The English Academy Film Awards, known as the Bafta awards, took place last night and awarded the favorites in the main categories also for the Oscars. Thus, the Best Picture Award went to Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Dany Boyle, which also took home the best director award.
The best actor award went to Mickey Rourke and of Best Actress for Kate Winslet for The Reader - The two are the big favorites to win the Oscar.
El Best Supporting Actor award went to Heath Ledger by the Joker from Batman, the Dark Knight and the Best Supporting Actress for the Spanish Penelope Cruz by Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
I leave you with the list of all winners at the Bafta Awards 2009:
BEST FILM
'The curious Case of Benjamin Button'
'The Challenge: Frost vs. Nixon'
'My name is Harvey Milk'
'The Reader'
'Who wants to be a millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire) (*)
BEST BRITISH FILM
'Hunger'
'In Bruges'
'Mamma Mia!'
'Man On Wire' (*)
'Who wants to be a millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire)
BEST ACTOR IN A PRINCEWWTP
Frank Langella - 'The Challenge: Frost vs. Nixon'
Dev Patel - 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire)
Sean Penn - 'My name is Harvey Milk'
Brad Pitt - 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Mickey Rourke - 'El Luchador' (The Wrestler) (*)
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie - 'The Exchange' (Changeling)
Kristen Scott Thomas - 'I've Loved You So Long'
Meryl Streep - 'The Doubt' (Doubt)
Kate Winslet - 'Revolutionary Road'
Kate Winslet - 'El Lector' (The Reader) (*)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr - 'Tropic Thunder'
Brendan Gleeson - 'In Bruges'
Heath Ledger - 'The Dark Knight' (*)
Brad Pitt - 'Burn After Reading'
Philip Seymour Hoffman - 'The Doubt' (Doubt)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - 'The Doubt' (Doubt)
Penelope Cruz - 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' (*)
Freida Pinto - 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire)
Tilda Swinton - 'Burn After Reading'
Marisa Tomei - 'El Luchador' (The Wrestler)
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' (Slumdog Milllionaire) (*)
Stephen Daldry - 'The Reader'
Clint Eastwood - 'The Exchange' (Changeling)
David Fincher - 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Ron Howard - 'The Challenge: Frost vs. Nixon'
BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT
'Burn After Reading' - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
'In Bruges' - Martin McDonagh (*)
'I've Loved You So Long' - Philippe Claudel
'My name is Harvey Milk' - Dustin Lance Black
'The Exchange' (Changeling) - J. Michael Straczynski
BEST ADAPTED SCRIPT
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' - Eric Roth
'The Challenge: Frost vs. Nixon' - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
'Revolutionary Road' - Justin Haythe
'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire) - Simon Beaufoy (*)
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
'The Baader Meinhof Complex'
'Gomorrah'
'I've Loved You So Long' (*)
'Persepolis'
'Waltz With Bashir'
BEST ANIMATED FILM
'Persepolis'
'Wall-E' (*)
'Waltz With Bashir'
CARL FOREMAN FIRST FILM AWARD
Simon Chinn (Producer) - 'Man On Wire'
Judy Craymer (Producer) - 'Mamma Mia!'
Garth Jennings (Writer) - 'Son of Rambow'
Steve McQueen (Director / Writer) - 'Hunger' (*)
Solon Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter (Producers) - 'Of Time And The City'
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' - Alexandre Desplat
'The Dark Knight' - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
'Mamma Mia!' - Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus
'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire) - ARRahman (*)
'Wall-E' - Thomas Newman
BEST PHOTOGRAPH
'The Exchange' (Changeling) - Tom Stern
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' - Claudio Miranda
'The Dark Knight' - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire) - Anthony Dod Mantle (*)
BEST ASSEMBLY
'The Exchange' (Changeling) - Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
'The Challenge: Frost vs. Nixon' - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
'In Bruges' - Jon Gregory
'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire) - Chris Dickens (*)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
'The Exchange' (Changeling) - James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' - Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo (*)
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
'Revolutionary Road' - Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire) - Mark Digby, Michelle Day
BEST CLOTHING
'The Exchange' (Changeling) - Deborah Hopper
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' - Jacqueline West
The Dark Knight - Lindy Hemming
'The Duchess' - Michael O'Connor (*)
'Revolutionary Road' - Albert Wolsky
BEST SOUND
'The Exchange' (Changeling) - Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
'Quantum Of Solace' - Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' (Slumdog Millionaire) - Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp (*)
'Wall E' - Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' - Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams (*)
The Dark Knight - Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' - Pablo Helman
'Iron Man' - Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
'Quantum Of Solace' - Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRDRESSING
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' - Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan (*)
'The Dark Knight' - Peter Robb-King
'The Duchess' - Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
'The Challenge: Frost vs. Nixon' - Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
'My name is Harvey Milk' - Steven E Anderson, Michael White
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
'Codswallop' - Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
'Varmints' - Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
'Wallace And Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death' - Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker (*)
BEST SHORT
Kingsland # 1 The Dreamer - Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
'Love You More' - Adrian Sturges, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
'Ralph' - Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
'September '- Stewart Le Marechal, Esther May Campbell (*)
'Voyages D'Affaires (The Business Trip)' - Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis
ORANGE STAR REVELATION AWARD (voted by the public)
Noël Clarke (*)
Michael Cera
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
toby kebbell
EXCEPTIONAL BRITISH FILM CONTRIBUTION AWARD: Pinewood and Shepperton Studios
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD: Terry Gilliam, Director
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