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| Mad Max: Fury Road storms to victory. |
Mad Max: Fury Road has scored another victory in its awards season campaign, taking Best Film and Best Director at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards, as well as contributing to Tom Hardy's Best Actor win. The film's ongoing critical success is remarkable because science fiction and action genre work has traditionally been relegated to winning only in the technical categories. It could herald a lasting change in how such films are seen and potentially help more independent genre projects to acquire funding.
45 Years won the Best British/Irish Film award and Best Actress (for Charlotte Rampling, who recently spoke to us about her role in the film). British actors were triumphant in both supporting categories, with Kate Winslet winning for Steve Jobs and Mark Rylance for Bridge Of Spies.
Those awards in full:
Film of the Year
British/Irish Film of the Year
Foreign Language Film of the Year
Documentary of the Year
Director of the Year
- George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Actor of the Year
- Tom Courtenay - 45 Years
Actress of the Year
- Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Supporting Actress of the Year
- Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
Supporting Actor of the Year
- Mark Rylance - Bridge Of Spies
British/Irish Actor of the Year
- Tom Hardy - Legend, The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road and London Road
British/Irish Actress of the Year
- Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Screenwriter of the Year
- Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer - Spotlight
Philip French Award for Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
- John Maclean - Slow West
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
- Maisie Williams, The Falling
Technical Achievement Award
- Ed Lachman, cinematography, Carol
British/Irish Short Film of the Year
- Benjamin Cleary - Stutterer
Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film
- Kenneth Branagh
