‘The Favourite’ wins four London Film Critics Circle (LFCC) awards, ‘Roma’ is Film of the Year

The London Film Critics Circle have chosen Roma as the 2018 Film of the Year with Alfonso Cuarón as the Director of the Year.

The Favourite, however, was the top winner with four awards including Actress of the Year (Olivia Colman) and Supporting Actress of the Year (Rachel Weisz).

In the British-specific categories, Beast found wins in British/Irish Actress of the Year for Jessie Buckley and Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year for director Michael Pearce.

FILM OF THE YEAR: Roma

ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed 

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Olivia Colman, The Favourite 

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR: Lukasz Zal, cinematography, Cold War

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR: Faces Places

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR: Cold War

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Jessie Buckley, Beast

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: Molly Wright, Apostasy

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR: Michael Pearce, Beast

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: The Favourite

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