 For many years the Circle gave no awards.In 1980 the critics from the Film section, known also as the London Film Critics Circle, established the ALFS Awards to acknowledge special achievements in the cinema.In 1989 the Drama section organized the first of its Critics' Circle Theatre Awards ceremonies, but it was not until 2002 that Dance awards were presented, followed from 2011 with annual awards by the Music and the Visual Arts and Architecture sections.