# London Film Critics Circle Awards 2005

26th London Film Critics Circle Awards
8 February 2006
Film of the Year:
Brokeback Mountain
British Film of the Year:
The Constant Gardener
The 26th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2005, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2006.

## Winners and nominees
### Film of the Year

Brokeback Mountain
* The Constant Gardener
* Crash
* A History of Violence
* King Kong

### British Film of the Year

The Constant Gardener
* The Descent
* Mrs Henderson Presents
* Pride & Prejudice
* Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

### Foreign Language Film of the Year

Downfall • Germany
* The Beat that My Heart Skipped • France
* Caché • Austria/France
* The Chorus • France
* The Sea Inside • Spain

### Director of the Year

Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
* David Cronenberg – A History of Violence
* Paul Haggis – Crash
* Peter Jackson – King Kong
* Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener

### British Director of the Year

Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice
* Stephen Frears – Mrs Henderson Presents
* Terry George – Hotel Rwanda
* Neil Marshall – The Descent
* Christopher Nolan – Batman Begins

### Screenwriter of the Year

Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco – Crash
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana – Brokeback Mountain
* Jeffrey Caine – The Constant Gardener
* Bernd Eichinger – Downfall
* Shane Black – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

### Actor of the Year

Bruno Ganz – Downfall
* Don Cheadle- Hotel Rwanda
* Johnny Depp – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
* Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence

### Actress of the Year

Naomi Watts – King Kong
* Maria Bello – A History of Violence
* Juliette Binoche – Caché
* Laura Linney – Kinsey
* Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace

### British Actor of the Year

Ralph Fiennes – The Constant Gardener
* Christian Bale – The Machinist
* Chiwetel Ejiofor – Kinky Boots
* Liam Neeson – Kinsey
* Tom Wilkinson – Separate Lies

### British Actress of the Year

Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
* Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
* Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
* Kristin Scott Thomas – Keeping Mum
* Emily Watson – Separate Lies

### British Supporting Actor of the Year

Tom Hollander – Pride & Prejudice
* Paddy Considine – Cinderella Man
* Brendan Gleeson – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
* James McAvoy – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
* Cillian Murphy – Batman Begins

### British Supporting Actress of the Year

Thandie Newton – Crash
* Brenda Blethyn- Pride & Prejudice
* Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda
* Rosamund Pike – Pride & Prejudice
* Tilda Swinton – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

### British Newcomer of the Year

Kelly Reilly – Mrs Henderson Presents
* Julian Fellowes – Separate Lies
* Annie Griffin – Festival
* Matthew Macfadyen – Pride & Prejudice
* Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

### British Producer of the Year

Simon Channing-Williams – The Constant Gardener
* Marc Boothe, Ruth Caleb – Bullet Boy
* Andrew Eaton, Michael Winterbottom – A Cock and Bull Story
* Christian Colson – Separate Lies
* Peter Lord – Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

### Dilys Powell Award

* Bryan Forbes