On Sunday 2nd February, The May Fair Hotel played host to one of the most prestigious event of the British arts industry’s calendar, the Critic’s Circle Film Awards. The awards are voted for by the 140 invited members of the professional association of critics of the cinematic and other arts, who between them watch every film released in UK cinemas, every year.

Now in it’s 34th year, the awards stand out from film industry awards by being voted for by only the most respected and experienced critics and the emphasis placed on acknowledging outstanding achievements of British artists.

Not surprisingly, 12 Years a Slave, from British director Steve McQueen and starring British actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, received the most nominations, with British film Philomena receiving the second highest number of nominations including for Judi Dench and Steve Coogan’s performances.

Below is the full list of winners and nominations.

34th LONDON CRITICS’ CIRCLE FILM AWARDS LIST OF WINNERS & NOMINATIONS 2014

FILM OF THE YEAR
WINNER – 12 Years a Slave
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
Gravity
The Great Beauty
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Caesar Must Die
Gloria
The Great Beauty
A Hijacking

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
WINNER – The Selfish Giant
A Field in England
Filth
Philomena
Rush

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
WINNER – The Act of Killing
Beware of Mr Baker
Leviathan
Stories We Tell
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Greta Gerwig

– Frances Ha

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Tom Hanks – Saving Mr Banks
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Naomie Harris – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
June Squibb – Nebraska

BRITISH ACTOR OF

THE YEAR
WINNER – James McAvoy – Filth / Trance / Welcome to the Punch
Christian Bale – American Hustle / Out of the Furnace
Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa / The Look of Love / Philomena / What Maisie Knew
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Michael Fassbender – The Counsellor / 12 Years a Slave

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Judi Dench – Philomena
Lindsay Duncan – About Time / Last Passenger / Le Week-end
Naomie Harris – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Emma Thompson – Beautiful Creatures / Saving Mr Banks

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Conner Chapman – The Selfish Giant
Saoirse Ronan – Byzantium / The Host / How I Live Now
Eloise Laurence – Broken
George MacKay – Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson / For Those in Peril / How I Live Now / Sunshine on Leith
Shaun Thomas – The Selfish Giant

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Paolo Sorrentino – The Great Beauty
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Spike Jonze – Her
Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope – Philomena
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER
WINNER – Jon S Baird – Filth
Scott Graham – Shell
Marcus Markou – Papadopoulos & Sons
Rufus Norris – Broken
Paul Wright – For Those in Peril

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WINNER – Gravity – Tim Webber, visual effects
American Hustle – Judy Becker, production design
Behind the Candelabra – Howard Cummings, production design
Filth – Mark Eckersley, editing
Frances Ha – Sam Levy, cinematography
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Trish Summerville, costumes
Inside Llewyn Davis – T Bone Burnett, music
Stoker – Kurt Swanson & Bart Mueller, costumes
12 Years a Slave – Sean Bobbitt, cinematography
Upstream Colour – Johnny Marshall, sound design

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
WINNER – Gary Oldman