London, Chicago and the Southeast Go Sideways (But some Eternal love!)

London Critics' Circle Film Awards
Film of the Year
1. The Aviator
2. House of Flying Dagger
3. Sideways
4. The Motocycle Diaries
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Actress of the Year
1. Charlize Theron - Monster
2. Annette Bening - Being Julia
3. Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
4. Natalie Portman - Closer
5. Nicole Kidman - Birth

Actor of the Year
1. Paul Giamatti - Sideways
2. Geoffrey Rush - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
3. Jamie Foxx - Ray
4. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
5. Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland

Director of the Year
1.Walter Salles - The Motorcycle Diaries
2. Alexander Payne - Sideways
3. Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
4. Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers
5. Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Screenwriter of the Year
1. Brad Bird - The Incredibles
2. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor - Sideways
3. David Magee - Finding Neverland
4. Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnes Jaoui - Look at Me

Foreign Language Film of the Year
House of Flying Daggers - Zhang Yimou
Bad Education - Pedro Almodovar
The Motorcycle Diaries – Walter Salles
The Return - Andrei Zvyagintsev
A Very Long Engagement –Jean-Pierre Jeunet

British Newcomer of the Year
1. Amma Asante - A Way of Life
2. Natalie Press - My Summer of Love
3. Emily Blunt - My Summer of Love
4. Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
5. Eva Birthistle - Ae Fond Kiss

British Screenwriter of the Year
1. Pawel Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne - My Summer of Love
2. Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
3. Paul Laverty - Ae Fond Kiss
4. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright - Shaun of the Dead
5. Joe Penhall - Enduring Love

British Actress in a supporting role
1. Eileen Atkins - Vanity Fair
2. Romola Garai - Inside I'm Dancing
3. Minnie Driver - The Phantom of the Opera
4. Ruth Sheen - Vera Drake
5. Emily Woof - Wondrous Oblivion

British Actor in a supporting role
1. Alfred Molina - Spiderman 2
2. Rupert Everett - Stage Beauty
3. Phil Davis - Vera Drake
4. Eddie Marsan - Vera Drake
5. Brian Cox - Troy

British Actress of the year
1. Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Judi Dench - Ladies in Lavender
3. Natalie Press - My Summer of Love
4. Eva Birthistle - Ae Fond Kiss
5. Emily Mortimer - Dear Frankie

British Actor of the Year
1. James McAvoy - Inside I'm Dancing
2. Paddy Considine - Dead Man's Shoes
3. Clive Owen - Closer
4. Daniel Craig - Enduring Love
5. Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog

British Director of the Year
1. Pawel Pawlikowski - My Summer of Love
2. Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
3. Shane Meadows - Dead Man's Shoes
4. Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Supremacy
5. Michael Radford - The Merchant of Venice

British Film of the Year
The Attenborough Award
1. My Summer of Love
2. Shaun of the Dead
3. Finding Neverland
4. Vera Drake
5. Ae Fond Kiss


CHICAGO FILM CRITCS

BEST PICTURE: Sideways

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: A Very Long Engagement

BEST DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

BEST ACTOR: Paul Giamatti - Sideways

BEST ACTRESS: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Virginia Madsen - Sideways

BEST SCREENPLAY: Sideways

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (tie):Hero & The Aviator

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Howard Shore - The Aviator

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Fahrenheit 9/11

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER: Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER: Zach Braff - Garden State


SOUTHEASTERN FILM CRITICS
1. Sideways
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Kinsey
5. The Incredibles
6. Finding Neverland
7. Ray
8. The Aviator
9. Hotel Rwanda
10. Before Sunset

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Maria Full of Grace
Runner-up: A Very Long Engagement

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Alexander Payne - Sideways
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti - Sideways

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Annette Bening - Being Julia
Runner-up: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Runner-up: Laura Linney - Kinsey

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Runner-up: Kinsey

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Sideways
Runner-up: Finding Neverland

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Fahrenheit 9/11
Runner-up: Super Size Me