title: London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010
text: # London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010
  
  31st London Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  11 February 2011
  
  Film of the Year:
  
  The Social Network
  
  British Film of the Year:
  
  The King's Speech
  
  The 31st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2010, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 11 February 2011.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  ### Film of the Year
  
  The Social Network
  
  * Black Swan
  * The Kids Are All Right
  * The King's Speech
  * Toy Story 3
  
  ### British Film of the Year
  
  The King's Speech
  
  * 127 Hours
  * Another Year
  * The Arbor
  * Monsters
  
  ### Foreign Language Film of the Year
  
  Of Gods and Men • France
  
  * Dogtooth • Greece
  * I Am Love • Italy
  * The Secret in Their Eyes • Argentina
  * Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives • Thailand
  
  ### Director of the Year
  
  David Fincher – The Social Network
  
  * Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
  * Joel and Ethan Coen – True Grit
  * Christopher Nolan – Inception
  * Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  
  ### British Director of the Year
  
  Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
  
  * Clio Barnard – The Arbor
  * Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
  * Mike Leigh – Another Year
  * Christopher Nolan – Inception
  
  ### Screenwriter of the Year
  
  Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network
  
  * Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain – Four Lions
  * Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg – The Kids Are All Right
  * David Seidler – The King's Speech
  * Joel and Ethan Coen – True Grit
  
  ### Breakthrough British Filmmaker
  
  Gareth Edwards – Monsters
  
  * Banksy – Exit Through the Gift Shop
  * Clio Barnard – The Arbor
  * J Blakeson – The Disappearance of Alice Creed
  * Chris Morris – Four Lions
  
  ### Actor of the Year
  
  Colin Firth – The King's Speech
  
  * Jeff Bridges – True Grit
  * Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
  * Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
  * Édgar Ramírez – Carlos
  
  ### Actress of the Year
  
  Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
  
  * Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
  * Natalie Portman – Black Swan
  * Noomi Rapace – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  * Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
  
  ### British Actor of the Year
  
  Christian Bale – The Fighter
  
  * Riz Ahmed – Four Lions
  * Jim Broadbent – Another Year
  * Colin Firth – The King's Speech
  * Andrew Garfield – Never Let Me Go
  
  ### British Actress of the Year
  
  Lesley Manville – Another Year
  
  * Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
  * Rosamund Pike – Barney's Version
  * Ruth Sheen – Another Year
  * Tilda Swinton – I Am Love
  
  ### British Supporting Actor of the Year
  
  Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
  
  * David Bradley – Another Year
  * Pierce Brosnan – The Ghost Writer
  * Tom Hardy – Inception
  * Peter Wight – Another Year
  
  ### British Supporting Actress of the Year
  
  Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer
  
  * Helena Bonham Carter – Alice in Wonderland
  * Christine Bottomley – The Arbor
  * Minnie Driver – Barney's Version
  * Rosamund Pike – Made in Dagenham
  
  ### Young British Performer of the Year
  
  Conor McCarron – Neds
  
  * Jessica Barden – Tamara Drewe
  * Will Poulter – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  * Saoirse Ronan – The Way Back
  * Thomas Turgoose – The Scouting Book for Boys
  
  ### Dilys Powell Award
  
  * Kristin Scott Thomas
  