2012 Awards -- London Film Critics Circle nominees

The London critics have a few "British" categories each year, which I always get a minor kick out of. It's very rare that a film from the "Best British" category ends up in the "Best Film" category...and this year  is no exception. No crossover film. That said, strong showings from Amour, Life of Pi, and The Master across the pond!

FILM OF THE YEAR
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
The Master

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Berberian Sound Studio
The Imposter
Les Miserables
Sightseers
Skyfall

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
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"

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman -- "Les Miserables"
Mads Mikkelsen -- "The Hunt"
Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master"
Jean-Louis Trintignant -- "Amour"

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Daniel Craig -- "Skyfall"
Charlie Creed-Miles -- "Wild Bill"
Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
Toby Jones -- "Berberian Sound Studio"
Steve Oram -- "Sightseers"

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard -- "Rust and Bone"
Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva -- "Amour"

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
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"

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Alan Arkin -- "Argo"
Javier Bardem -- "Skyfall"
Michael Fassbender -- "Prometheus"
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones -- "Lincoln"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Amy Adams -- "The Master"
Judi Dench -- "Skyfall"
Sally Field -- "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables"
Isabelle Huppert -- "Amour"

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Amour -- Michael Haneke
Argo -- Chris Terrio
Django Unchained -- Quentin Tarantino
The Master -- Paul Thomas Anderson
Zero Dark Thirty -- Mark Boal

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Amour
Holy Motors
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Rust and Bone
Tabu

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
The Imposter
London: The Modern Babylon
Nostalgia for the Light
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER
Ben Drew -- writer/director -- "Ill Manors"
Sally El Hosaini -- writer/director -- "My Brother the Devil"
Dexter Fletcher -- co-writer/director -- "Wild Bill"
Bart Layton -- writer/director -- "The Imposter"
Alice Lowe & Steve Oram -- writers -- "Sightseers"

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Samantha Barks -- "Les Miserables"
Fady Elsayed -- "My Brother the Devil"
Tom Holland -- "The Impossible"
Will Poulter -- "Wild Bill"
Jack Reynor -- "What Richard Did"

SKY 3D AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT)
Alexandre Desplat -- Music -- "Rust and Bone"
Jacqueline Durran -- Costumes -- "Anna Karenina"
Jack Fish & David Crank -- Production Design -- "The Master"
Bernard Floch -- Makeup -- "Holy Motors"
William Goldenberg -- Film Editing -- "Argo"
Claudio Miranda -- Cinematography -- "Life of Pi" 
David Raedeker -- Cinematography -- "My Brother the Devil"
Ben Richardson -- Cinematography -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Joakim Sundstrom & Stevie Haywood -- Sound Design -- "Berberian Sound Studio"
Bill Westenhofer -- Visual Effects -- "Life of Pi"

DILYS POWELL AWARD (EXCELLENCE IN FILM)
Helena Bonham Carter