14/02/2011

It was a near sweep for Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech at the BAFTAs. The film won seven awards - Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay (David Seidler) and Original Music (Alexandre Desplat), as well as a trio of performance awards for Geoffrey Rush (Supporting Actor), Helena Bonham Carter (Supporting Actress) and Colin Firth, who wins the Leading Actor BAFTA for the second year running.

Tanya Seghatchian, head of the UK Film Council’s Film Fund, said, “Tonight's result is a triumph for the creators, cast and everyone involved with The King’s Speech. The recipient of 12 Oscar nominations, the highest grossing British independent film of all time in the UK and now the winner of a host of BAFTAs - The King’s Speech represents a great validation for the UK film industry as a whole and an amazing legacy for the UK Film Council.”

Natalie Portman was awarded the BAFTA for Leading Actress for Black Swan. David Fincher won the Director award for The Social Network and Aaron Sorkin took home the BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay. The film also won the Editing award.

Winners in full:

ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Christopher Lee

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
The Harry Potter Films

BEST FILM
The King's Speech [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tom Hooper
film profile] - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The King’s Speech - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Four Lions [+see also:
trailer
film profile] Chris Morris (Director/Writer)

DIRECTOR
The Social Network - David Fincher

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King’s Speech - David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Niels Arden Oplev
interview: Søren Stærmose
film profile] - Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev

ANIMATED FILM
Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich

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

ORIGINAL MUSIC
The King’s Speech - Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY
True Grit - Roger Deakins

EDITING
The Social Network - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood

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

SHORT ANIMATION
The Eagleman Stag - Michael Please

SHORT FILM
Until the River Runs Red - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

THE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Tom Hardy