The English version of the Oscars

The BAFTA awards were on last night. These are Britain's version of the Academy Awards. Prestige-wise the BAFTA awards fall right after the Academy Awards. We only stayed up for about an hour of the show because it was on kind of late. Not as big and glitzy of a production as the Academy Awards (and that's not a bad thing), but it was a good show. Lots of stars in attendance, a relaxed feel, and Stephen Fry's very droll British humo(u)r was perfect.

Just thought we'd bring your attention to them, especially our non-Brit audience who may not have realized the BAFTAs were on at all. These are the nominees and winners (winners in bold):

BAFTA 2006

Best Film
* Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck

Best British Film
* Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit
A Cock and Bull Story
The Constant Gardener
Festival
Pride and Prejudice

Best Actor in a Leading Role
* Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener

Best Actress in a Leading Role
* Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line
Charlize Theron - North Country
Judi Dench - Mrs Henderson Presents
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Don Cheadle - Crash
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney - Syriana
Matt Dillon - Crash

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* Thandie Newton - Crash
Brenda Blethyn - Pride and Prejudice
Catherine Keener - Capote
Frances McDormand - North Country
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Original Screenplay
* Crash - Paul Haggis/Bobby Moresco
Cinderella Man - Cliff Hollingsworth/Akiva Goldsman
Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney/Grant Heslov
Hotel Rwanda - Keir Pearson/Terry George
Mrs Henderson Presents - Martin Sherman

Adapted Screenplay
* Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry/Diana Ossana
Capote - Dan Futterman
The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence - Josh Olson
Pride and Prejudice - Deborah Moggach

The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction
* Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Bennett Miller - Capote
Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
Paul Haggis - Crash
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck

The Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a
British Director/Producer or Writer in their first feature film
* Joe Wright (Director) - Pride & Prejudice
David Belton (Producer) - Shooting Dogs
Peter Fudakowski (Producer) - Tsotsi
Annie Griffin (Director/Writer) - Festival
Richard Hawkins (Director) - Everything

Best film not in the English language
* De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arrete
Le Grand Voyage
Kung Fu Hustle
Joyeux Noel
Tsotsi

The Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music
* Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
The Constant Gardener - Alberto Iglesias
Mrs Henderson Presents - George Fenton
Walk The Line - T Bone Burnett

Cinematography
* Memoirs of a Geisha
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Crash
March of the Penguins

Editing
* The Constant Gardener
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
March of the Penguins

Production Design
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Batman Begins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha

Costume Design
* Memoirs of a Geisha
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mrs Henderson Presents
Pride and Prejudice

Sound
* Walk the Line
Batman Begins
The Constant Gardener
Crash
King Kong

Achievement in Special Visual Effects
* King Kong
Batman Begins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Make Up and Hair
* Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride and Prejudice

Short Animation Film
* Fallen Art
Film Noir
Kamiya's Correspondence
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
Rabbit

Short Film
* Antonio's Breakfast
Call Register
Heavy Metal Drummer
Heydar, An Afghan in Tehran
Lucky