The BAFTA’s crown Colin Firth’s The King’s Speech
Runaway favourite The King's Speech unsurprisingly took away a total of seven awards at tonight's British Academy Film and Television Awards. Among the awards it received were Best Film, Best British Film and Best Actor for Colin Firth who deserves every accolade for his stellar performance as the reluctant king.
Tanya Seghatchian, Head of the UK Film Council's Film Fund, said "Tonight's result is a triumph for the creators, cast and everyone involved with The King's Speech. The recipient of 12 Oscar nominations, the highest grossing British independent film of all time in the UK and now the winner of a host of BAFTAs - The King's Speech represents a great validation for the UK film industry as a whole and an amazing legacy for the UK Film Council."
Alice In Wonderland, Inception and The Social Network each picked up three, with The Social Network picking up Best Director and Toy Story 3 won best animated film.
The full list of winners is below:
BEST FILM?
THE KING’S SPEECH
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM?
THE KING’S SPEECH
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER?
FOUR LIONS Chris Morris (Director/Writer)
DIRECTOR?
THE SOCIAL NETWORK David Fincher
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY?
THE KING’S SPEECH David Seidler
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY?
THE SOCIAL NETWORK Aaron Sorkin
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ?
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev
ANIMATED FILM?
TOY STORY 3 Lee Unkrich
LEADING ACTOR
COLIN FIRTH The King’s Speech
LEADING ACTRESS
NATALIE PORTMAN Black Swan
SUPPORTING ACTOR
GEOFFREY RUSH The King’s Speech
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
HELENA BONHAM CARTER The King’s Speech
ORIGINAL MUSIC ?
THE KING’S SPEECH Alexandre Desplat
CINEMATOGRAPHY
TRUE GRIT Roger Deakins
EDITING ?
THE SOCIAL NETWORK Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
PRODUCTION DESIGN
INCEPTION Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
COSTUME DESIGN
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Colleen Atwood
SOUND
INCEPTION Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS?
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Sean Phillips, Carey Villegas
MAKE UP & HAIR
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Valli O'Reilly, Paul Gooch
SHORT ANIMATION
THE EAGLEMAN STAG Michael Please
SHORT FILM?
UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD ?(voted for by the public)
TOM HARDY
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