Nominations and Awards Update: An Education Leads with 7 London Film Critics Noms

The British coming-of-age film An Education scored a leading seven nominations for the London Film Critics' Circle Awards on Monday, with the group also announcing a special honour for American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.


The 30th Awards will take place on February 18, 2010 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone.

London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Bright Star
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon

BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci – In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Kevin Macdonald – State of Play
Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Tom Hardy – Bronson
Christian MacKay – Me and Orson Welles
Andy Serkis – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy

BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Michael Fassbender* – Fish Tank
John Hurt – 44 Inch Chest
Jason Isaacs – Good
Alfred Molina – An Education
Timothy Spall – The Damned United

BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Emily Blunt – Sunshine Cleaning
Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
Rosamund Pike – An Education
Kierston Wareing – Fish Tank
Olivia Williams – An Education

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche – In the Loop
Thomas Bidegain & Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
Joel & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Nick Hornby – An Education

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Daniel Barber – Harry Brown
Armando Ianucci – In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Peter Strickland – Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy


More Carey Mulligan/An Education/Nine Award win from the following...


Chicago Film Critics
BEST ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan–An Education
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Carey Mulligan–An Education

Houston Film Critics
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education

Satellite Award winners...
Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Nine
Cinematography: Dion Beebe - Nine 

ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (2009 Winners)
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Best Cinematography: Dion Beebe for “Nine”
Best Music: “Nine”