2010 London Film Critics' Circle Awards
2010 London Film Critics' nominations: Dec. 21, 2009
2010 London Film Critics' winners: Feb. 18, 2010
("*" denotes the winner in each category)

Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment)
FILM OF THE YEAR
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
* A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Up in the Air
THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Bright Star
An Education
* Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
The Class
Katyn
* Let the Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
* Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
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
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
* Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
* Mo'Nique – Precious
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
* Colin Firth – A Single Man
Tom Hardy – Bronson
Christian MacKay – Me and Orson Welles
Andy Serkis – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan – An Education
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy
BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Michael Fassbender * – Fish Tank
John Hurt – 44 Inch Chest
Jason Isaacs – Good
Alfred Molina – An Education
Timothy Spall – The Damned United
BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Emily Blunt – Sunshine Cleaning
* Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
Rosamund Pike – An Education
Kierston Wareing – Fish Tank
Olivia Williams – An Education
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
* Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche – In the Loop
Thomas Bidegain & Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
Joel & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Nick Hornby – An Education
THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
* Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Aaron Johnson – Nowhere Boy and Dummy
George MacKay – The Boys Are Back
Bill Milner – Is Anybody There? and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Saoirse Ronan * – The Lovely Bones
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Daniel Barber – Harry Brown
Armando Ianucci – In the Loop
* Duncan Jones – Moon
Peter Strickland – Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CINEMA
Quentin Tarantino
* Irish actors / filmmakers are eligible in all British categories (Michael Fassbender was born in Germany to a Northern Irish mother)
Colin Firth received that well-deserved award! You go Colin! He should go on to win the Baftas hands down.
Well, we're part of the British Isles…So it's OK.
What a disgrace Michael Fassbender is German-Irish and Saoirse Ronan was born in America to Irish parents and resides in the Republic of Ireland…. why are they considered British – maybe the people involved in these awards should take some lectures in politics and geography…