Home Tags Posts tagged with "bafta"
bafta
12 Years a Slave won best film with its star Chiwetel Ejiofor winning best actor while Cate Blanchett picked up best actress for Blue Jasmine at the year’s BAFTAs.
Cate Blanchett was not at the ceremony with director David O. Russell accepting the award instead.
David O. Russell was back on stage minutes later to pick up the award for best original screenplay for the 1970s crime drama, about two con artists who get entangled with the FBI.
In the supporting categories, Captain Phillips star Barkhad Abdi won as did Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle.
Gravity has been named best British film.
It was also honored for visual effects, cinematography, best sound and original music. Alfonso Cuaron also won best director.
The Great Gatsby picked up two awards for production design and costume design.
Room 8 was named best short film; the short animation award was won by Sleeping With the Fishes.
The awards are being hosted for a ninth time by actor Stephen Fry.
Best animation went to Frozen, which came out ahead of Monsters University and Despicable Me 2.
12 Years A Slave won two awards from 10 nominations at BAFTAs 2014
The BAFTA for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer went to Kieran Evans for Kelly + Victor, the tale of a young couple embarking on a passionate love affair.
Ron Howard, whose film Rush – about the rivalry between F1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda – won the award for best editing, joked on the red carpet he felt like “a grateful foreign exchange student”.
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope won for their adapted screenplay for the film Philomena, based on the true story of an Irish woman trying to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption.
She may have lost out to Cate Blanchett but Judi Dench set a BAFTA record with her 15th acting nomination but when asked about it on the red carpet, she replied: “I didn’t know until you told me. Thanks for reminding me.”
She added: “It means I’ve been gong for a very, very long time.”
The BAFTAs can be an indicator of which films go on to win Academy Awards two weeks later.
Presenters and guests included Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stanley Tucci and Uma Thurman.
The ceremony opened with a duet from Tinie Tempah and Mercury Prize nominee Laura Mvula.
Prince William, the academy’s president, presented Helen Mirren with the British Academy fellowship, its highest accolade.
Previous winners have included Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick.
Peter Greenaway also received the outstanding British contribution to cinema award, presented by Juliet Stevenson.
The winner of the public vote for this year’s Rising Star award was also announced with 21-year-old British actor Will Poulter from We’re the Miller accepting the award.
[youtube Dn_RRlxIHrU 650]
Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench, Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio will be among the stars on the red carpet later for the 67th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs).
Gravity leads the way with 11 nominations, including best film, but 12 Years a Slave is tipped to be the big winner.
The BAFTAs are the last major movie awards before the Oscars on March 2.
Prince William will attend Sunday’s event at London’s Royal Opera House.
The awards are hosted for a ninth time by Stephen Fry.
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, about a free black man who is kidnapped and enslaved, has 10 nominations – including best film, best director and best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Bookies think the harrowing historical drama will scoop five of the major categories.
American Hustle also has 10 nominations, and its stars Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence appear in all the acting categories.
The 1970s drama, about two con artists who get entangled with the FBI, is also up for best film, with David O. Russell nominated for best director and original screenplay.
Other movies competing for best film include Somali piracy thriller Captain Phillips, and Philomena, based on the true story of an Irish woman trying to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption.
The BAFTAs are the last major movie awards before the Oscars on March 2
Captain Phillips has nine nominations while Behind the Candelabra, with Michael Douglas as Liberace, and Disney story Saving Mr. Banks have five nominations each.
Philomena‘s Judi Dench competes in the best actress category against American Hustle‘s Amy Adams, Gravity‘s Sandra Bullock, Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks and the runaway favorite Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine.
The nominations saw Judi Dench set a BAFTA record, with her 15th acting nomination.
In the best actor field, Chiwetel Ejiofor is the bookies’ favorite against Christian Bale, Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips, Bruce Dern for Nebraska and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street.
The outstanding British film category sees blockbuster Gravity up against the tiny-budgeted drama The Selfish Giant, Clio Barnard’s contemporary English fable about two Bradford schoolboys who collect scrap metal on a horse and cart.
Also nominated in the outstanding British film category are Philomena, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Saving Mr. Banks and Rush.
Gravity, Saving Mr. Banks and Rush all qualified for the British film category because they were either filmed in the UK, utilized British effects companies or employed other British talent.
The BAFTAs can be an indicator of which films go on to win Academy Awards two weeks later.
Presenters and guests include Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stanley Tucci and Uma Thurman.
The ceremony will open with a duet from Tinie Tempah and Mercury Prize nominee Laura Mvula.
Prince William, the academy’s president, will present Helen Mirren with the British Academy fellowship, its highest accolade.
[youtube EIE8oaBZSG0 650]
Gravity movie leads this year’s BAFTAs, scoring 11 nominations including best film and best British film.
Sandra Bullock is up for best actress, while Alfonso Cuaron is nominated for best director.
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave had 10 nods, with five in the main categories including best film, best director and best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong’o also landed supporting nominations.
American Hustle equaled 12 Years a Slave‘s tally, with nominations in all the acting categories for its stars Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.
The 1970s drama, about two con artists who get entangled with the FBI, is also up for best film, with David O. Russell nominated for best director and original screenplay.
Chiwetel Ejiofor will compete for his award against Christian Bale, Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips, Bruce Dern for Nebraska and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street.
The best actress category will see Sandra Bullock challenge Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks and Judi Dench for Philomena.
The nominations saw Judi Dench set a BAFTA record, with her 15th acting nomination.
That puts her one ahead of Meryl Streep, who was overlooked in the best actress category for August: Osage County.
BAFTA 2014 winners will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on February 16
Other movies competing for best film include Captain Phillips and Philomena, while the latter is also nominated for best British film alongside Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Saving Mr. Banks, The Selfish Giant and Rush.
Gravity, Saving Mr. Banks and Rush all qualified for the British film category because they were either filmed in the UK, utilized British effects companies or employed other British talent, from writers to producers.
The rules are set out by the BFI’s cultural test, which determines which films are eligible for UK tax relief.
The best director category mirrored that of the Directors Guild of America – which announced its film nominations on Tuesday. Both bodies shortlisted Steve McQueen, Alfonso Cuaron and David O. Russell alongside Paul Greengrass for Captain Phillips and Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street.
Notable snubs in the acting categories included Robert Redford for sea drama All is Lost and Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club – both of whom have been tipped for Oscar consideration this year.
Winners will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on February 16.
BAFTA 2014: Most nominated films
Gravity – 11
American Hustle – 10
12 Years a Slave – 10
Captain Phillips – 9
Behind the Candelabra – 5
Saving Mr. Banks – 5
[youtube 5eC3nFkB6ew 650]
Arqiva British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) was all about one woman on Sunday night – Olivia Colman.
Special Award:
Clare Balding
Leading Actor:
Ben Whishaw – Richard II (The Hollow Crown)
Derek Jacobi – Last Tango in Halifax
Sean Bean – Accused (‘Tracie’s Story’)
Toby Jones – The Girl
Leading Actress:
Anne Reid – Last Tango in Halifax
Rebecca Hall – Parade’s End
Sheridan Smith – Mrs Biggs
Sienna Miller – The Girl
Supporting Actor:
Peter Capaldi – The Hour
Stephen Graham – Accused (‘Tracie’s Story’)
Harry Lloyd – The Fear
Simon Russell Beale – Henry IV, Part 2 (The Hollow Crown)
Supporting Actress:
Anastasia Hille – The Fear
Imelda Staunton – The Girl
Olivia Colman – Accused (‘Mo’s Story’)
Sarah Lancashire – Last Tango in Halifax
Entertainment Performance:
Alan Carr – Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Ant and Dec – I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Sarah Millican – The Sarah Millican Show
Female Performance In A Comedy Programme:
Jessica Hynes – Twenty Twelve
Julia Davis – Hunderby
Miranda Hart – Miranda
Olivia Colman – Twenty Twelve
Arqiva British Academy Television Awards was all about one woman on Sunday night, Olivia Colman
Male Performance In A Comedy Programme:
Greg Davies – Cuckoo
Hugh Bonneville – Twenty Twelve
Peter Capaldi – The Thick of It
Steve Coogan – Welcome to the Places of My Life
Single Drama:
Everyday
The Girl
Murder
Richard II (The Hollow Crown)
Mini-Series:
Accused
Mrs Biggs
Parade’s End
Room at the Top
Drama Series:
Last Tango in Halifax
Ripper Street
Scott and Bailey
Silk
Soap & Continuing Drama:
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Shameless
International:
The Bridge
Game of Thrones
Girls
Homeland
BAFTA Fellowship Award:
Michael Palin
Factual Series:
24 Hours in A&E
Great Ormond Street
Make Bradford British
Our War
Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual:
All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry
The Plane Crash
The Plot to Bring Down Britain’s Planes
The Secret History of Our Streets
Robert Flaherty Award for Single Documentary:
7/7: One Day in London
Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest
Lucian Freud: Painted Life
Nina Conti – A Ventriloquist’s Story: Her Master’s Voice
Features:
Bank of Dave
Grand Designs
The Great British Bake Off
Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Reality and Constructed Factual:
The Audience
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Made in Chelsea
The Young Apprentice
Current Affairs:
Britain’s Hidden Housing Crisis (Panorama Special)
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (Exposure)
The Shame of the Catholic Church (This World)
What Killed Arafat? (Al Jazeera Investigates)
News Coverage:
BBC News at Ten: Syria
Channel 4 News: Battle for Homs
ITV/Granada Reports: Hillsborough – The Truth at Last
Sport & Live Event:
The London 2012 Olympics: “Super Saturday”
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: “Isle of Wonder”
The London 2012 Paralympic Games
Wimbledon 2012 – Men’s Final
Lew Grade Award for Entertainment Programme:
Dynamo: Magician Impossible
The Graham Norton Show
Have I Got News For You
A League of Their Own
Comedy Programme:
Cardinal Burns
Mr Stink
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Welcome to the Places of My Life
Situation Comedy:
Episodes
Hunderby
The Thick of It
Twenty Twelve
Radio Times Audience Award:
Call the Midwife
Game of Thrones
The Great British Bake Off
Homeland
The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Strictly Come Dancing
[youtube lPKAk1jwNgM]
Olivia Colman was the big winner at BAFTA Television Awards 2013, taking the prizes for best supporting actress for Accused and best female in a comedy programme for Twenty Twelve.
Olivia Colman said of her win for Accused: “Turns out it does mean a lot. And I’m not going to cry.”
BBC Olympic satire Twenty Twelve also won best sitcom at the TV BAFTA Awards.
BBC One’s Last Tango in Halifax took best drama series and Channel 4’s London 2012 Paralympic Games won best sport and live event.
The Paralympics beat the BBC’s coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony, Super Saturday and the men’s Wimbledon final.
Ade Adepitan, who co-presented the award-winning Paralympic coverage with Clare Balding, thanked Channel 4 for “allowing us to show the Paralympics warts and all” and for “allowing us to be ourselves”, referring to his fellow Paralympic athletes.
Olivia Colman thanked Accused writer Jimmy McGovern and paid tribute to co-star Anne Marie Duff, adding: “If it’s alright with everyone, it’s for Anne Marie and me to share – we’re Anne Malivia Colemuff, we did it together and I couldn’t have done it without her to play off.”
When she collected her second award for Twenty Twelve, Olivia Colman praised her fellow nominees Miranda Hart, Jessica Hynes and Julia Davis, joking: “I’m not even the funniest one in our own programme.”
A tearful Sheridan Smith won best lead actress for ITV drama Mrs. Biggs, based on the true story of the wife of the Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs. She thanked the whole team behind the show, apologizing for her tears, adding: “I can’t believe it.”
Olivia Colman was the big winner at BAFTA Television Awards 2013, taking the prizes for best supporting actress for Accused and best female in a comedy programme for Twenty Twelve
Ben Whishaw won best actor for Richard II (The Hollow Crown) on BBC Two, and looked stunned.
The actor, who also played the role of Q in the James Bond film Skyfall, said: “I’m really, really surprised, I was hoping it would be one of the others just so I wouldn’t have to come up here and say anything. I’m thrilled, it’s amazing – I can’t believe it.”
Simon Russell Beale won best supporting actor for Henry IV Part 2 (The Hollow Crown), but was unable to attend the ceremony.
Michael Palin, who was presented with a BAFTA fellowship by fellow Monty Python member Terry Jones, said: “This is a fantastic honor for which I feel deeply unworthy. It is an award for thoroughly enjoying myself for the last 48 years.”
He also thanked the BBC, saying: “No other broadcasting company in the world would have given me the opportunity to do what I’ve done.”
Clare Balding, who won a BAFTA Special Award, said she was “aware this would not have happened if it weren’t for the magic of last summer”, referring to the 2012 Games, when she presented for both the BBC’s Olympic and Channel 4’s Paralympic coverage.
“I’m so grateful to the BBC and Channel 4 for putting me at the heart of those events,” she said, before tearfully thanking her parents and her partner.
BBC Two’s The Shame of the Catholic Church (This World) won the best current affairs BAFTA, beating the BBC One’s Britain’s Hidden Housing Crisis (Panorama Special), ITV’s The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (Exposure) and Al Jazeera Investigates’ What Killed Arafat?.
Other winners included Murder, from The Killing director Birger Larsen, which took the prize for best single drama, beating The Girl. Game of Thrones took the prize for audience award.
Anne Reid, who starred in Last Tango with Sir Derek Jacobi, said: “I’m so happy that the BBC at last have decided to do love stories about people who are over 35. Some of us do have quite interesting lives when we get to 70.”
BBC Two’s 7/7 One Day in London won for best single documentary and ITV’s Hillsborough – The Truth at Last (Granada Reports) took the BAFTA for best news coverage.
Room at the Top won best mini-series, beating Accused, Mrs. Biggs and Parade’s End and The Great British Bake Off won best features. Alfred Hitchcock drama The Girl had been up for four BAFTAs but left empty-handed.
Graham Norton hosted the ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall, where he won best entertainment performance for The Graham Norton show. He thanked the BBC, the guests and his team, who he joked did not enjoy being up on stage.
Steve Coogan won best male performance in a comedy programme for Sky Atlantic’s Welcome to the Places of My Life. He was not there to collect his award but a message from him read: “Thanks very much, I’ve got five now… “.
BBC Three’s The Revolution Will Be Televised was named the best comedy programme.
Channel 4’s Alan Carr won best entertainment performance for Alan Carr: Chatty Man while the channel’s All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry won best specialist factual show.
BBC One’s EastEnders took best soap and best reality and constructed factual show went to Channel 4’s Made in Chelsea. Girls won best international show.
Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary was celebrated during the ceremony with a montage of clips from the show and a sketch with the current Doctor and his assistant, played by Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman.
[youtube fjUADVUd-iI]
Queen Elizabeth II has received an honorary BAFTA award for her lifelong support of the British film and television industry.
Sir Kenneth Branagh presented the Queen with the award in a star-studded gala at Windsor Castle.
BAFTA chairman John Willis described Queen Elizabeth as “the most memorable Bond girl yet” – a reference to her cameo in the London Olympics opening ceremony.
Hollywood director George Lucas, who flew in especially for the event, said the UK had been influential for him.
John Willis said: “We should be proud of our industry. The people here this evening represent a vast variety of skills and ground breaking innovation, they have entertained and informed a generation and inspired generations to come.
“I am delighted that this evening has given us the opportunity to give something back. I have the great honor to announce that we are to present Her Majesty with an honorary BAFTA today, in recognition of her outstanding patronage of the film and television industries.”
Queen Elizabeth II has received an honorary BAFTA award for her lifelong support of the British film and television industry
The Queen, who attended with Prince Philip, featured with Daniel Craig as James Bond at London 2012 – when she appeared to parachute from a helicopter.
To laughter from the audience, actor Kenneth Branagh said: “Your sensational appearance at the opening ceremony of last year’s Olympics was especially memorable.
“So much so that several of my colleagues here tonight want you to know that should you wish to take it further into the world of British films that they have a number of scripts with them here this evening. I have to warn you, Your Majesty, not all of these films are fully financed.”
The 300 guests represented all areas of the industry including actors, directors, writers, producers, costume and set designers, publicists and critics.
Homeland star Damian Lewis, who attended the event with his actress wife Helen McCrory, said: “The arts and film industry punch above their weight with little funding.
“Our arts in this country and theatre and film and TV are some of our greatest exports, to have that recognized by your monarch is important.”
Comedian Billy Connolly attended the reception as did director Terry Gilliam, actress Minnie Driver and actor Idris Elba.
Actor John Hurt also commented on the Queen’s appearance at the Olympics.
“It was a bit of good fun, I thought so – good on her,” he said.
John Hurt revealed he had come to the event from filming Doctor Who, for its 50th anniversary, in Cardiff.
George Lucas said: “I’ve been here since ’75 so for me this is my second home.
“It’s been very influential for me, I’ve shot lots of movies here not only four of the Star Wars films but also Indiana Jones, all kinds of films – it’s been a long road.”
He added: “Many, many years ago Britain didn’t support the film industry and when I came here it was on its last legs and fortunately now it’s a lot steadier.”
[youtube JZhw3yMRHZc]
[youtube XX1MJZwYflY]
Oscar hopeful movie Amour (Love) is up for 10 prizes at this year’s Cesars, France’s prestigious annual film awards.
But the shortlist is dominated by surprise hit Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble), which has 13 nominations.
The crowd-pleasing comedy follows a young woman who goes back in time to her teenage years.
Emmanuelle Riva – recipient of one of Amour’s five Oscar nods – will be up for best actress at next month’s Cesar ceremony.
So is Rust and Bone star Marion Cotillard, who has also been nominated for a BAFTA for her performance.
Rust and Bone, about a whale trainer whose life is irrevocably changed by a tragic accident, has nine nominations in all.
They include citations for best film, best music and best director (Jacques Audiard).
Dark fantasy Holy Motors, which divided critics at Cannes last year, also received nine nominations, including best film and best actor (Denis Lavant).
2013 Cesar Awards shortlist is dominated by surprise hit Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble), which has 13 nominations
The latter faces competition from Amour’s Jean-Louis Trintignant, while Holy Motors’ Edith Scob competes with Amour‘s Isabelle Huppert in the supporting actress category.
Ken Loach’s The Angel’s Share, Ben Affleck’s Argo and Denmark’s A Royal Affair are among the titles shortlisted in the foreign film category.
Some 3,400 people from across the French film industry took part in the voting process to determine this year’s nominations.
The awards, hosted by actor and former Eurotrash presenter Antoine du Caunes, will be presented on 22 February in Paris.
The Academy Awards take place on February 24, two days later, in Los Angeles, two weeks after the BAFTA Film Awards in London.
[youtube D02WUXIIH5Q]
[youtube F7D-Y3T0XFA]
