Video: Silent film The Artist wins big at London Critics' Awards Speaking alongside Jean Dujardin, who won the best actor prize, the film's director Michel Hazanavicius said: "We're very happy. It's really a great recognition of our work and we could not expect that kind of recognition so we feel really lucky and proud and happy. If we are nominated it will really be a great honour and you know what I think it's hard to start a movie so low because really nobody wanted, even me I was not sure that movie would be possible. So if we are nominated it's hard to go higher so really the road, the arc of the movie would be great. Following the ceremony, Fassbender said: "It's the critics (who) keep us on our toes. "You can see that they have to watch such a huge amount of films and the films that they've chosen are all so diverse and you can see different flavours and tastes there -- you know it's a big honour and I'm very sort of humbled," he said.