Pike – Made in Dagenham

### Young British Performer of the Year

Conor McCarron – Neds

* Jessica Barden – Tamara Drewe
* Will Poulter – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
* Saoirse Ronan – The Way Back
* Thomas Turgoose – The Scouting Book for Boys

### Dilys Powell Award

* Kristin Scott Thomas
