12 Years a Slave named best film at 2014 BAFTAs but Gravity tops the table

Tonight Steve McQueen’s slavery drama 12 Years a Slave took best film and best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor at this year’s British Academy Film Awards. With a total of six prizes, Gravity was the night’s most-awarded film, sweeping up four technical categories as well as the gongs for outstanding British film and best director for Alfonso CuarĂ³n.
American Hustle claimed three awards: best original screenplay, best makeup/hair and an award for Jennifer Lawrence as best supporting actress. Cate Blanchett won best actress for the title role in Blue Jasmine, while newcomer Barkhad Adbi was named best supporting actor for his part as a Somali pirate in Captain Phillips.
Gravity‘s six awards Outstanding British Film, Original Music, Cinematography, Sound and Special Visual Effects with Alfonso CuarĂ³n winning for Director. The Great Gatsby was another multiple winner in the technical categories, winning best production design and best costume design.
Director and Writer Kieran Evans received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for his first feature film Kelly + Victor.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.
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.
So was tonight’s BAFTAs an indication of what’s going to happen in a couple of weeks when the Oscars are held? Will Dallas Buyers Club or Spike Jonze’s Her both films not nominated for BAFTAs  steal the limelight from tonight’d big winners or Martin Scorsese’s Wolf Of Wall Street get some recognition from it’s peers? All will be revealed on 2nd March with the 86th Academy Awards will be held.
FELLOWSHIP
HELEN MIRREN
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
PETER GREENAWAY
BEST FILM
12 YEARS A SLAVE Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueenÂ
AMERICAN HUSTLEÂ Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan GordonÂ
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De LucaÂ
GRAVITY Alfonso CuarĂ³n, David Heyman
PHILOMENAÂ Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
GRAVITY Alfonso CuarĂ³n, David Heyman, JonĂ¡s CuarĂ³n
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOMÂ Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson
PHILOMENAÂ Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope
RUSH Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan
SAVING MR. BANKSÂ John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
THE SELFISH GIANT: Clio Barnard, Tracy O’RiordanÂ
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
COLIN CARBERRY (Writer), GLENN PATTERSON (Writer)Â Good Vibrations
KELLY MARCEL (Writer)Â Saving Mr. Banks
KIERAN EVANS (Director/Writer)Â Kelly + Victor
PAUL WRIGHT (Director/Writer), POLLY STOKES (Producer)Â For Those in Peril
SCOTT GRAHAM (Director/Writer)Â Shell
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE ACT OF KILLING Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOURÂ Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
THE GREAT BEAUTYÂ Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
METRO MANILAÂ Â Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier
WADJDAÂ Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
DOCUMENTARY
THE ACT OF KILLINGÂ Joshua OppenheimerÂ
THE ARMSTRONG LIEÂ Alex GibneyÂ
BLACKFISHÂ Gabriela CowperthwaiteÂ
TIM’S VERMEER Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley ZieglerÂ
WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKSÂ Alex Gibney
ANIMATED FILM
DESPICABLE ME 2Â Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
FROZENÂ Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
MONSTERS UNIVERSITYÂ Dan Scanlon
DIRECTOR
12 YEARS A SLAVEÂ Steve McQueen
AMERICAN HUSTLEÂ David O. Russell
CAPTAIN PHILLIPSÂ Paul Greengrass
GRAVITY Alfonso CuarĂ³n
THE WOLF OF WALL STREETÂ Martin Scorsese
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN HUSTLEÂ Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
BLUE JASMINEÂ Woody Allen
GRAVITY Alfonso CuarĂ³n, JonĂ¡s CuarĂ³n
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVISÂ Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
NEBRASKAÂ Bob Nelson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 YEARS A SLAVEÂ John Ridley
BEHIND THE CANDELABRAÂ Richard LaGravenese
CAPTAIN PHILLIPSÂ Billy Ray
PHILOMENAÂ Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
THE WOLF OF WALL STREETÂ Terence Winter
LEADING ACTOR
BRUCE DERNÂ Nebraska
CHIWETEL EJIOFORÂ 12 Years a Slave
CHRISTIAN BALEÂ American Hustle
LEONARDO DICAPRIOÂ The Wolf of Wall Street
TOM HANKSÂ Captain Phillips
LEADING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMSÂ Blue Jasmine
CATE BLANCHETTÂ Blue Jasmine
JUDI DENCHÂ Philomena
EMMA THOMPSONÂ Saving Mr Banks
SANDRA BULLOCKÂ Gravity
SUPPORTING ACTOR
BARKHAD ABDIÂ Captain Phillips
BRADLEY COOPERÂ American Hustle
DANIEL BRĂœHLÂ Rush
MATT DAMONÂ Behind the Candelabra
MICHAEL FASSBENDERÂ 12 Years a Slave
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JENNIFER LAWRENCEÂ American Hustle
JULIA ROBERTSÂ August: Osage County
LUPITA NYONG’O 12 Years a Slave
OPRAH WINFREYÂ The Butler
SALLY HAWKINSÂ Blue Jasmine
ORIGINAL MUSIC
12 YEARS A SLAVEÂ Â Hans Zimmer
THE BOOK THIEFÂ John Williams
CAPTAIN PHILLIPSÂ Henry Jackman
GRAVITYÂ Steven Price
SAVING MR. BANKSÂ Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 YEARS A SLAVEÂ Sean Bobbitt
CAPTAIN PHILLIPSÂ Barry Ackroyd
GRAVITYÂ Emmanuel Lubezki
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVISÂ Bruno Delbonnel
NEBRASKAÂ Phedon Papamichael
EDITING
12 YEARS A SLAVEÂ Joe Walker
CAPTAIN PHILLIPSÂ Christopher Rouse
GRAVITY Alfonso CuarĂ³n, Mark Sanger
RUSHÂ Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
THE WOLF OF WALL STREETÂ Thelma Schoonmaker
PRODUCTION DESIGN
12 YEARS A SLAVEÂ Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
AMERICAN HUSTLEÂ Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
BEHIND THE CANDELABRAÂ Howard Cummings, Barbara Munch-Cameron
GRAVITYÂ Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard
THE GREAT GATSBYÂ Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
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COSTUME DESIGN
AMERICAN HUSTLEÂ Michael Wilkinson
BEHIND THE CANDELABRAÂ Ellen Mirojnick
THE GREAT GATSBYÂ Catherine Martin
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Michael O’Connor
SAVING MR. BANKSÂ Daniel Orlandi
MAKE UP & HAIR
AMERICAN HUSTLEÂ Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell, Kathrine Gordon
BEHIND THE CANDELABRAÂ Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
THE BUTLERÂ Debra Denson, Candace Neal, Robert Stevenson, Matthew Mungle
THE GREAT GATSBYÂ Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUGÂ Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
SOUND
ALL IS LOST Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
GRAVITY Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVISÂ Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Paul Urmson
RUSH Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
GRAVITY Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
IRON MAN 3 Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
PACIFIC RIM Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton
 BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
EVERYTHING I CAN SEE FROM HEREÂ Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor
I AM TOM MOODYÂ Ainslie Henderson
SLEEPING WITH THE FISHESÂ James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa
BRITISH SHORT FILM
ISLAND QUEENÂ Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema, Emma Hughes
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESESÂ Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim
ORBIT EVER AFTERÂ Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles
ROOM 8Â James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner
SEA VIEWÂ Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
DANE DEHAAN
GEORGE MACKAY
LUPITA NYONG’O       Â
WILL POULTER
LÉA SEYDOUXÂ
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