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33rd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations 18 Dec 12 Awards 20 Jan 13 at The May Fair Hotel, London
Notes from Rich: The Critics' Circle is the world's oldest body of critics, established in 1913 and celebrating its centenary this year. As secretary of the film section and chair of the awards committee, I'm pretty heavily involved in putting on our film awards ceremony. Unlike the Oscars or Globes, we have more than 120 members who watch all of the movies and vote on what we admire rather than trying to follow the buzz or being lured by over-hyped films - we keep them in their place (see Lincoln, Les Miserables and even Zero Dark Thirty). So we tend to mix foreign actors and filmmakers in our top categories (see Amour and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia), remember offbeat brilliance (Bardem, Fassbender, Lowe and Oram) and champion smaller independent films (Wild Bill, My Brother the Devil, Sightseers). Our awards night, held this year in the intimate May Fair Hotel, was a relaxed and hugely enjoyable star-packed evening. See also: • A report and photos from the 2013 AWARDS NIGHT • UK REGIONAL CRITICS AWARDS The Critics' Circle Film Awards are held in aid of Missing People, sponsored by American Airlines, Sky, The May Fair and Premier • Rich Cline has been a Critics' Circle member since 2003.
W I N N E R S . . . 3/7 AMOUR 2/7 THE MASTER 2/4 LIFE OF PI 2/3 BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO 1/4 LES MISERABLES SIGHTSEERS 1/3 THE IMPOSTER RUST AND BONE 1/1 THE IMPOSSIBLE SHADOW DANCER N O M I N E E S . . . 5 SKYFALL 4 ARGO LINCOLN 3 MY BROTHER THE DEVIL WILD BILL ZERO DARK THIRTY 2 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD HOLY MOTORS ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA 1 ANNA KARENINA THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL DJANGO UNCHAINED HITCHCOCK THE HUNT ILL MANORS LONDON: BABYLON LOOPER NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT QUEEN OF VERSAILLES PROMETHEUS SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN THE SESSIONS SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK TABU WHAT RICHARD DID YOUR SISTER'S SISTER	A L L T H E N O M I N E E S
	F I L M Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Life of Pi The Master	B R I T I S H F I L M Berberian Sound Studio The Imposter Les Miserables Sightseers Skyfall
	F O R E I G N F I L M Amour Holy Motors Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Rust and Bone Tabu	D O C U M E N T A R Y The Imposter London: The Modern Babylon Nostalgia for the Light The Queen of Versailles Searching for Sugar Man
	D I R E C T O R Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Michael Haneke - Amour Ang Lee - Life of Pi	S C R E E N W R I T E R Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty Michael Haneke - Amour Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained Chris Terrio - Argo
	A C T R E S S Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone Helen Hunt - The Sessions Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva - Amour	A C T O R Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt Joaquin Phoenix - The Master Jean-Louis Trintignant - Amour
	S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S Amy Adams - The Master Judi Dench - Skyfall Sally Field - Lincoln Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables Isabelle Huppert - Amour	S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R Alan Arkin - Argo Javier Bardem - Skyfall Michael Fassbender - Prometheus Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
	B R I T I S H A C T R E S S Emily Blunt - Looper, Your Sister's Sister Judi Dench - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Skyfall Alice Lowe - Sightseers Helen Mirren - Hitchcock Andrea Riseborough - Shadow Dancer	B R I T I S H A C T O R Daniel Craig - Skyfall Charlie Creed-Miles - Wild Bill Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln Toby Jones - Berberian Sound Studio Steve Oram - Sightseers
	Y O U N G P E R F O R M E R Samantha Barks - Les Miserables Fady Elsayed - My Brother the Devil Tom Holland - The Impossible Will Poulter - Wild Bill Jack Reynor - What Richard Did	B R E A K T H R O U G H F I L M M A K E R Ben Drew - Ill Manors Sally El Hosaini - My Brother the Devil Dexter Fletcher - Wild Bill Bart Layton - The Imposter Alice Lowe & Steve Oram - Sightseers
	T E C H N I C A L A C H I E V E M E N T Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran, costumes Argo - William Goldenberg, film editing Beasts of the Southern Wild - Ben Richardson, cinematography Berberian Sound Studio - Joakim Sundstrom & Stevie Haywood, sound design Holy Motors - Bernard Floch, makeup Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda, cinematography Life of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, visual effects The Master - Jack Fisk & David Crank, production design My Brother the Devil - David Raedeker, cinematography Rust and Bone - Alexandre Desplat, music
	S P E C I A L A W A R D S DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM: Helena Bonham Carter ALL-SECTIONS (DRAMA, DANCE, FILM, MUSIC & ART) CRITICS' CIRCLE CENTENARY AWARDS 2013: Max Stafford-Clark, Peter Wright, Danny Boyle, Colin Davis and Nicholas Serota
“With the Critics’ Circle awards, it’s just a bunch of guys hanging out and we have a drink. My bag. I love that award. I appreciate that award so much. That was a good year.” — Billy Bob Thornton, Actor of the Year 2001 “The Critics’ Circle Film Awards are a bit like how the Golden Globes used to be when they were a party and not a pre-Oscar industry occasion.” — Michael Caton Jones
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U K R E G I O N A L F I L M A W A R D S
2012 Richard Attenborough awards from the UK's regional film critics... Film: Argo Director: Sam Mendes - Skyfall Screenwriter: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Amy Jump - Sightseers Rising Star: Ben Whishaw - Skyfall Public vote... British Performance: Robert Pattinson - Breaking Dawn Part 2
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