Last night saw the annual Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2011 or Bafta awards given out. There were no surprises that “The Kings Speech” won most of them and that Bafta’s generally went to English people. In fairness Oscars usually go to Americans. But The Social Network did pick up the director award. Bring on the Oscars.
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ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
THE HARRY POTTER FILMS
BEST FILM
THE KING’S SPEECH – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
THE KING’S SPEECH – Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
OUTSTANDING DÉBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
FOUR LIONS – Director/Writer – Chris Morris
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
ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD
TOM HARDY
