Love And Friendship, La La Land And More Win With The London Film Critics Circle

Kate Beckinsale and Tom Bennett in Love & Friendship

by James White |
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The London Film Critics Circle threw its awards ceremony on Sunday evening and while several prizes went to movies that have been hoovering up trophies (La La Land, Moonlight) there were some pleasant surprises for others that have been overlooked this awards season, including Love & Friendship.

La La Land took the top film honours in what has been described as a very tight vote, but other prizes were spread among a variety of titles. Son Of Saul won László Nemes a well-deserved director award, while Love & Friendship took home acting trophies for Kate Beckinsale and Tom Bennett. In a weird tie, Bennett shared the award with Moonlight's Mahershala Ali, and you couldn't imagine two more different, though excellent performances.

Elsewhere, it was also a mix of the expected (Casey Affleck continuing his run as a best actor contender) and entertaining (Isabelle Huppert took both the actress award and the Dilys Powell). I, Daniel Blake was named British/Irish film, while A Monster Calls' Lewis MacDougall scored some much needed recognition for his work.

The full list of winners is below.

Film Of The Year

La La Land

Director of the Year

László Nemes, Son Of Saul

Actor Of The Year

Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea

Actress Of The Year

Isabelle Huppert, Things To Come

Supporting Actor Of The Year (TIE)

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight; Tom Bennett, Love & Friendship

Supporting Actress Of The Year

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Screenwriter Of The Year

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea

Foreign Language Film Of The Year

Toni Erdmann

Documentary Of The Year

Fire At Sea

Technical Achievement Of The Year

Sturla Brandth Grovlen, cinematographer, Victoria

British/Irish Film Of The Year

I, Daniel Blake

British/Irish Actor Of The Year

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge and Silence

British/Irish Actress Of The Year

Kate Beckinsale, Love & Friendship

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker Of The Year

Babak Anvari, Under The Shadow

Young British/Irish Performer Of The Year

Lewis MacDougall, A Monster Calls

British/Irish Short Film Of The Year

Sweet Maddie Stone

Dilys Powell Award For Excellence In Film

Isabelle Huppert

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