Awards 2010: London Film Critics' Circle Nominations

Draw your own interpretations from these nominations.

Best Film
- Black Swan
- The Kids Are All Right
- The King's Speech
- The Social Network
- Toy Story 3

Best British Film
- 127 Hours
- The Arbor
- Another Year
- The King's Speech
- Monsters

Best Director
- Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
- Ethan & Joel Coen (True Grit)
- David Fincher (The Social Network)
- Christopher Nolan (Inception)
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)

Best Actor
- Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
- Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
- Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
- Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
- Edgar Ramirez (Carlos)

Best Actress
- 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)

Best British Actor
- Riz Ahmed (Four Lions)
- Christian Bale (The Fighter)
- Jim Broadbent (Another Year)
- Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
- Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)

Best British Actress
- Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
Lesley Manville (Another Year)
Rosamund Pike (Barney’s Version)
Ruth Sheen (Another Year)
Tilda Swinton (I Am Love)

British Supporting Actor
- David Bradley (Another Year)
- Pierce Brosnan (The Ghost Writer)
- Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
- Tom Hardy (Inception)
- Peter Wright (Another Year)

British Supporting Actress
- Helena Bonham Carter (Alice in Wonderland)
- Christine Bottomley (The Arbor)
- Minnie Driver (Barney’s Version)
- Rosamund Pike (Made in Dagenham)
- Olivia Williams (The Ghost Writer)

Best Screenplay
- The Kids Are All Right
- True Grit
- Four Lions
- The King's Speech
- The Social Network

Awards 2010: British Independent Film Award Winners

The past few days haven't been boding too well for The King's Speech, so they kind of needed another win under their belt going into this week. Luckily enough, the cast and crew behind the British drama took a great percentage of the honors at this year's British Independent Film Awards. They also decided to honor the technical achievements of Gareth Edwards' Monsters, which just seemed to come and go in terms of the box office. These winners aren't huge surprises, but they're proper enough. For the nominees, follow this link. Take a look, comment on your thoughts, and check back in later for more winners of different awards.

Best British Independent Film: The King’s Speech
Best Foreign Independent Film: A Prophet
Best Director: Gareth Edwards (Monsters)
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go)
Best Actor: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
Best Supporting Actress: Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)
Best Screenplay: David Seidler (The King’s Speech)
Douglas Hickox Debut Director Award: Clio Barnard (The Arbor)
Most Promising Newcomer: Joanne Froggatt (In Our Name)
Best Documentary: Enemies of the People
Raindance Award: Son of Babylon
Best Achievement in Production: Monsters
Best Technical Achievement: Monsters for Visual Effect
Best British Short: Baby
Special Jury Prize: Jenne Casarotto
Richard Harris Award: Helena Bonham Carter
Variety Award: Liam Neeson

British Independent Film Awards Nominations!

I was beginning to worry that the powers that be were becoming content with our predictions, and that this awards season would be very predictable. Fortunately that is not the case, but it's still more than a little disappointing. Among the surprises of the British Independent Film Awards nominations is Another Year being snubbed out of the top race. What's even more surprising is what made it into that frame. Monsters just opened to mixed reviews, Never Let Me Go came and went with silence and dread, and I didn't even know Kick-Ass was a British film. On top of that, it seems a little out of character to nominate a superhero film, especially one such as this.

The King's Speech quite obviously made it into the majority of the races, so it's automatically the favorite to win. The only race it isn't in is Best Actress, and that's a complete toss up seeing as Leslie Manville was pushed into the Supporting Actress race for Another Year. What is your opinion of these nominations? Are you surprised, or have you just come to expect as much?

Best British Independent Film
Four Lions
Kick-Ass
The King’s Speech
Monsters
Never Let Me Go

Best Director
Mike Leigh (Another Year)
Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass)
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
Gareth Edwards (Monsters)
Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go)

Best Screenplay
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell and Christopher Morris (Four Lions)
Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass)
David Seidler (The King’s Speech)
William Ivory (Made In Dagenham)
Alex Garland (Never Let Me Go)

Best Actress
Sally Hawkins (Made In Dagenham)
Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go)
Andrea Riseborough (Brighton Rock)
Ruth Sheen (Another Year)
Manjinder Virk (The Arbor)

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed (Four Lions)
Jim Broadbent (Another Year)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
Aidan Gillen (Treacle Jr)
Scoot McNairy (Monsters)

Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham-Carter (The King’s Speech)
Tamsin Greig (Tamara Drewe)
Keira Knightley (Never Let Me Go)
Lesley Manville (Another Year)
Rosamund Pike (Made In Dagenham)

Best Supporting Actor
Andrew Garfield, (Never Let Me Go)
Bob Hoskins, (Made In Dagenham)
Kayvan Novak (Four Lions)
Guy Pearce (The King’s Speech)
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)

Best Technical Achievement
Tim Barker: sound (The Arbor)
John Mathieson: cinematography (Brighton Rock)
Sylvain Chomet: animation (The Illusionist)
Eve Stewart: production design (The King’s Speech)
Gareth Edwards: visual effects (Monsters)

Best Foreign Film
Dogtooth
I Am Love
A Prophet
The Secret In Their Eyes
Winter’s Bone