Hollywood’s elite were out in force in London last night for the 2010 BAFTA Film Awards. In pleasantly surprising news, the big winner on the night was not James Cameron‘s Avatar, but the similarly fantastic The Hurt Locker, which picked up the big one Best Film, as well as Best Original Screenplay for Mark Boal and Best Director for Kathryn Bigalow. Colin Firth, as expected, picked up Best Actor for his role in A Single Man, while fellow Brit Carey Mulligan received Best Actress for her work in An Education, an excellent movie. Christoph Waltz picked up the Best Supporting Actor gong for Inglourious Basterds and Mo’Nique won Best Supporting Actress for Precious.
Other winners on the night were Duncan Jones, who was nearly moved to tears receiving the gong for Outstanding Debut for a British Writer, Director or Producer for Moon and Up, which deservedly got Best Animated Film.
Other big winners on the night were Fish Tank which scooped Best British Film, Twilight actress Kristen Stewart, who received the Orange Rising Star award, the only gong voted for by the public, and Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, who won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for Up In The Air.
British actress Vanessa Redgrave was given the BAFTA Fellowhip by new president of BAFTA, Prince William.
Here’s the full list of winners.
Best film
The Hurt Locker
Leading actor
Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Leading actress
Carey Mulligan (An Education)
Supporting actor
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Supporting actress
Mo’Nique (Precious)
Outstanding British film
Fish Tank
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Duncan Jones (director – Moon)
Director
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Original screenplay
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
Adapted screenplay
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner)
Film not in the English language
A Prophet
Animated film
Up
Music
Up (Michael Giacchino)
Cinematography
The Hurt Locker
Editing
The Hurt Locker
Production design
Avatar
Costume design
The Young Victoria
Sound
The Hurt Locker
Special visual effects
Avatar
Makeup & hair
The Young Victoria
Short animation
Mother of Many
Short film
I Do Air
The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public, nominations announced earlier this month)
Kristen Stewart
Outstanding British contribution to cinema
Joe Dunton
