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‘The Power of the Dog’

Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog scooped up four prizes at the 2022 London Critics’ Circle awards, as part of a large haul for Netflix.

The streaming giant won 7 of 13 prizes awarded to individual feature films, or performers within an individual film.

Scroll down for the full list of winners

The Power Of The Dog won best film, with Campion taking best director; plus actor of the year for Benedict Cumberbatch, and supporting actor of the year for Kodi Smit-McPhee.

Two films scored two individual awards each: Netflix’s Passing, with supporting actress of the year for Ruth Negga and breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker for writer-director Rebecca Hall; and Modern Films’ Drive My Car, with foreign language film of the year and screenwriter of the year for Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe.

Olivia Colman took the best actress prize for her role in Netflix’s The Lost Daughter; it is her third award from the Circle, having won previously for Tyrannosaur and The Favourite.

Tilda Swinton picked up the British/Irish actress of the year prize for her body of work throughout the year, having appeared in Memoria, The French Dispatch and Picturehouse Entertainment’s British/Irish film of the year winner The Souvenir Part II. Andrew Garfield received the respective men’s award for Tick, Tick… BOOM!, The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Mainstream.

The ceremony took place virtually on the London Critics’ Circle YouTube channel, with critics presenting the awards remotely from The May Fair Hotel in London. An in-person event to celebrate this year’s winners is being planned for later in 2022.

London Critics’ Circle 2022 winners

Film of the year – The Power of the Dog

Foreign language film of the year – Drive My Car

Documentary of the year – Summer of Soul (…or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

British/Irish Film of the Year – The Souvenir Part II

Director of the year – Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Screenwriter of the year – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car

Actress of the year – Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Actor of the year – Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Supporting actress of the year – Ruth Negga, Passing

Supporting actor of the year – Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

British/Irish actress of the year – Tilda Swinton

British/Irish actor of the year – Andrew Garfield

Breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker – Rebecca Hall, Passing

Young British/Irish performer – Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon

British/Irish short film – Play It Safe

Technical achievement award – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer, visual effects, Dune

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