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Mad Max: Fury Road and 45 Years take top honours at the 2016 London Critics’ Circle Awards

January 17, 2016 by Gary Collinson

It was another good night for Mad Max: Fury Road at the 36th annual London Critics’ Circle Awards tonight, with the action extravaganza picking up Film of the Year and Director of the Year (George Miller), while Tom Hardy was also named British/Irish Actor of the Year for his work in Fury Road, Legend, The Revenant and London Road.

Also picking up three awards was Andrew Haigh’s tender marital drama 45 Years, which was named British/Irish Film of the Year, as well as collecting the top acting prizes as Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay were named Actress and Actor of the Year.

Here’s a full list of the nominees, with the winners highlighted in red…

FILM OF THE YEAR
Amy
Carol
45 Years
Inside Out
The Look of Silence
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Amy
Brooklyn
45 Years
The Lobster
London Road

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Eden
Hard to Be a God
The Look of Silence
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
The Tribe

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Amy
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
The Look of Silence
Palio
A Syrian Love Story

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Andrew Haigh (45 Years)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Tom Courtenay (45 Years)
Paul Dano (Love and Mercy)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Tom Hardy (Legend)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Olivia Colman (The Lobster)
Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)
Tilda Swinton (Trainwreck)
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Benicio Del Toro (Sicario)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
Michael Keaton (Spotlight)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt (Sicario)
Carey Mulligan (Suffragette and Far From the Madding Crowd)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years and The Forbidden Room)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn and Lost River)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs, The Dressmaker and A Little Chaos)

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Caine (Youth and Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation and Second Coming)
Colin Farrell (The Lobster and Miss Julie)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs, Macbeth and Slow West)
Tom Hardy (Legend, The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road and London Road)

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Phyllis Nagy (Carol)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Tom Browne (Radiator)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Mark Burton and Richard Starzak (Shaun the Sheep Movie)
John Maclean (Slow West)

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Asa Butterfield (X + Y)
Milo Parker (Mr. Holmes and Robot Overlords)
Florence Pugh (The Falling)
Liam Walpole (The Goob)
Maisie Williams (The Falling)

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR
Carter Burwell (Carol – music)
Edward Lachman (Carol – cinemataography)
Sandy Powell (Cinderella – costume design)
Andrew Whitehurst (Ex Machina – visual effects)
Alastair Sirkett and Markus Stemler (Macbeth – sound design)
Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road – production design)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road – cinematography)
Wade Eastwood (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation – stunt coordination)
Tom Ozanich (Sicario – sound design)
Elliott Graham (Steve Jobs – editing)

BRITISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
Directed by Tweedie
Leidi
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About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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