The Artist takes top prize at the Richard Attenborough Film Awards

The winners of the Richard Attenborough Film Awards 2012 were announced in London earlier this afternoon, with Oscar front-runner The Artist continuing it's run of awards success as it was named Film of the Year, while director Michel Hazanavicius also collected the gong for Filmmaker of the Year. Now in its sixth year, the Richard Attenborough Awards consist of thirteen categories, with six decided by UK film critics and the remaining seven open to public vote.

Take a look at all of the winners here...

Critics categories...

Film of the Year – The Artist
Filmmaker of the Year – Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Screenwriter of the Year – Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Actor of the Year – Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class, Shame)
Actress of the Year – Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Rising Star of the Year – Tom Hiddleston (War Horse, Thor, The Deep Blue Sea, Midnight in Paris)

Public Vote...

British Film of the Year – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Animated Film of the Year – Arthur Christmas
Family Film of the Year – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
British Film Star of the Year – Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Film Star of the Year – Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)
UK Film Blog Site of the Year – CineVue
Most Anticipated Film of 2012 – The Dark Knight Rises

Finally, we'd just like to say thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for Flickering Myth in the UK Film Blog Site of the Year category - your support is much appreciated!