BAFTA 2014 Winners
The 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards happened tonight at the Royal Opera (not Oprah) house in London. The jokes were cringe-worthy, the outfits dreadful, but the wins endearing.
This year’s BAFTA winners are:
Film
The least surprising win of the evening.
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Outstanding British film
People have been debating over the Britishness of Gravity, but Alfonso Cuaron settled the argument with this deserving win.
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
The Selfish Giant
Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett avoided the awkward Woody Allen talk by dedicating her win to the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)
Leading Actor
Boring choice, but the only British actor in this list… so fair enough.
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Supporting Actress
No surprise that this went to Jennifer Lawrence as people love this girl! Leonardo DiCaprio presented this category and looked gutted that J. Law wasn’t there to pick up her award.
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
Oprah Winfrey (The Butler)
Supporting Actor
Very happy to see Barkhad Adbi win this one. A surprise on many levels. Not only was Jared Leto not nominated, but the unknown underdog Barkhad Abdi beat out very strong contenders and favourites Michael Fassbender and Bradley Cooper. A true win and the highlight of the evening.
Barkhad Adbi (Captain Phillips)
Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Director
They definitely got this one right.
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
David O Russell (American Hustle)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Original Film Music
Again, totally right.
Captain Phillips
The Book Thief
12 Years A Slave
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
Adapted Screenplay
Surprising that 12 Years a Slave lost out in this category as it won best picture, but good on Steve Coogan for winning a BAFTA for writing! Well deserved.
12 Years a Slave
Behind the Candelabra
Captain Phillips
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Original Screenplay
Not a surprise.
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Documentary
Did not see this film.
The Act of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim’s Vermeer
We Steal Secrets
Animated Film
Didn’t see this either, but have heard good things.
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
British Short Animation
Everything I Can See From Here
Sleeping With The Fishes
I Am Tom Moody
British Short Film
Keeping Up With The Joneses
Orbit Ever After
Island Queen
Room 8
Sea View
Make-Up and Hair
Obvious choice. Weaves and perms!
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
The Butler
Behind The Candelabra
American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
Cinematography
Amazing film in all technical categories!
Inside Llewyn Davis
Captain Phillips
Nebraska
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
Costume Design
This film deserves nothing.
Behind The Candelabra
American Hustle
The Invisible Woman
The Great Gatsby
Saving Mr. Banks
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson (Good Vibrations)
Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks)
Kieran Evans (Kelly + Victor)
Paul Wright, Polly Stokes (For Those in Peril)
Scott Graham (Shell)
Production Design
Meh.
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
American Hustle
12 Years A Slave
Behind The Candelabra
Editing
Good to see Rush win SOMETHING.
Captain Phillips
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Rush
Sound
The obvious choice and an amazing feat of sound design and mixing. Who says there’s no sound in space!?
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Rush
Inside Llewyn Davis
Special Visual Effects
This film is just a wonder.
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Gravity
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
Film not in the English Language
Blue is the Warmest Colour is superior. The Great Beauty is a filmmaker’s film. While I admire the winner, I don’t agree with this choice.
Blue Is The Warmest Colour
The Great Beauty
The Act Of Killing
Wadjda
Metro Manila
EE Rising Star
A surprise win for Will Poulter – poor Lupita. In all honesty, Dane DeHaan and Lea Seydoux have the most promising careers ahead of them.
Dane DeHaan
George MacKay
Lupita Nyong’o
Will Poulter
Lea Seydoux
