2010 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards - winners

The Film Critics Circle of Australia held its awards ceremony last night for the best films of 2010 at the North Sydney Leagues Club at Cammeray in Sydney. ABC Local Radio’s Rod Quinn hosted the event.

Animal Kingdom dominated the proceedings with six awards. It won Best Film, and David Michôd won for Director and Original Screenplay. Jacki Weaver won Best Actress and co-stars Ben Mendelsohn and Joel Edgerton won for Actor and Supporting Actor respectively. Previously, Animal Kingdom had triumphed at the Australian Film Institute Awards and Jacki Weaver received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Essie Davis won Best Supporting Actress for her role in South Solitary. Two child actresses were given special mentions for their promising work. Lily Bell-Tindley received hers in the Leading Actress category for Lou. Morgana Davies received her special mention as Supporting Actress for The Tree

Beneath Hill 60 won for Adapted Screenplay Editing. Curiously, for the AFI Awards, it had been nominated in the Original Screenplay category.

Cezary Skubiszewski won the Best Music Score Award for Bran Nue Dae. He also received a Special Acknowledgement Award for his continued contribution to Australian cinema.

The FCCA presented two awards for foreign film. For English-language films, The Social Network continued its winning run with critics' awards. Michael Haneke's Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon) won for non-English foreign films.
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Complete list of winners for the 2010 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

BEST FILM
Animal Kingdom, Producer Liz Watts

BEST DIRECTOR
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom

BEST ACTOR – LEADING ROLE
Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom

BEST ACTRESS - LEADING ROLE
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom.
Lily Bell-Tindley, Lou - Special Mention

BEST ACTRESS – SUPPORTING ROLE
Essie Davis, South Solitary
Morgana Davies, The Tree – Special Mention

BEST ACTOR – SUPPORTING ROLE
Joel Edgerton, Animal Kingdom

BEST SCREENPLAY – ORIGINAL
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom

BEST SCREENPLAY – ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
David Roach, Beneath Hill 60

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Denson Baker, The Waiting City

BEST EDITOR
Dany Cooper, Beneath Hill 60

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Cezary Skubiszewski, Bran Nue Dae

BEST FOREIGN FILM - ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Social Network, David Fincher

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Michael Haneke