22nd February 2010
The British Academy get-together and awards show was a battle between Avatar and The Hurt Locker this year - each going in with eight nominations a piece (see nominees here). See the full results below...
The British Academy get-together and awards show was a battle between Avatar and The Hurt Locker this year - each going in with eight nominations a piece (see nominees here). See the full results below...
BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
The Hurt Locker was the big winner at the BAFTAs - sweeping up five awards. The war-zone thriller follows three members of a bomb disposal squad in Baghdad, inspired by real events experienced by journalist Mark Boal. Our first chance to see it will be at this year's World Cinema Showcase. This beat out Avatar, An Education, Precious and Up In The Air to take the top award.
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
Director Kathryn Bigelow puts more weight behind her Oscar chances with the Best Director gong, beating ex-hubby James Cameron. Her previous films include thrillers K-19: The Widowmaker and Point Break. She said in her acceptance speech, "We all felt a real responsibility to honour the men and women in the field and to honour a screenplay and a screenwriter who risked his life to capture the chaos and tragedy of war. I dedicate this to never abandoning the resolution to find peace."
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Opens May 6th
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Opens May 6th
Firth (Bridget Jones's Diary, Mamma Mia) plays George Falconer - a gay British college professor in '60s LA - in fashion designer Tom Ford's feature debut. We'd guess A Single Man might play at the World Cinema Showcase also, but either way gets a general release in cinemas on May 6.
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Now playing in cinemas
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Now playing in cinemas
Carey Mulligan's incredibly endearing performance is at the heart of novelist Nick Hornby's '60s-set drama. This is still playing at a few cinemas around the country, and will be out on DVD in the next few months.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique, Precious
Now playing in cinemas
Mo'Nique, Precious
Now playing in cinemas
Mo'Nique plays Precious' cruel mother in this harrowing American drama, now playing in cinemas. She may well be up for a trifecta for this performance: last month she won the Golden Globe and she's also nominated for an Academy Award.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Now out on DVD
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Now out on DVD
The Austrian-born Waltz plays psychotic Nazi Col. Hans Landa in Tarantino's epic. He said in his speech: "No Quentin, no Inglourious Basterds. No Quentin, no Colonel Landa. No Quentin, no Christoph at the Baftas or anywhere else."
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
Mark Boal is the American journalist who followed a bomb squad in Iraq. He turned his experience and his articles into this screenplay, which is his first (although he wrote the story behind In the Valley of Elah).
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Now playing in cinemas
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Now playing in cinemas
Reitman (also the film's director) and Turner based the film on Walter Kirn's novel.
BEST MUSIC
Michael Giacchino, Up
Out now on DVD
Michael Giacchino, Up
Out now on DVD
Giacchino is one of the best composers in Hollywood. He's previously written the scores for Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Star Trek, TV's Lost and Alias. He also won the Golden Globe this year.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
Ackroyd's previous credits include Stella Does Tricks, Ae Fond Kiss..., United 93 and The Wind That Shakes The Barley. This was his fourth BAFTA nomination and first win.
BEST EDITING
The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010.
The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010.
>Bob Murawski and Chris Innis cut The Hurt Locker. Innis is relatively new to the job, where Murawski is an action-flick veteran. His previous work includes Spider-Man, The Gift and Drag Me To Hell.
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar
Now playing in cinemas
Avatar
Now playing in cinemas
Weta Workshop's Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair were the team responsible for Avatar's lavish visual design. Sinclair is the only koiwi.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Young Victoria
Out now on DVD
The Young Victoria
Out now on DVD
Powell has been Martin Scorsese's costumer designer since Gangs of New York and produced the goods on this Scorsese-produced period piece, the story of Queen Victoria's early rise to power. Powell is a two-time Oscar winner, and this is her second BAFTA.
BEST SOUND
The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
The Hurt Locker
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
Ray Beckett and Paul NJ Ottosson take the award.
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Avatar
Now playing in cinemas
Avatar
Now playing in cinemas
A no-brainer. The fellas at Weta Workshop - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Beneham, Andrew R Jones - win for the mind-boggling CGI effects in Avatar.
BEST HAIR & MAKE UP
The Young Victoria
Out now on DVD
The Young Victoria
Out now on DVD
Jenny Shircore has previously won the BAFTA and the Oscar for her Hair and Make Up work on a previous Queen biopic: 1998's Elizabeth.
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Un Prophet
Undated 2010
Un Prophet
Undated 2010
Critically acclaimed French crime-drama about a young Arab man sent to a prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
Out now on DVD
Up
Out now on DVD
Disney/Pixar's story of old Carl Fredrickson beats out Coraline and Fantastic Mr Fox.
BEST BRITISH FILM
Fish Tank
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
Fish Tank
Playing at the World Cinema Showcase Festival 2010
British drama Fishtank, from the director of Red Road, will be premiering on NZ screens at the World Cinema Showcase.
RISING STAR AWARD
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart
The Rising Star Award is voted for by the public (read Twilight fans).
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRIT
Duncan Jones, director of Moon
Out now on DVD
Duncan Jones, director of Moon
Out now on DVD
Duncan Jones (who is David Bowie's son) helmed this most excellent science-fiction/pyschological-thriller starring Sam Rockwell.
