London Film Critics Circle Awards 2005



26th London Film Critics Circle Awards 8 February 2006

Film of the Year:  Brokeback Mountain 

British Film of the Year:  The Constant Gardener 

The 26th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2005, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2006.

Film of the Year
 Brokeback Mountain 
 * The Constant Gardener
 * Crash
 * A History of Violence
 * King Kong

British Film of the Year
 The Constant Gardener 
 * The Descent
 * Mrs Henderson Presents
 * Pride & Prejudice
 * Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Foreign Language Film of the Year
 Downfall • Germany
 * The Beat that My Heart Skipped • France
 * Caché • Austria/France
 * The Chorus • France
 * The Sea Inside • Spain

Director of the Year
Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain 
 * David Cronenberg – A History of Violence
 * Paul Haggis – Crash
 * Peter Jackson – King Kong
 * Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener

British Director of the Year
Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice 
 * Stephen Frears – Mrs Henderson Presents
 * Terry George – Hotel Rwanda
 * Neil Marshall – The Descent
 * Christopher Nolan – Batman Begins

Screenwriter of the Year
Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco – Crash 
 * Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana – Brokeback Mountain
 * Jeffrey Caine – The Constant Gardener
 * Bernd Eichinger – Downfall
 * Shane Black – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Actor of the Year
Bruno Ganz – Downfall 
 * Don Cheadle- Hotel Rwanda
 * Johnny Depp – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
 * Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
 * Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence

Actress of the Year
 Naomi Watts – King Kong 
 * Maria Bello – A History of Violence
 * Juliette Binoche – Caché
 * Laura Linney – Kinsey
 * Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace

British Actor of the Year
 Ralph Fiennes – The Constant Gardener 
 * Christian Bale – The Machinist
 * Chiwetel Ejiofor – Kinky Boots
 * Liam Neeson – Kinsey
 * Tom Wilkinson – Separate Lies

British Actress of the Year
 Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener 
 * Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
 * Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
 * Kristin Scott Thomas – Keeping Mum
 * Emily Watson – Separate Lies

British Supporting Actor of the Year
 Tom Hollander – Pride & Prejudice 
 * Paddy Considine – Cinderella Man
 * Brendan Gleeson – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 * James McAvoy – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
 * Cillian Murphy – Batman Begins

British Supporting Actress of the Year
 Thandie Newton – Crash 
 * Brenda Blethyn- Pride & Prejudice
 * Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda
 * Rosamund Pike – Pride & Prejudice
 * Tilda Swinton – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

British Newcomer of the Year
 Kelly Reilly – Mrs Henderson Presents 
 * Julian Fellowes – Separate Lies
 * Annie Griffin – Festival
 * Matthew Macfadyen – Pride & Prejudice
 * Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

British Producer of the Year
 Simon Channing-Williams – The Constant Gardener 
 * Marc Boothe, Ruth Caleb – Bullet Boy
 * Andrew Eaton, Michael Winterbottom – A Cock and Bull Story
 * Christian Colson – Separate Lies
 * Peter Lord – Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Dilys Powell Award

 * Bryan Forbes