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The London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of The Critics' Circle is known internationally.
The word London was added because it was thought the term Critics' Circle Film Awards did not convey the full context of the awards' origins; the LFCC wished its annual Awards to be recognised on film advertising, especially in the United States, and in production notes.
The Critics' Circle, founded in 1913, is an association for working British critics. Film critics first became eligible for membership of the Circle in 1926. The Film section now has more than 180 members drawn from publications, broadcast media and the internet throughout the United Kingdom.
Film section members of the Critics' Circle will have worked as critics—writing informed analytical features or broadcasting programmes about film for British publications and media—for at least two years, earning income from reviewing and writing about film.
Critics' Circle Film Awards
The Critics' Circle Film Awards were instituted in 1980 and are awarded annually by the Film Section of the Critics' Circle.
Voted for by all members of the Film Section, the awards have become a major event in London, presented at a dinner dance held in a large West End hotel. From 1995 to 2010 the awards ceremony was a charity event in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC).
Award categories
Over the years, the Award categories have gradually changed with some categories being added and others dropped. For some categories this means that winners were not necessarily declared or listed in each of the Awards year.
In 2007, it was decided that Irish filmmakers, actors and others involved in the film industry would be eligible in what had previously been called "British" award categories. To that end, the titles of several of the awards were amended as "British/Irish".
Special awards include: The Attenborough Award, which goes to the British/Irish film of the year; The Philip French Award, which goes to the breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker of the year, and The Dilys Powell Award, which is awarded for excellence in cinema.
Past and present award categories include:
- Film of the Year (1980–present)
- Foreign Language Film of the Year (1980–present)
- Director of the Year (1980–present)
- Screenwriter of the Year (1980–present)
- Actor of the Year
- Actress of the Year
- Supporting Actor of the Year
- Supporting Actress of the Year
- International Newcomer of the Year
- The Attenborough Award: British/Irish Film of the Year
- British or Irish Film of the Year (1991–present)
- British or Irish Director of the Year
- British or Irish Screenwriter of the Year
- British or Irish Producer of the Year
- Technical Achievement of the Year (2011-present)
- British/Irish Actor of the Year
- British/Irish Actress of the Year
- The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Cinema
- Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
- Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
Awards ceremonies
1986–1990 winners
1986 winners
- Actor of the Year (TIE)
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
1987 winners
- Actor of the Year (TIE)
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
1988 winners
- Actor of the Year (TIE)
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
1989 winners
- Actor of the Year
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
1990 winners
- Actor of the Year
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
1991–1996 winners
1991 winners
- Actor of the Year
- Actress of the Year
- British Actor of the Year
- Alan Rickman – Close My Eyes, Truly, Madly, Deeply, Quigley Down Under, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- British Director of the Year
- British Screenwriter of the Year
- British Film of the Year
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
1992 winners
- Actor of the Year
- Actress of the Year
- British Actor of the Year
- British Director of the Year
- British Film of the Year
- British Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
- Newcomer of the Year
- Screenwriter of the Year
1993 winners
- Actor of the Year
- Actress of the Year
- British Actor of the Year
- British Actress of the Year
- British Director of the Year
- British Film of the Year
- British Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
- Newcomer of the Year
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Special Award
1994 winners
- Actor of the Year
- Actress of the Year
- British Actor of the Year
- British Actress of the Year
- British Director of the Year
- British Film of the Year
- British Producer of the Year
- British Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
- Newcomer of the Year
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Special Award
1995 winners
- Actor of the Year
- Actress of the Year
- British Actor of the Year
- British Actress of the Year
- British Director of the Year
- British Film of the Year
- British Newcomer of the Year
- British Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
- Screenwriter of the Year
1996 winners
- Actor of the Year
- Actress of the Year
- British Actor of the Year
- British Actress of the Year
- British Director of the Year
- British Newcomer of the Year
- British Producer of the Year
- British Screenwriter of the Year
- Director of the Year
- Film of the Year
- Screenwriter of the Year