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.^[1][2][3]

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 Summer of Love

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Phil Davis – Vera Drake

• Brian Cox – Troy
• Rupert Everett – Stage Beauty
• Eddie Marsan – Vera Drake
• Alfred Molina – Spider-Man 2

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Romola Garai – Inside I'm Dancing

• Eileen Atkins – Vanity Fair
• Minnie Driver – The Phantom of the Opera
• Ruth Sheen – Vera Drake
• Emily Woof – Wondrous Oblivion

British Newcomer of the Year

Natalie Press – My Summer of Love

• Amma Asante – A Way of Life
• Eva Birthistle – Ae Fond Kiss...
• Emily Blunt – My Summer of Love
• Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland

25th Silver Anniversary Award

• Norma Heyman

Dilys Powell Award

• Ken Loach