Well, if the BAFTA’s are any indication, the race of Best Picture at the Oscars this year remains wide open, with Boyhood taking home the BAFTA for Best Picture at today’s ceremony in London. The film took home three awards in total, also snagging Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best Actress (Patricia Arquette). Meanwhile, another film in the running for Best Picture at the Oscars after winning the Globe, The Grand Budapest Hotel, took home 5 of its 11 nominations, including Wes Anderson for Best Original Screenplay.
Most of the BAFTA awards, however, have followed the trend so far. Eddie Redmayne again has taken home Best Actor for his portrayal of Stephen Hawkings in The Theory Of Everything, which won 3 trophies in total – as did Whiplash, which again saw J.K. Simmons take home Best Supporting Actor. Still Alice‘s Julianne Moore also continued her award sweep with her Best Actress BAFTA.
A lot of the talk today has been on The LEGO Movie, which won Best Animated Feature, following being snubbed at the Academy Awards. Birdman, which is another favourite to win at the Oscars, only managed to snag a (well deserved) Best Cinematography trophy, but all in all one thing is certain: there really weren’t that many British films to be awarded at the British Academy Awards were there? The Theory Of Everything took home the Best British Film of the Year award.
The full list of winners are here:
BEST FILM
BOYHOOD
Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
LEADING ACTRESS
JULIANNE MOORE
Still Alice
LEADING ACTOR
EDDIE REDMAYNE
The Theory of Everything
DIRECTOR
BOYHOOD
Richard Linklater
EE RISING STAR
Jack O’Connell
COSTUME DESIGN
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Milena Canonero
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Anthony McCarten
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
IDA
Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Wes Anderson
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
STEPHEN BERESFORD (Writer), DAVID LIVINGSTONE (Producer)
Pride
CINEMATOGRAPHY
BIRDMAN
Emmanuel Lubezki
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
PATRICIA ARQUETTE
Boyhood
SUPPORTING ACTOR
J.K. SIMMONS
Whiplash
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
INTERSTELLAR
Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter
ANIMATED FILM
THE LEGO MOVIE
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
SOUND
WHIPLASH
Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
EDITING
WHIPLASH
Tom Cross
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
BRITISH SHORT FILM
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM
Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Frances Hannon
DOCUMENTARY
CITIZENFOUR
Laura Poitras
ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Alexandre Desplat
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
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