Slumdog Millionaire Racks Up 7 BAFTA Awards at Celebrity Filled Ceremony
While the people in America were celebrating the world of music yesterday, the people of Great Britain were honoring all things film yesterday. The 62nd British Academy Film Awards was held yesterday. Among some of the notable celebs on hand were Mick Jagger, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Sharon Stone, Daniel Craig, and Kate Winslet among many others.
Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner on the night taking home 7 BAFTA Awards. Below are pictures from last nights award show, along with a list of the movies that took home prizes .
Best Actor
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Actress
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Animated Film
WALL-E
Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Costume Design
The Duchess – Michael O'Connor
Best Director
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Editing
Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Film - British (Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film)
Man on Wire
Best Film Not in the English Language
I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) • France
Best Makeup and Hair
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
Best Music (Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music)
Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
Best Production Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
Best Screenplay - Adapted
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
Best Screenplay - Original
In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
Best Sound
Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, – Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
Best Short Animation
A Matter of Loaf and Death – Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
Best Short Film
September - Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell
Carl Foreman award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film
Steve McQueen - Hunger (director/writer)
The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Noel Clarke
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Shepperton Studios and Pinewood Studios
