Slumdog Millionaire, Man on Wire win BAFTAs for Best Film
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The British Academy announced the winners of this year’s BAFTA Awards at a ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner of the evening with honours in seven categories, including Best Film.
Here is the list of the BAFTA nominees, for reference.
And here are this year’s winners:
BEST FILM
Slumdog Millionaire
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Man on Wire
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT BY A BRITISH DIRECTOR, WRITER OR PRODUCER FOR THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILM
Steve McQueen, Writer/Director – Hunger
DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
I’ve Loved You So Long
ANIMATED FILM
Wall-E
LEADING ACTOR
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
LEADING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Reader
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
MUSIC
A. R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
EDITING
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O’Connor, The Duchess
SOUND
Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
MAKE UP & HAIR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
SHORT ANIMATION
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
SHORT FILM
September – Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Terry Gilliam
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (audience choice award)
Noel Clarke
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