25th London Film Critics Circle Awards 9 February 2005 Film of the Year: Sideways British Film of the Year: Vera Drake The 25th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2004, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 9 February 2005. Winners and nominees Film of the Year Sideways The Aviator Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind House of Flying Daggers The Motorcycle Diaries British Film of the Year Vera Drake Finding Neverland Ae Fond Kiss... My Summer of Love Shaun of the Dead Foreign Language Film of the Year The Motorcycle Diaries • Argentina Bad Education • Spain House of Flying Daggers • China/Hong Kong The Return • Russia A Very Long Engagement • France Director of the Year Martin Scorsese – The Aviator Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Alexander Payne – Sideways Walter Salles – The Motorcycle Diaries Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers British Director of the Year Mike Leigh – Vera Drake Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Supremacy Shane Meadows – Dead Man's Shoes Pawel Pawlikowski – My Summer of Love Michael Radford – The Merchant of Venice Screenwriter of the Year Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind David Magee – Finding Neverland Brad Bird – The Incredibles Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnes Jaoui – Look at Me Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways British Screenwriter of the Year Mike Leigh – Vera Drake Joe Penhall – Enduring Love Paul Laverty – Ae Fond Kiss... Pawel Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne – My Summer of Love Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright – Shaun of the Dead Actor of the Year Jamie Foxx – Ray Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator Paul Giamatti – Sideways Geoffrey Rush – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Actress of the Year Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake Annette Bening – Being Julia Nicole Kidman – Birth Natalie Portman – Closer Charlize Theron – Monster British Actor of the Year Daniel Craig – Enduring Love Paddy Considine – Dead Man's Shoes Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog James McAvoy – Inside I'm Dancing Clive Owen – Closer British Actress of the Year Eva Birthistle – Ae Fond Kiss... Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Judi Dench – Ladies in Lavender Emily Mortimer – Dear Frankie Natalie Press – My