The King’s Speech, directed by Tom Hooper lead the the 2011 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with seven nominations including lead actor Colin Firth up for both Best Actor and Best British Actor, Best Actress for Bonham Carter, Best Film and Best British Film.
And the nominees are
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
Edgar Ramirez – Carlos
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
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
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Riz Ahmed – Four Lions
Christian Bale – The Fighter
Jim Broadbent – Another Year
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
Andrew Garfield – Never Let Me Go
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
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 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
David Bradley – Another Year
Pierce Brosnan – The Ghost
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
Tom Hardy – Inception
Peter Wight – Another Year
BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Helena Bonham Carter – Alice in Wonderland
Christine Bottomley – The Arbor
Minnie Driver – Barney’s Version
Rosamund Pike – Made in Dagenham
Olivia Williams – The Ghost
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Jessica Barden – Tamara Drewe
Conor McCarron – NEDs
Will Poulter – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Saoirse Ronan – The Way Back
Thomas Turgoose – The Scouting Book for Boys
FILM OF THE YEAR
Black Swan
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR (THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD)
127 Hours
The Arbor
Another Year
The King’s Speech
Monsters
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – True Grit
David Fincher – The Social Network
Christopher Nolan – Inception
Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Clio Barnard – The Arbor
Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
Mike Leigh – Another Year
Christopher Nolan – Inception
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg – The Kids Are All Right
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – True Grit
Chris Morris, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell & Jesse Armstrong – Four Lions
David Seidler – The King’s Speech
Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Banksy – Exit Through the Gift Shop
Clio Barnard – The Arbor
J Blakeson – The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Gareth Edwards – Monsters
Chris Morris – Four Lions
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Dogtooth
I Am Love
Of Gods and Men
The Secret in Their Eyes