Sunday 21 February 2010

Brits and The Hurt Locker win BAFTA Gold






Big congratulations are in order to all of tonight's BAFTA winners, manfully striving through Jonathan Ross' awful jokes and Vanessa Redgrave's interminable fellowship speech. Special big congrats from me go to Colin Firth, finally getting the material he deserves (work with Tom Ford again, Colin! Be sure the fridge man continues to pop around!) and Up, Pixar's latest masterpiece. The main talking point of course will be The Hurt Locker, scooping six gongs from under the nose of Avatar, including Director for Kathryn Bigelow. Is this indicative of the Brits' willingness to let more challenging material into the movie mainstream? The full list of winners is below


BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Fish Tank

OUTSTANDING DEBUT FROM A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Duncan Jones

DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A Prophet

ANIMATED FILM
Up

LEADING ACTOR
Colin Firth - A Single Man

LEADING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan - An Education

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique - Precious

MUSIC
Michael Giacchino - Up

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker

EDITING
Bob Murawski, Chris Innis - The Hurt Locker

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair - Avatar

COSTUME DESIGN
Sandy Powell - Young Victoria

SOUND
Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer - The Hurt Locker

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones - Avatar

MAKE-UP AND HAIR
Jenny Shircore - Young Victoria

SHORT ANIMATION
Mother Of Many

SHORT FILM
I Do Air

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Kristen Stewart

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