Gravity, 12 Years A Slave Lead Winners At 2014 BAFTA Awards
The winners of this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards were announced last tonight (February 16) at London’s Royal Opera House.
Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity was the winner by numbers with six awards, while 12 Years a Slave took home the Best Film honour and Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Gravity’s awards included Best Director, Best Original Music, Best Cinematography and, controversially, Best British Film.
David O Russell’s American Hustle picked up three awards, including Best Supporting Actress for the absent Jennifer Lawrence.
Newcomer Barkhad Abdi won Best Supporting Actor for his role as a Somali pirate in Captain Phillips, while Cate Blanchett won for Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, dedicating the award to the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The awards for Best Animated Film and Best Documentary went to Frozen and The Act of Killing respectively.
FULL LIST OF BAFTA 2014 WINNERS
Best Film
12 Years A Slave
Leading Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Outstanding British Film
Gravity
Director
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Original Screenplay
American Hustle
Original Music
Gravity
Cinematography
Gravity
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Kieran Evans (Writer/Director), Kelly + Victor
Production Design
The Great Gatsby
Costume Design
The Great Gatsby
Make Up & Hair
American Hustle
Sound
Gravity
Special Visual Effects
Gravity
Film Not in the English Language
The Great Beauty
Animated Film
Frozen
The British Short Animation
Sleeping With the Fishes
British Short Film
Room 8
EE Rising Star Award
Will Poulter
Adapted Screenplay
Philomena
Editing
Rush