The London Critics' Circle Film Awards are in many ways the awards that count. By which we mean, they actually nominated Olivia Coleman. According to their website "the Circle's aims are to promote the art of criticism". We wonder if they’d be interested in reading our review of Olly Murs? Anyway, the red carpet was trod by the elegant feet of Carey Mulligan (out of Doctor Who), Michael Fassbender (out of Band of Brothers) and Tyres from Spaced. 

Look away now if you don’t want to know, but here’s who won what at the 32^nd London Critics’ Circle Film Awards…

CRITICS’ CIRCLE TOP 10 FILMS of 2011

1. The Artist

2. A Separation

3. Drive

4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

5. The Tree of Life

6. We Need to Talk About Kevin

7. Melancholia

8. Shame

9. Margaret

10. The Descendants

FILM OF THE YEAR

The Artist 

The Attenborough Award: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR

We Need to Talk About Kevin 

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

A Separation 

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Senna 

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist 

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Asghar Farhadi – A Separation 

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER

Andrew Haigh – Weekend 

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Jean Dujardin – The Artist 

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (Tied)

Anna Paquin – Margaret 

Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady 

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Sareh Bayat – A Separation 

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method, Shame

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Olivia Colman – The Iron Lady, Tyrannosaur

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Craig Roberts – Submarine 

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Maria Djurkovic, production design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 

EXCELLENCE IN FILM

Nicolas Roeg