Bong Joon-ho took home film of the year and director of the year, while Renée Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix and Noah Baumbach were also honoured
South Korean satire Parasite has unexpectedly emerged the big winner at the
London Critics’ Circle film awards, taking home prizes for film of the year and director of the year for Bong Joon-ho.
Bong’s film has been widely acclaimed elsewhere, winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes in May, and is nominated for four Baftas and six Oscars. Rather mysteriously, though, it failed to win foreign language film of the year, where it was beaten by the 18th-century period romance Portrait of a Lady on Fire.