title: London Film Critics Circle Awards 2016
text: # London Film Critics Circle Awards 2016
  
  37th London Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  22 January 2017
  
  Film of the Year:
  
  La La Land
  
  British Film of the Year:
  
  I, Daniel Blake
  
  The 37th London Film Critics' Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2016, were announced by the London Film Critics' Circle on 22 January 2017.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  ### Film of the Year
  
  La La Land
  
  * American Honey
  * Fire at Sea
  * I, Daniel Blake
  * Love & Friendship
  * Manchester by the Sea
  * Moonlight
  * Nocturnal Animals
  * Son of Saul
  * Toni Erdmann
  
  ### Foreign Language Film of the Year
  
  Toni Erdmann
  
  * Fire at Sea
  * Son of Saul
  * Things to Come
  * Victoria
  
  ### British/Irish Film of the Year
  
  I, Daniel Blake
  
  * American Honey
  * High-Rise
  * Love & Friendship
  * Sing Street
  
  ### Documentary of the Year
  
  Fire at Sea
  
  * The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
  * Cameraperson
  * The Eagle Huntress
  * Life, Animated
  
  ### Actor of the Year
  
  Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
  
  * Adam Driver – Paterson
  * Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
  * Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals
  * Peter Simonischek – Toni Erdmann
  
  ### Actress of the Year
  
  Isabelle Huppert – Things to Come
  
  * Amy Adams – Arrival
  * Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
  * Sandra Hüller – Toni Erdmann
  * Emma Stone – La La Land
  
  ### Supporting Actor of the Year
  
  Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Tom Bennett – Love & Friendship
  
  * Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
  * Shia LaBeouf – American Honey
  * Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
  
  ### Supporting Actress of the Year
  
  Naomie Harris – Moonlight
  
  * Viola Davis – Fences
  * Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
  * Riley Keough – American Honey
  * Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
  
  ### British/Irish Actor of the Year
  
  Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge and Silence
  
  * Tom Bennett – Love & Friendship and David Brent: Life on the Road
  * Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
  * Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake
  * David Oyelowo – A United Kingdom and Queen of Katwe
  
  ### British/Irish Actress of the Year
  
  Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
  
  * Rebecca Hall – Christine
  * Naomie Harris – Moonlight, Our Kind of Traitor, and Collateral Beauty
  * Ruth Negga – Loving and Iona
  * Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake
  
  ### Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
  
  Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls
  
  * Ruby Barnhill – The BFG
  * Sennia Nanua – The Girl with All the Gifts
  * Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch, Morgan, and Split
  * Ferdia Walsh-Peelo – Sing Street
  
  ### Director of the Year
  
  László Nemes – Son of Saul
  
  * Maren Ade – Toni Erdmann
  * Damien Chazelle – La La Land
  * Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
  * Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
  
  ### Screenwriter of the Year
  
  Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
  
  * Maren Ade – Toni Erdmann
  * Damien Chazelle – La La Land
  * Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
  * Whit Stillman – Love & Friendship
  
  ### Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
  
  Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow
  
  * Mike Carey – The Girl with All the Gifts
  * Guy Hibbert – Eye in the Sky and A United Kingdom
  * Peter Middleton and James Spinney – Notes on Blindness
  * Rachel Tunnard – Adult Life Skills
  
  ### British/Irish Short Film
  
  Brady Hood – Sweet Maddie Stone
  
  * Duncan Cowles and Ross Hogg –Isabella
  * Rene Pannevis – Jacked
  * Sofia Safanova – Tamara
  * Natasha Waugh – Terminal
  
  ### Technical Achievement
  
  Victoria – Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, cinematography
  
  * American Honey – Robbie Ryan, cinematography
  * Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare, sound design
  * High-Rise – Mark Tildesley, production design
  * Jackie – Mica Levi, music
  * Jason Bourne – Gary Powell, stunt coordination
  * La La Land – Justin Hurwitz, music
  * Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon, editing
  * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Neal Scanlan, visual effects
  * Sing Street – Gary Clark and John Carney, music
  
  ### Dilys Powell Award
  
  * Isabelle Huppert
  