London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009
# London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009

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.

## Winners and nominees

### Film of the Year

A Prophet

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Up in the Air
* The White Ribbon

### British Film of the Year

Fish Tank

* Bright Star
* An Education
* In the Loop
* Moon

### Foreign Language Film of the Year

Let the Right One In • Sweden

* The Class • France
* Katyń • Poland
* A Prophet • France
* The White Ribbon • Austria

### Director of the Year

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

* Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
* James Cameron - Avatar
* Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
* Jason Reitman - Up in the Air

### British Director of the Year

Andrea Arnold - Fish Tank

* Armando Iannucci - In the Loop
* Duncan Jones - Moon
* Kevin Macdonald - State of Play
* Sam Taylor Wood - Nowhere Boy

### Screenwriter of the Year

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

* Nick Hornby - An Education
* Jacques Audiard - A Prophet
* Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
* Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon

### Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Duncan Jones - Moon

* Daniel Barber - Harry Brown
* Armando Iannucci - In the Loop
* Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga
* Sam Taylor Wood - Nowhere Boy

### Actor of the Year

Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

* Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
* George Clooney - Up in the Air
* Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
* Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

### Actress of the Year

Mo'Nique - Precious

* Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
* Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
* Carey Mulligan - An Education
* Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

### British Actor of the Year

Colin Firth - A Single Man

* Peter Capaldi - In the Loop
* Tom Hardy - Bronson
* Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
* Andy Serkis - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

### British Actress of the Year

Carey Mulligan - An Education

* Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
* Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
* Helen Mirren - The Last Station
* Kristin Scott Thomas - Nowhere Boy

### British Supporting Actor of the Year

Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank

* John Hurt - 44 Inch Chest
* Jason Isaacs - Good
* Alfred Molina - An Education
* Timothy Spall - The Damned United

### British Supporting Actress of the Year

Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy

* Emily Blunt - Sunshine Cleaning
* Rosamund Pike - An Education
* Kierston Wareing - Fish Tank
* Olivia Williams - An Education

### Young British Performer of the Year

Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank

* Aaron Johnson - Nowhere Boy and Dummy
* Bill Milner - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and Is Anybody There?
* George MacKay - The Boys Are Back
* Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones

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

* Apocalypse Now
* Schindler's List
* The Lives of Others
* Unforgiven
* Brokeback Mountain
* Cinema Paradiso
* L.A. Confidential
* Fargo
* Distant Voices, Still Lives
* The King of Comedy

### Dilys Powell Award

* Quentin Tarantino
