EE British Academy Film Awards in 2014 (BAFTA) – winners

At tonight’s EE British Academy Film Awards, 12 Years a Slave was named Best Film with Chiwetel Ejiofor winning Leading Actor. The Awards were hosted by Stephen Fry and held at London’s Royal Opera House.

Gravity won six awards: Outstanding British Film, Original Music, Cinematography, Sound and Special Visual Effects with Alfonso Cuarón winning for Director.

American Hustle won three BAFTA Awards: Original Screenplay for Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, Make Up & Hair, and Supporting Actress for Jennifer Lawrence.

Production Design and Costume Design were awarded to The Great Gatsby. 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 Captain Phillips.

Adapted Screenplay was awarded to Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan for Philomena, Steve Coogan also produced and starred in the film.

The Great Beauty won the award for Film Not in the English Language and the BAFTA for Editing went to Rush.

The Act of Killing received the Documentary award and Frozen took home the BAFTA for Animated Film.

The EE Rising Star Award, voted for by the public, was presented to Will Poulter.

Director Peter Greenaway whose films include The Draughtsman's Contract and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover received the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.

The Fellowship, the highest honour the Academy can bestow, was presented to Helen Mirren by HRH The Duke of Cambridge.

Nominations for the 17th British Academy Film Awards


Complete list of winners for the 17th British Academy Film Awards

BEST FILM
12 YEARS A SLAVE Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen

DIRECTOR
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN HUSTLE Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
PHILOMENA Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope

LEADING ACTOR
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR 12 Years a Slave

LEADING ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT Blue Jasmine

SUPPORTING ACTOR
BARKHAD ABDI Captain Phillips

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JENNIFER LAWRENCE American Hustle

ORIGINAL MUSIC
GRAVITY Steven Price

CINEMATOGRAPHY
GRAVITY Emmanuel Lubezki

EDITING
RUSH Dan Hanley, Mike Hill

PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE GREAT GATSBY Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn

COSTUME DESIGN
THE GREAT GATSBY Catherine Martin

MAKE UP & HAIR
AMERICAN HUSTLE Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell

SOUND
GRAVITY Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
GRAVITY Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE GREAT BEAUTY Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima

DOCUMENTARY
THE ACT OF KILLING Joshua Oppenheimer

ANIMATED FILM
FROZEN Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuaron, David Heyman, Jonas Cuaron

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
KIERAN EVANS (Director/Writer) Kelly + Victor

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa

BRITISH SHORT FILM
ROOM 8 James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
WILL POULTER