London Critics Circle Film Awards: 2005

ALFS Award

Date:

9 February

Actor of the Year


Winner:
	Ray (2004/I) - Jamie Foxx
Other Nominees:
	Aviator, The (2004) - Leonardo DiCaprio Finding Neverland (2004) - Johnny Depp Life and Death of Peter Sellers, The (2004) - Geoffrey Rush Sideways (2004) - Paul Giamatti

British Actor of the Year


Winner:
	Enduring Love (2004) - Daniel Craig (I)
Other Nominees:
	Closer (2004/I) - Clive Owen Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - Paddy Considine House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Ben Kingsley Inside I'm Dancing (2004) - James McAvoy

British Actress of the Year


Winners:
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Kate Winslet Fond Kiss..., Ae (2004) - Eva Birthistle
Other Nominees:
	Dear Frankie (2004) - Emily Mortimer Ladies in Lavender. (2004) - Judi Dench My Summer of Love (2004) - Nathalie Press

Actress of the Year


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004) - Imelda Staunton
Other Nominees:
	Being Julia (2004) - Annette Bening Birth (2004) - Nicole Kidman Closer (2004/I) - Natalie Portman Monster (2003) - Charlize Theron

British Supporting Actor of the Year


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004) - Philip Davis (I)
Other Nominees:
	Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Alfred Molina (I) Stage Beauty (2004) - Rupert Everett Troy (2004) - Brian Cox (I) Vera Drake (2004) - Eddie Marsan

British Supporting Actress of the Year


Winner:
	Inside I'm Dancing (2004) - Romola Garai
Other Nominees:
	Phantom of the Opera, The (2004) - Minnie Driver Vanity Fair (2004) - Eileen Atkins Vera Drake (2004) - Ruth Sheen Wondrous Oblivion (2003) - Emily Woof

Director of the Year


Winner:
	Aviator, The (2004) - Martin Scorsese
Other Nominees:
	Diarios de motocicleta (2004) - Walter Salles Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Michel Gondry Shi mian mai fu (2004) - Yimou Zhang Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne (I)

British Director of the Year


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004) - Mike Leigh
Other Nominees:
	Bourne Supremacy, The (2004) - Paul Greengrass Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - Shane Meadows Merchant of Venice, The (2004) - Michael Radford My Summer of Love (2004) - Pawel Pawlikowski

Foreign Language Film of the Year


Winner:
	Diarios de motocicleta (2004) - USA/Germany/UK/Argentina/Chile/Peru/France.
Other Nominees:
	Mala educación, La (2004) - Spain. Shi mian mai fu (2004) - China/Hong Kong. Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) - France/USA. Vozvrashcheniye (2003) - Russia.

British Film of the Year


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Finding Neverland (2004) Fond Kiss..., Ae (2004) My Summer of Love (2004) Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Screenwriter of the Year


Winner:
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Charlie Kaufman
Other Nominees:
	Comme une image (2004) - Jean-Pierre Bacri; Agn�s Jaoui Finding Neverland (2004) - David Magee (II) Incredibles, The (2004) - Brad Bird (I) Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne (I); Jim Taylor (III)

British Screenwriter of the Year


Winner:
	Vera Drake (2004) - Mike Leigh
Other Nominees:
	Enduring Love (2004) - Joe Penhall Fond Kiss..., Ae (2004) - Paul Laverty My Summer of Love (2004) - Pawel Pawlikowski; Michael Wynne (II) Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Simon Pegg; Edgar Wright

British Newcomer of the Year


Winner:
	My Summer of Love (2004) - Nathalie Press
Other Nominees:
	Finding Neverland (2004) - Freddie Highmore Fond Kiss..., Ae (2004) - Eva Birthistle My Summer of Love (2004) - Emily Blunt Way of Life, A (2004) - Amma Asante

Film of the Year


Winner:
	Sideways (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Aviator, The (2004) Diarios de motocicleta (2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Shi mian mai fu (2004)