2009 London Film Critics' Circle Awards
2009 London Film Critics' Circle Award nominations: December 18, 2008
2009 London Film Critics' Circle Award winners: February 4, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
FILM OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
WALL-E
* The Wrestler
THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Happy-Go-Lucky
Hunger
In Bruges
Man on Wire
* Slumdog Millionaire
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Gomorrah
I've Loved You So Long
The Orphanage
Persepolis
* Waltz With Bashir
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Clint Eastwood – Changeling
* David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant – Milk
BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
* Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Terence Davies – Of Time and the City
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
Steve McQueen – Hunger
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Josh Brolin – W.
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Sean Penn – Milk
* Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
* Kate Winslet – The Reader and Revolutionary Road
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
* Michael Fassbender – Hunger
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
Ben Kingsley – Elegy
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
* Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long
Tilda Swinton – Julia
Kate Winslet – The Reader and Revolutionary Road
BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Liam Cunningham – Hunger
Toby Jones – Frost/Nixon and W.
* Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
Peter O'Toole – Dean Spanley
Mark Strong – Body of Lies
BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hayley Atwell – The Duchess
Kristin Scott Thomas – Easy Virtue
* Tilda Swinton – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Emma Thompson – Brideshead Revisited
Alexis Zegerman – Happy-Go-Lucky
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
* Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare – The Reader
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Asa Butterfield – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Georgia Groome – Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Bill Milner – Son of Rambow
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Will Poulter – Son of Rambow
* Thomas Turgoose – Somers Town and Eden Lake
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Joanna Hogg – writer-director: Unrelated
Martin McDonagh – writer-director: In Bruges
* Steve McQueen – writer-director: Hunger
James Watkins – writer-director: Eden Lake
Rupert Wyatt – director: The Escapist
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Judi Dench
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I wonder why they have their choices made in two steps, nominations and then winners' announcement. perhaps that's make them more important, by getting them more p.r.?
If so, perhaps American critics should do the same. Los Angeles and New York critics could announce their nominees in early December and have their winners announced in early February or January. Or would that screw up the Oscar-influencing schedule?