Last night, the British Academy Film Awards took place in London’s West End as Hollywood’s elite descended onto the red carpet at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The big winners on the night were GRAVITY and Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE. GRAVITY picked up six awards on the night, including Outstanding British Film, Original Music, Cinematography, Sound and Special Visual Effects with Alfonso Cuarón winning for Director. 12 YEARS A SLAVE however, picked up two of the big ones, Best Film with Chiwetel Ejiofor winning Leading Actor. Leading Actress was presented to Cate Blanchett for playing the title role in BLUE JASMINE – her third BAFTA win – and in his feature film debut Barkhad Abdi won Supporting Actor for the superb CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. Absentee Jennifer Lawrence won Supporting Actress for AMERICAN HUSTLE.
In the only award voted for by the public, Will Poulter bagged the EE Rising Star award, a well derserved win for the young actor whose screen credits include SON OF RAMBOW, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER and the more recent WE’RE THE MILLERS.
Here’s the list in full.
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave (dir. Steve McQueen)
Best British Film
Gravity (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)
Best Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty (dir. Paolo Sorrentino)
Best Documentary
The Act of Killing (dir. Joshua Oppenheimer)
Best Animation
Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee)
Best Cinematography
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Editing
Rush (Dan Hanley, Mike Hill)
Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Make Up and Hair
American Hustle (Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell)
Best Sound
Gravity (Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro)
Best Original Music
Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Special Visual Effects
Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny)
Best British Short Animation
Sleeping with the Fishes (dir. James Walker)
Best British Short Film
Room 8 (dir. James W. Griffiths)
Outstanding Debut by a British Creative
Keiran Evans (director/writer, Kelly + Victor)
The EE Rising Star Award
Will Poulter
