03/02/2014 - The Selfish Giant wins British Film Of The Year; Blue Is the Warmest Colour Foreign-Language Film Of The Year

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave [+see also:
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interview: Michael Fassbender
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interview: Clio Barnard
interview: Clio Barnard
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The evening began on a sombre note with a tribute to thespian Philip Seymour Hoffman, the news of whose untimely death had just broken prior to the awards ceremony on Sunday.

Winners 

Film Of The Year
12 Years A Slave

Foreign-Language Film Of The Year
Blue Is The Warmest Colour

British Film Of The Year
The Selfish Giant

Documentary Of The Year
The Act Of Killing [+see also:
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Director
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Screenwriter
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave

Actress
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave

British Actor
James McAvoy, Filth [+see also:
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British Actress
Judi Dench, Philomena [+see also:
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interview: Stephen Frears
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Young British Performer
Conner Chapman, The Selfish Giant

Breakthrough British Filmmaker
Jon S Baird, Filth

Technical Achievement Award
Tim Webber, Gravity special effects

Dilys Powell Award For Excellence In Film
Gary Oldman