Mad Max wins top London Critics' award

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

• Mad Max: Fury Road

British/Irish Film of the Year

• 45 Years

Foreign Language Film of the Year

• The Look Of Silence

Documentary of the Year

• Amy

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