38th London Film Critics' Circle Awards 28 January 2018
Film of the Year: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
British/Irish Film of the Year: Dunkirk
The 38th London Film Critics' Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2017, were announced by the London Film Critics' Circle on 28 January 2018 at The May Fair Hotel, in Mayfair, London. The nominations were announced on 19 December 2017. Actor-filmmakers Alice Lowe and Steve Oram returned to host the ceremony for the third consecutive year.
Winners and nominees
Film of the Year Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Call Me by Your Name Dunkirk The Florida Project Get Out God's Own Country Lady Bird Loveless Phantom Thread The Shape of Water
Foreign Language Film of the Year Elle Aquarius The Handmaiden Loveless Raw
British/Irish Film of the Year Dunkirk God's Own Country Lady Macbeth Paddington 2 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Documentary of the Year I Am Not Your Negro 78/52 Human Flow Jane The Work
Actor of the Year Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread James Franco – The Disaster Artist Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Actress of the Year Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Annette Bening – Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water Isabelle Huppert – Elle Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth
Supporting Actor of the Year Hugh Grant – Paddington 2 Willem Dafoe –The Florida Project Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name
Supporting Actress of the Year Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread Lily Gladstone – Certain Women Holly Hunter – The Big Sick Allison Janney – I, Tonya Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
British/Irish Actor of the Year Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread Colin Farrell – The Beguiled / The Killing of a Sacred Deer Josh O'Connor – God's Own Country Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour / The Space Between Us
British/Irish Actress of the Year Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water / Maudie / Paddington 2 Emily Beecham – Daphne Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul / Murder on the Orient Express Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird / Loving Vincent
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year Harris Dickinson – Beach Rats Tom Holland – The Lost City of Z / Spider-Man: Homecoming Noah Jupe – Suburbicon / Wonder / The Man with the Iron Heart Dafne Keen – Logan Fionn Whitehead – Dunkirk
Director of the Year Sean Baker – The Florida Project Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Screenwriter of the Year Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name Jordan Peele – Get Out
Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker Francis Lee – God's Own Country Alice Birch – Lady Macbeth Simon Farnaby – Paddington 2 / Mindhorn Rungano Nyoni – I Am Not a Witch William Oldroyd – Lady Macbeth
British/Irish Short Film We Love Moses – Dionne Edwards The Cloud of Unknowing – Mike Hannon The Dog and the Elephant – Mike Sharpe Tuesday – Charlotte Wells Your Mother and I – Anna Maguire
Technical Achievement Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner, production design Baby Driver – Darrin Prescott, stunts Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer, music God's Own Country – Joshua James Richards, cinematography Lady Macbeth – Holly Waddington, costumes The Lost City of Z – Darius Khondji, cinematography The Love Witch – Emma Willis, hair & makeup Paddington 2 – Pablo Grillo, visual effects Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges, costumes Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Ben Morris, visual effects
Dilys Powell Award Kate Winslet
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