# Kermode Awards



These annual awards are judged by only one person: esteemed BBC film critic Mark Kermode.

## Contents

* [1 Rules](#Rules)
* [2 Winners](#Winners)
* [2.1 2007](#2007)
* [2.2 2008](#2008)
* [2.3 2009](#2009)
* [2.4 2010](#2010)
* [2.5 2011](#2011)
* [2.6 2012](#2012)
* [2.7 2013](#2013)
* [2.8 2014](#2014)
* [2.9 2015](#2015)
* [2.10 2016](#2016)

## Rules

There is only one [rule](Rules), and it is that you cannot win a Kermode Award in a category for which you've been [Oscar](Oscar) nominated.

## Winners

The categories and order of awards given are not consistent between years; as Dr K said "these are my awards, and frankly, I'm making up the rules as I go along"

### 2007

Best Actress - **Sandra Hüller** for _Requiem_
Best Actor - **Toby Jones** for _Infamous_
Best Animation - **Richard Linklater** for _A Scanner Darkly_
Best Sound Design - **David Lynch** for _Inland Empire_
Honorary Kermode Award - **Christopher Guest**
Best Director - **Guillermo del Toro** for _Pan's Labyrinth_
Best Film - _Pan's Labyrinth_

### 2008

Best Actor - **Sam Riley** for _Control_
Best Actress - **Anamaria Marinca** for _4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days_
Best Score - **Jonny Greenwood** for _There Will Be Blood_
Best Foreign Language Film - **Julian Schnabel** for _The Diving Bell and the Butterfly_
Best Director - **David Cronenberg** for _Eastern Promises_
Best Film - **Andrew Dominik** for _The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford_
Fellowship Award - **Ken Russell**

### 2009

Best Supporting Actress - **Ashley Tisdale** for _High School Musical 3_
Best Supporting Actor - **Eddie Marsan** for _Happy Go Lucky_
Best Actress - **Belén Rueda** for _The Orphanage_
Best Actor - **Michael Fassbender** for _Hunger_
Best Screenplay - **Garth Jennings** for _Son of Rambow_
Best Foreign Language Film - **Roberto Saviano** for _Gomorrah_
Best Director - **Terence Davies** for _Of Time and the City_
Best Film - **Roberto Saviano** for _Of Time and the City_
Fellowship Award - **Terry Gilliam**

### 2010

Best Supporting Actress - **Anne-Marie Duff** for _Nowhere Boy_
Best Supporting Actor - **Christian McKay** for _Me and Orson Welles_
Best Actress - **Charlotte Gainsbourg** for _Antichrist_
Best Supporting Actor - **Andy Serkis** for _Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll_
Best Score - **Nick Cave** and **Warren Ellis** for _The Road_
Best Director - **Duncan Jones** for _Moon_
Best Film - **Tomas Alfredson** for _Let The Right One In_
Fellowship Award - **Samantha Morton**

### 2011

Best Supporting Actor - **Andrew Garfield** for _The Social Network_
Best Actress - **Kristin Scott Thomas** for _Leaving_
Best Animated Feature - _Chico & Rita_
Best Documentary - **Julien Temple** for _Oil City Confidential_
Best Foreign Language Film - _Of Gods And Men_
Best Screenplay - **William Ivory** for _Made in Dagenham_
Fellowship Award - **Dario Argento**
Best Director - **Christopher Nolan** for _Inception_

### 2012

Best Musical - **Renaud Barret** and **Florent de la Tullaye** for _Benda Bilili_
Best Documentary - **Asif Kapadia** for _Senna_
Best Actor - **Michael Fassbender** for _Shame_
Best Actress 1 - **Tilda Swinton** for _We Need To Talk About Kevin_
Best Actress 2 - **Olivia Colman** for _Tyrannosaur_
Best Director - **Lynne Ramsey** for _We Need To Talk About Kevin_
Best Film - **Lynne Ramsey** for _We Need To Talk About Kevin_

### 2013

Best Actor – **Mads Mikkelsen** for _A Royal Affair_
Best Actress – **Alicia Vikander** for _A Royal Affair_
Best Screenplay – **Steve Oram** and **Alice Lowe** for _Sightseers_
Best Director – **Sam Mendes** for _Skyfall_
Best Film Not In The English Language – _The Raid_
Best Film – _Berberian Sound Studio_
Best Documentary – _You’ve Been Trumped_
Fellowship Award – **Bill Forsyth**

### 2014

Best Actor – **Tom Hanks** for _Captain Phillips_
Best Actress – **Emma Thompson** for _Saving Mr. Banks_
Best Cinematography - **Sean Bobbitt** for _12 Years a Slave_
Best Hair & Makeup - **Katherine Gordon**, **Evelyne Noraz** and **Lori McCoy-Bell** for _American Hustle_
Best Screenplay - **Kelly Marcel** for _Saving Mr. Banks_
Turkey of the Year - **Pain & Gain**
Best Foreign Film - **وجدة** \[**Wadjda**\]
Best Director - **Paul Greengrass** for _Captain Phillips_
Best Director - **Clio Barnard** for _The Selfish Giant_
Best Film – _Good Vibrations_

### 2015

Best Documentary - _Life Itself_
Best Foreign Language Film - _The Golden Dream_
Best Animated Feature – _The Lego Movie_
Best Original Song – **I Love You All** from _Frank_
Best Original Score - _Under The Skin_
Best Actress - **Essie Davis** for _The Babadook_, and **Gugu Mbatha-Raw** for _Belle_
Best Actor - **David Oyelowo** for _Selma_, and **Timothy Spall** for _Mr Turner_
Best Screenplay - **Jennifer Kent** for _The Babadook_
Best Director - **Amma Asante** for _Belle_
Best Picture – _The Babadook_

### 2016

Best Cinematography - **Michael McDonough** for _Sunset Song_
Best Documentary - _A Syrian Love Story_, and _The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson_
Best Original Score - _It Follows_, and _Room_
Best Screenplay - **Debbie Tucker Green** for _Second Coming_
Best Foreign Language Film - _The Assassin_
Best Ensemble Cast - _Carol_
Best Actor - **Paul Dano** for _Love & Mercy_, and **Idris Elba** for _Beasts Of No Nation_
Best Actress - **Karidja Touré** for _Girlhood_
Best Director - **Carol Morley** for _The Falling_, and **Céline Sciamma** for _Girlhood_
Best Film - _Inside Out_

# Kermode Awards



These annual awards are judged by only one person: esteemed BBC film critic Mark Kermode.

## Contents

* [1 Rules](#Rules)
* [2 Winners](#Winners)
* [2.1 2007](#2007)
* [2.2 2008](#2008)
* [2.3 2009](#2009)
* [2.4 2010](#2010)
* [2.5 2011](#2011)
* [2.6 2012](#2012)
* [2.7 2013](#2013)
* [2.8 2014](#2014)
* [2.9 2015](#2015)
* [2.10 2016](#2016)

## Rules

There is only one [rule](Rules), and it is that you cannot win a Kermode Award in a category for which you've been [Oscar](Oscar) nominated.

## Winners

The categories and order of awards given are not consistent between years; as Dr K said "these are my awards, and frankly, I'm making up the rules as I go along"

### 2007

Best Actress - **Sandra Hüller** for _Requiem_
Best Actor - **Toby Jones** for _Infamous_
Best Animation - **Richard Linklater** for _A Scanner Darkly_
Best Sound Design - **David Lynch** for _Inland Empire_
Honorary Kermode Award - **Christopher Guest**
Best Director - **Guillermo del Toro** for _Pan's Labyrinth_
Best Film - _Pan's Labyrinth_

### 2008

Best Actor - **Sam Riley** for _Control_
Best Actress - **Anamaria Marinca** for _4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days_
Best Score - **Jonny Greenwood** for _There Will Be Blood_
Best Foreign Language Film - **Julian Schnabel** for _The Diving Bell and the Butterfly_
Best Director - **David Cronenberg** for _Eastern Promises_
Best Film - **Andrew Dominik** for _The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford_
Fellowship Award - **Ken Russell**

### 2009

Best Supporting Actress - **Ashley Tisdale** for _High School Musical 3_
Best Supporting Actor - **Eddie Marsan** for _Happy Go Lucky_
Best Actress - **Belén Rueda** for _The Orphanage_
Best Actor - **Michael Fassbender** for _Hunger_
Best Screenplay - **Garth Jennings** for _Son of Rambow_
Best Foreign Language Film - **Roberto Saviano** for _Gomorrah_
Best Director - **Terence Davies** for _Of Time and the City_
Best Film - **Roberto Saviano** for _Of Time and the City_
Fellowship Award - **Terry Gilliam**

### 2010

Best Supporting Actress - **Anne-Marie Duff** for _Nowhere Boy_
Best Supporting Actor - **Christian McKay** for _Me and Orson Welles_
Best Actress - **Charlotte Gainsbourg** for _Antichrist_
Best Supporting Actor - **Andy Serkis** for _Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll_
Best Score - **Nick Cave** and **Warren Ellis** for _The Road_
Best Director - **Duncan Jones** for _Moon_
Best Film - **Tomas Alfredson** for _Let The Right One In_
Fellowship Award - **Samantha Morton**

### 2011

Best Supporting Actor - **Andrew Garfield** for _The Social Network_
Best Actress - **Kristin Scott Thomas** for _Leaving_
Best Animated Feature - _Chico & Rita_
Best Documentary - **Julien Temple** for _Oil City Confidential_
Best Foreign Language Film - _Of Gods And Men_
Best Screenplay - **William Ivory** for _Made in Dagenham_
Fellowship Award - **Dario Argento**
Best Director - **Christopher Nolan** for _Inception_

### 2012

Best Musical - **Renaud Barret** and **Florent de la Tullaye** for _Benda Bilili_
Best Documentary - **Asif Kapadia** for _Senna_
Best Actor - **Michael Fassbender** for _Shame_
Best Actress 1 - **Tilda Swinton** for _We Need To Talk About Kevin_
Best Actress 2 - **Olivia Colman** for _Tyrannosaur_
Best Director - **Lynne Ramsey** for _We Need To Talk About Kevin_
Best Film - **Lynne Ramsey** for _We Need To Talk About Kevin_

### 2013

Best Actor – **Mads Mikkelsen** for _A Royal Affair_
Best Actress – **Alicia Vikander** for _A Royal Affair_
Best Screenplay – **Steve Oram** and **Alice Lowe** for _Sightseers_
Best Director – **Sam Mendes** for _Skyfall_
Best Film Not In The English Language – _The Raid_
Best Film – _Berberian Sound Studio_
Best Documentary – _You’ve Been Trumped_
Fellowship Award – **Bill Forsyth**

### 2014

Best Actor – **Tom Hanks** for _Captain Phillips_
Best Actress – **Emma Thompson** for _Saving Mr. Banks_
Best Cinematography - **Sean Bobbitt** for _12 Years a Slave_
Best Hair & Makeup - **Katherine Gordon**, **Evelyne Noraz** and **Lori McCoy-Bell** for _American Hustle_
Best Screenplay - **Kelly Marcel** for _Saving Mr. Banks_
Turkey of the Year - **Pain & Gain**
Best Foreign Film - **وجدة** \[**Wadjda**\]
Best Director - **Paul Greengrass** for _Captain Phillips_
Best Director - **Clio Barnard** for _The Selfish Giant_
Best Film – _Good Vibrations_

### 2015

Best Documentary - _Life Itself_
Best Foreign Language Film - _The Golden Dream_
Best Animated Feature – _The Lego Movie_
Best Original Song – **I Love You All** from _Frank_
Best Original Score - _Under The Skin_
Best Actress - **Essie Davis** for _The Babadook_, and **Gugu Mbatha-Raw** for _Belle_
Best Actor - **David Oyelowo** for _Selma_, and **Timothy Spall** for _Mr Turner_
Best Screenplay - **Jennifer Kent** for _The Babadook_
Best Director - **Amma Asante** for _Belle_
Best Picture – _The Babadook_

### 2016

Best Cinematography - **Michael McDonough** for _Sunset Song_
Best Documentary - _A Syrian Love Story_, and _The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson_
Best Original Score - _It Follows_, and _Room_
Best Screenplay - **Debbie Tucker Green** for _Second Coming_
Best Foreign Language Film - _The Assassin_
Best Ensemble Cast - _Carol_
Best Actor - **Paul Dano** for _Love & Mercy_, and **Idris Elba** for _Beasts Of No Nation_
Best Actress - **Karidja Touré** for _Girlhood_
Best Director - **Carol Morley** for _The Falling_, and **Céline Sciamma** for _Girlhood_
Best Film - _Inside Out_