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45 Years, Mad Max: Fury Road lead London Critics choice

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- Most nominated film Carol takes home just one award

45 Years, Mad Max: Fury Road lead London Critics choice
Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years

It was an evening of mixed fortunes at the 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Sunday. George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road won Film of the Year and Director of the Year, with the film’s lead, British actor Tom Hardy winning British/Irish actor of the Year, a reward for a stellar year that also included Legend [+see also:
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, London Road [+see also:
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and The Revenant. Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years [+see also:
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won British/Irish Film of the Year, Actress of the Year for British actress Charlotte Rampling after she was surprisingly shut out of a BAFTA nomination, and Actor of the Year for Tom Courtenay.

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Todd HaynesCarol [+see also:
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that had led the nominations with seven nods won just a solitary award – the Technical Achievement Award for cinematographer Ed Lachman. There were no surprises in the Documentary of the Year category as Asif Kapadia’s Amy [+see also:
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duly won the award. Another fancied documentary, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence [+see also:
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triumphed in the Foreign Language Film of the Year category. 

The rest of the acting categories also stayed close to home with British actress Kate Winslet winning Supporting Actress of the Year for Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs [+see also:
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, British actor Mark Rylance winning Supporting Actor of the Year for Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan winning British/Irish actress of the Year for John Crowley’s Brooklyn [+see also:
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and Ryan Gosling’s Lost River and British actress Maisie Williams winning Young British/Irish performer of the Year for Carol Morley’s The Falling [+see also:
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interview: Carol Morley
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Winners list:

Film of the Year
Mad Max: Fury Road

British/Irish Film of the Year
45 Years [+see also:
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Q&A: Andrew Haigh
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]

Foreign-Language Film of the Year
The Look of Silence [+see also:
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]

Documentary of the Year
Amy [+see also:
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]

Actor of the Year
Tom Courtenay - 45 Years

Actress of the Year
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years

Supporting Actor of the Year
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

Supporting Actress of the Year
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs [+see also:
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Director of the Year
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road

Screenwriter of the Year
Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

British/Irish Actor of the Year
Tom Hardy - Legend [+see also:
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, London Road [+see also:
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]
, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant

British/Irish Actress of the Year
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn [+see also:
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]
, Lost River

Young British/Irish Performer
Maisie Williams - The Falling [+see also:
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interview: Carol Morley
film profile
]

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
John Maclean - Slow West [+see also:
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interview: John Maclean
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]

British/Irish Short Film
Stutterer - Benjamin Cleary

Technical Achievement Award
Edward Lachman, cinematography – Carol [+see also:
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