‘The Artist’ Dominates BAFTAs with Seven Awards Including Best Picture
The Orange British Academy Film Awards were handed out tonight at the Royal Opera House in London and cemented The Artist as a virtual lock to take most of the Oscars home when the Academy Awards ceremony comes around two weeks from now. The French silent film nearly swept every category, claiming awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Music, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design.
At this point, very few surprises are expected on Oscar night with Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer also locked in for their respective Best Supporting Actors awards. Meryl Streep took home Best Actress for her performance in The Iron Lady but could be spoiled by Viola Davis (The Help) two weeks from now. Similarly, George Clooney and Jean Dujardin are in a dead-heat race to win Best Actor but with a SAG Award and a BAFTA win, the latter could well be the favorite at this point.
Check out the full list of BAFTA winners below. The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 26th.
BEST FILM
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BEST ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Viola Davis – The Help
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Tomas Alfredson – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Lynne Ramsay – We Need To Talk About Kevin
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Rango
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Tate Taylor – The Help
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon – The Ides of March
Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Kristin Wiig, Annie Mumolo – Bridesmaids
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard
Abi Morgan – The Iron Lady
Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
BEST DOCUMENTARY
George Harrison: Living In A Material World
Project Nim
Senna
RISING STAR AWARD
Adam Deacon
Chris Hemsworth
Tom Hiddleston
Chris O’Dowd
Eddie Redmayne
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO FILM
John Hurt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
Jim Broadbent – The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Ides of March
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan – Drive
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Judi Dench – My Week With Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer – The Help
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
My Week With Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
We Need To Talk About Kevin
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
War Horse
BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH DIRECTOR, WRITER OR PRODUCER
Richard Ayoade – Submarine
Paddy Considine, Diarmid Scrimshaw – Tyrannosaur
Joe Cornish – Attack the Block
Ralph Fiennes – Coriolanus
Will Sharpe, Tom Kingsley, Sarah Brocklehurst – Black Pond
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week With Marilyn
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
The Iron Lady
My Week With Marilyn
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
War Horse
BEST FILM EDITING
The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Senna
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BEST SOUND
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
War Horse
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore – Hugo
Alberto Iglesias – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John Williams – War Horse
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Adventures of Tintin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
War Horse
BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM
Abuelas
Bobby Yeah
A Morning Stroll
BEST SHORT FILM
Chalk
Mwansa The Great
Only Sound Remains
Pitch Black Heist
Two And Two
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Backlash against The Artist coming in… 3… 2… 1…
You know it’s coming, even though it’s a great film.
Yea, sadly I’m sure we are going to get to that point soon
I finally saw The Artist a few days ago and really enjoyed it. It’s well-crafted, well-acted and crowd-pleasing. I’m perfectly fine with it taking home the Oscar because it’s fully deserving.
Well said Megan! Glad you liked it
Congratulation to all the winner
I will see them when they arrive here..,or at least the DVD. Cinema hasnt been kind latelx
Hope you get to check it out soon Novia!
Please let this be a precursor for the Oscars, and we’ll forget all about Bridesmaids picking up 2 nominations…
Ahah I see you didn’t like Bridesmaid much.
I am pretty gutted I missed it all. I was busy doing other things. Yeay for The Artist though!!
Yea I missed it too but I guess we are going to have a retread at the Oscars lol
…I switched this on at 10.45pm just as The Artist was announced as the winner. Not too fussed that I missed the show – Stephen Fry can be very funny but his BAFTA presenting feels like a corporate convention with a vaguely interesting but far too cultured speaker showing off with pompousness not charm. We seemingly go from one British extreme (the working-class-made-good Ricky Gervais) to the other end of the spectrum (Stephen Fry – the upper class English gent).
I loved Fry’s emceeing. I especially liked the banter that Aussies Crowe and Jackman were doing with him at the end.
I kinda love watching the BAFTA ceremony. Why? Everything’s to the point. There’s no meandering and it’s done in hours! Stephen Fry’s a good host though I did want him to shut it at a couple of points. But … all in all, thought the awards went to the right people and films and am fully expecting the Oscars to get it all very wrong.
Nah, the Oscars can’t possibly get it wrong when nearly all the races are already decided weeks ahead of the ceremony… right? ;p
Nice to see ‘Rango,’ ‘Tyrannosaur’ and ‘The Skin I Live In’ get some awards season love. While, it was nice to see a shock for once in the ‘Rising Star’ category with Adam Deacon beating out Hiddleston and O’Dowd to take home the award (then again it is voted for by the public and Deacon is quite big in the 16-21 demographic due to ‘Kidult/Adulthood’).
Haven’t heard of Deacon so far. Maybe that will change soon though.
Yay for The Artist! Glad to see John Hurt being honored as well. I have no idea who this Adam Deacon is, but he beat out Thor AND Loki?? [raises hands]
Well I would assume Deacon is British and was in a British movie/role?
Kinda like Streep beating out Viola Davis because she played a British PM?
Yeah, apparently the guy is the “It” boy in the UK right now.
I’m hoping for a Dujardin win, but every time I go to predict it I get this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that says Clooney is going to find a way to steal this away from him. I hope I’m wrong though!
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