Sunday night saw the at the 37th Critics’ Circle Film Awards at The MayFair Hotel in London. Hosted by actor-filmmakers Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, the star-studded black-tie ceremony saw our Editor foisting his unwanted attention on nubile starlets shortly before vomiting into a pot plant in the corner…..frankly for him it was normal night out but for the rest of us with a bit more decorum it was a rewarding evening seeing some unexpected and deserving winners who were as follows…….
FILM OF THE YEAR La La Land
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR Toni Erdmann
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Fire at Sea
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR I, Daniel Blake
ACTOR OF THE YEAR presented by Millbank and Cooper Searle Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR presented by Suqqu Isabelle Huppert – Things to Come
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR (tie) Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Tom Bennett – Love & Friendship
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR presented by Cameo Naomie Harris – Moonlight
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR László Nemes – Son of Saul
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge, Silence
BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER presented by The May Fair Hotel Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM Sweet Maddie Stone – Brady Hood
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Victoria – Sturla Brandth Grovlen, cinematography
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM – Isabelle Huppert
