The 38th London Film Critics' Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2017, were announced by the London Film Critics' Circle on 28 January 2018 at The May Fair Hotel, in Mayfair, London. The nominations were announced on 19 December 2017. Actor-filmmakers Alice Lowe and Steve Oram returned to host the ceremony for the third consecutive year.
Winners and nominees
Film of the Year
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Call Me by Your Name
- Dunkirk
- The Florida Project
- Get Out
- God's Own Country
- Lady Bird
- Loveless
- Phantom Thread
- The Shape of Water
Foreign Language Film of the Year
Elle
- Aquarius
- The Handmaiden
- Loveless
- Raw
British/Irish Film of the Year
Dunkirk
- God's Own Country
- Lady Macbeth
- Paddington 2
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Documentary of the Year
I Am Not Your Negro
- 78/52
- Human Flow
- Jane
- The Work
Actor of the Year
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
- James Franco – The Disaster Artist
- Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
- Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Actress of the Year
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Annette Bening – Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
- Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
- Isabelle Huppert – Elle
- Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth
Supporting Actor of the Year
Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
- Willem Dafoe –The Florida Project
- Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name
Supporting Actress of the Year
Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
- Lily Gladstone – Certain Women
- Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
- Allison Janney – I, Tonya
- Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
British/Irish Actor of the Year
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
- Colin Farrell – The Beguiled / The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Josh O'Connor – God's Own Country
- Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour / The Space Between Us
British/Irish Actress of the Year
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water / Maudie / Paddington 2
- Emily Beecham – Daphne
- Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul / Murder on the Orient Express
- Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth
- Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird / Loving Vincent
Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
Harris Dickinson – Beach Rats
- Tom Holland – The Lost City of Z / Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Noah Jupe – Suburbicon / Wonder / The Man with the Iron Heart
- Dafne Keen – Logan
- Fionn Whitehead – Dunkirk
Director of the Year
Sean Baker – The Florida Project
- Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
- Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name
- Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Screenwriter of the Year
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
- Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
- James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name
- Jordan Peele – Get Out
Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
Francis Lee – God's Own Country
- Alice Birch – Lady Macbeth
- Simon Farnaby – Paddington 2 / Mindhorn
- Rungano Nyoni – I Am Not a Witch
- William Oldroyd – Lady Macbeth
British/Irish Short Film
We Love Moses – Dionne Edwards
- The Cloud of Unknowing – Mike Hannon
- The Dog and the Elephant – Mike Sharpe
- Tuesday – Charlotte Wells
- Your Mother and I – Anna Maguire
Technical Achievement
Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner, production design
- Baby Driver – Darrin Prescott, stunts
- Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer, music
- God's Own Country – Joshua James Richards, cinematography
- Lady Macbeth – Holly Waddington, costumes
- The Lost City of Z – Darius Khondji, cinematography
- The Love Witch – Emma Willis, hair & makeup
- Paddington 2 – Pablo Grillo, visual effects
- Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges, costumes
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Ben Morris, visual effects
Dilys Powell Award
- Kate Winslet
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