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Parasite named Film of the Year at the 2020 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

January 31, 2020 by Gary Collinson

The winners of the 2020 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards were announced last night, with Boon Joon Ho’s dark comedy Parasite taking home the top honour, Film of the Year, along with Director the Year.

Also collecting two awards apiece were The Souvenir (British/Irish Film of the Year and Young British/Irish Performer of the Year for Honor Swinton Byrne) and Marriage Story (Screenwriter of the Year for Noah Baumbach and Supporting Actress of the Year for Laura Dern), while the acting honours saw more wins for Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) and Renee Zellweger (Judy), as well as a Supporting Actor of the Year away for Joe Pesci for The Irishman.

Check out the full list of winners here…

FILM OF THE YEAR
Parasite

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
For Sama

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: The Attenborough Award
The Souvenir

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Bong Joon Ho – Parasite

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Renée Zellweger – Judy

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Laura Dern – Marriage Story

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Joe Pesci – The Irishman

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Florence Pugh

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Robert Pattinson

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Honor Swinton Byrne

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER: The Philip French Award
Mark Jenkin – Bait

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
The Devil’s Harmony

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – production design, Barbara Ling

THE DILYS POWELL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Sally Potter

THE DILYS POWELL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Sandy Powell

40TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD
Aardman

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: London Critics' Circle Film Awards

About Gary Collinson

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

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