While Uggie the dog didn’t patter away with anything Michel Hazanavicius’s charming paean to the age of silent cinema took home three of the top awards at tonight’s ceremony.
Hazanavicius won for Best Director, his star Jean Dujardin was awarded the Best Actor prize and the London critics placed The Artist at the top of the Best Films of 2011 list.
There was a nicely timed triumph for Olvia Colman as she won the British Actress of the year for her work in The Iron Lady and, more imporantly (BAFTA – what were you thinking?) for her role in Paddy Considine’s mighty Tyrannosaur.
Asif Kapadia’s Senna was celebrated as the Best Documentary of the year and in a first for the Awards, a tie voe led to Anna Paquin and Meryl Streep sharing the Best Actresses of the year, no small triumph for #teammargaret
Here is the complete list of the many worthy winners, if nothing else you should treat this as your must see list for the next six months.
FILM OF THE YEAR
The Artist (Entertainment)
CRITICS’ CIRCLE TOP 10 FILMS of 2011?
1. The Artist
2. A Separation
3. Drive
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
5. The Tree of Life
6. We Need to Talk About Kevin
7. Melancholia
8. Shame
9. Margaret
10. The Descendants
The Attenborough Award: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
A Separation (Artificial Eye)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Senna (Universal)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Entertainment)
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (Artificial Eye)
The Virgin Atlantic Award: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Andrew Haigh – Weekend (Peccadillo)
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Jean Dujardin – The Artist (Entertainment)
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (Tied)
Anna Paquin – Margaret (Fox)
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (Fox/Pathé)
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn (Entertainment)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Sareh Bayat – A Separation (Artificial Eye)
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method (Lionsgate), Shame (Momentum)
The Moët & Chandon Award: BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Olivia Colman – The Iron Lady (Fox/Pathé), Tyrannosaur (StudioCanal)
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Craig Roberts – Submarine (StudioCanal)
The Sky 3D Award: TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Maria Djurkovic, production design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)
The Dilys Powell Award: EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Nicolas Roeg
