As you might have guessed, the BAFTA ceremony was this weekend and a bunch of British films won. Of course this was bound to happen. I’d give it to my home team, too. The results don’t necessarily determine the outcome of the Oscar’s in two weeks, but it does confirm that there are a lot of great films competing this year. The King’s Speech was easily the big winner, taking home Best Film, Actor, both Supporting Actor awards, British Film, Original Screenplay and Music. Inception and Alice in Wonderland, as the only other slightly British films in Hollywood, took most of the technical awards for Production Design, Hair & Make Up, Visual Effects, etc. And when the Brits didn’t have a clear domestic winner, I like to imagine they begrudgingly handed them over to David Fincher, Natalie Portman, Toy Story 3 and the lot.
Best Film- The King’s Speech
Director – The Social Network – David Fincher
Leading Actor – Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
Leading Actress – Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Supporting Actor – Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Supporting Actress – Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Adapted Screenplay- The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin
Original Screenplay – The King’s Speech – David Seidler
Animated Film – Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich
Outstanding British Film – The King’s Speech
Film Not In The English Language – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer – Four Lions – Chris Morris (Director/Writer)
Cinematography – True Grit – Roger Deakins
Editing – The Social Network – Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
Production Design – Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
Sound – Inception – Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
Special Visual Effects – Inception – Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
Make Up & Hair – Alice In Wonderland – Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch
Original Music – The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat
Costume Design – Alice In Wonderland – Colleen Atwood
Short Film – Until The River Runs Red – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
Short Animation – The Eagleman Stag – Michael Please
The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award (voted by the public) – Tom Hardy
