London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010

31st London Film Critics Circle Awards

11 February 2011

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Film of the Year:
The Social Network

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British Film of the Year:
The King's Speech

The 31st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2010, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 11 February 2011.

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

The Social Network

• Black Swan
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• Toy Story 3

British Film of the Year

The King's Speech

• 127 Hours
• Another Year
• The Arbor
• Monsters

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Of Gods and Men • France

• Dogtooth • Greece
• I Am Love • Italy
• The Secret in Their Eyes • Argentina
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives • Thailand

Director of the Year

David Fincher – The Social Network

• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• Joel and Ethan Coen – True Grit
• Christopher Nolan – Inception
• Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

British Director of the Year

Tom Hooper – The King's Speech

• Clio Barnard – The Arbor
• Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
• Mike Leigh – Another Year
• Christopher Nolan – Inception

Screenwriter of the Year

Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network

• Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain – Four Lions
• Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg – The Kids Are All Right
• David Seidler – The King's Speech
• Joel and Ethan Coen – True Grit

Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Gareth Edwards – Monsters

• Banksy – Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Clio Barnard – The Arbor
• J Blakeson – The Disappearance of Alice Creed
• Chris Morris – Four Lions

Actor of the Year

Colin Firth – The King's Speech

• Jeff Bridges – True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
• Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
• Édgar Ramírez – Carlos

Actress of the Year

Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right

• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Natalie Portman – Black Swan
• Noomi Rapace – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

British Actor of the Year

Christian Bale – The Fighter

• Riz Ahmed – Four Lions
• Jim Broadbent – Another Year
• Colin Firth – The King's Speech
• Andrew Garfield – Never Let Me Go

British Actress of the Year

Lesley Manville – Another Year

• Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
• Rosamund Pike – Barney's Version
• Ruth Sheen – Another Year
• Tilda Swinton – I Am Love

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Andrew Garfield – The Social Network

• David Bradley – Another Year
• Pierce Brosnan – The Ghost Writer
• Tom Hardy – Inception
• Peter Wight – Another Year

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer

• Helena Bonham Carter – Alice in Wonderland
• Christine Bottomley – The Arbor
• Minnie Driver – Barney's Version
• Rosamund Pike – Made in Dagenham

Young British Performer of the Year

Conor McCarron – Neds

• Jessica Barden – Tamara Drewe
• Will Poulter – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• Saoirse Ronan – The Way Back
• Thomas Turgoose – The Scouting Book for Boys

Dilys Powell Award

• Kristin Scott Thomas