Monday 22 February 2010

BAFTA 2010: The Winners

Monday 22 February 2010

The British Academy Film awards were held last night. The full list of nominees/winners are listed below, together with a reminder of my predictions from a month ago. Were there any surprises for you? Quite why Kristen Stewart was nominated in a public vote category Twilight fans would fix is anyone's guess, as she's not even a newcomer as the term "rising star" suggests. Heck, even she looked embarrassed to be up there because the Twi-hards went on a mission. The ceremony's best moment, for me, was seeing Duncan Jones get overdue recognition for his overlooked Moon, mainly because his tearful acceptance speech spoke volumes about how much a BAFTA really meant to him. Anyway, here's the full list if you missed the show:

Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker - WINNER! PREDICTED!
Precious
Up In The Air

Outstanding British Film
An Education - PREDICTED!
Fish Tank - WINNER!
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy

Outstanding Debut by a British writer, director or producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson (Mugabe And The White African)
Eran Creevy (Shifty)
Stuart Hazeldine (Exam)
Duncan Jones (Moon) - WINNER! PREDICTED!
Sam Taylor-Wood (Nowhere Boy)

Director
James Cameron (Avatar)
Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
Lone Scherfig (An Education)
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) - WINNER! PREDICTED!
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)

Original Screenplay
Jon Lucas, Scott Moore (The Hangover)
Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) - WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (A Serious Man) - PREDICTED!
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter (Up)

Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell (District 9)
Nick Hornby (An Education)
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (In The Loop) - PREDICTED!
Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious)
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) - WINNER!

Film Not In The English Language
Broken Embraces
Coco Before Chanel
Let The Right One In - PREDICTED!
A Prophet - WINNER!
The White Ribbon

Animated Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
Up - WINNER! PREDICTED!

Leading Actor
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
George Clooney (Up In The Air) - PREDICTED!
Colin Firth (A Single Man) - WINNER!
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll)

Leading Actress
Carey Mulligan (An Education) - WINNER! PREDICTED!
Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Audrey Tatou (Coco Before Chanel)

Supporting Actor
Alec Baldwin (It's Complicated)
Christian McKay (Me And Orson Welles)
Alfred Molina (An Education)
Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) - WINNER! PREDICTED!

Supporting Actress
Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy) - PREDICTED!
Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air)
Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air)
Mo'Nique (Precious) - WINNER!
Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy)

Music
Avatar
Crazy Heart
Fantastic Mr Fox
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Up - WINNER! PREDICTED!

Cinematography
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker - WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds
The Road - PREDICTED!

Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker - WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air

Production Design
Avatar - WINNER! PREDICTED!
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds

Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel - PREDICTED!
An Education
A Single Man
The Young Victoria - WINNER!

Sound
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker - WINNER!
Star Trek - PREDICTED!
Up

Special Visual Effects
Avatar - WINNER! PREDICTED!
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek

Make Up & Hair
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria - WINNER! PREDICTED!

Short Animation
The Gruffalo - PREDICTED!
The Happy Duckling
Mother Of Many - WINNER!

Short Film
14
I Do Air - WINNER!
Jade
Mixtape
Off Season

Outstanding Contribution to Cinema
Joe Dunton - WINNER!

The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicholas Hoult
Carey Mulligan
Tahar Rahim - PREDICTED!
Kristen Stewart - WINNER!