The best British/Irish film prize went to Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake, a drama about an unwell carpenter struggling with the benefits system.
The latter film’s star, Kate Beckinsale, took the best British or Irish actress award for her performance as the toweringly bitchy Lady Susan.
London’s film critics were in lockstep with most of their peers around the globe as they gave their top honour to musical romance La La Land on Sunday.
More predictable were wins for Manchester By the Sea in the screenplay and actor categories (the latter for Casey Affleck).