The 2019 London Film Critics Circle (LFCC) Winners

By Matt Neglia 

The London Film Critics Circle (LFCC) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2019.
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Click below to see the winners.

FILM OF THE YEAR
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“Knives Out”
“Marriage Story”
“Midsommar”
“1917”
“Pain and Glory”
“Parasite”
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
“The Souvenir”

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Pedro Almodóvar, “Pain and Glory”
Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite”
Céline Sciamma, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Lupita Nyong’o, “Us”
Florence Pugh, “Midsommar”
Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
Renée Zellweger, “Judy”

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
Tom Burke, “The Souvenir”
Robert De Niro, “The Irishman”
Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
Jennifer Lopez, “Hustlers”
Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”
Tilda Swinton, “The Souvenir”

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Shia LaBeouf, “Honey Boy”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Steven Zaillian, “The Irishman”
Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
Pedro Almodóvar, “Pain and Glory”
Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won-han, “Parasite”
Joanna Hogg, “The Souvenir”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
“Happy as Lazzaro”
“Monos”
“Pain and Glory”
“Parasite”
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
“Amazing Grace”
“Apollo 11”
“The Cave”
“For Sama”
“Varda by Agnès”

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
“Bait”
“1917”
“Rocketman”
“The Souvenir”
“Wild Rose”

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Jessie Buckley, “Wild Rose” and “Judy”
Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”
Lesley Manville, “Ordinary Love” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Florence Pugh, “Midsommar,” “Little Women” and “Fighting With My Family”
Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Tom Burke, “The Souvenir”
Taron Egerton, “Rocketman”
George MacKay, “1917,” “Where Hands Touch” and “Ophelia”
Robert Pattinson, “The Lighthouse,” “High Life” and “The King”
Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Raffey Cassidy, “Vox Lux”
Dean-Charles Chapman, “1917,” “The King” and “Blinded by the Light”
Roman Griffin Davis, “Jojo Rabbit”
Noah Jupe, “Honey Boy” and “Ford vs. Ferrari”
Honor Swinton Byrne, “The Souvenir”

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
Mark Jenkin, “Bait”
Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts, “For Sama”
Owen McCafferty, “Ordinary Love”
Richard Billingham, “Ray and Liz”
Nicole Taylor, “Wild Rose”

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR
Allen Maris, visual effects, “Ad Astra”
Todd Douglas Miller, editing, “Apollo 11”
Jeremy Woodhead, makeup and hair, “Judy”
Jacqueline Durran, costume design, “Little Women”
Jasper Wolf, cinematography, “Monos”
Daniel Pemberton, music, “Motherless Brooklyn”
Oliver Tarney, sound design, “1917”
Barbara Ling, production design, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
Lee Ha-jun, production design, “Parasite”
Will Becher and Richard Phelan, animation, “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon”

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
“Appreciation”
“Beyond the North Winds: A Post-Nuclear Reverie”
“The Devil’s Harmony”
“Kingdom, Come”
“Pompeii”

DILYS POWELL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Sally Potter
Sandy Powell

40TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD
Aardman Animations

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