2008 BAFTA Awards

 

The 2008 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) were held on February 10th in London.  The awards honor some of the year’s best in film.  Who are some of this year’s big winners?

 

Best Film

“American Gangster”

“Atonement”

“The Lives Of Others” a.k.a. “Leben der Anderen, Das”

“No Country for Old Men”

“There Will Be Blood (2007)”

 

And the winner is:  “Atonement” starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan

 

Best British Film (The Alexander Korda Award)

“Atonement”

“The Bourne Ultimatum”

“Control”

“Eastern Promises”

“This Is England

 

And the winner is:  “This is England

 

Best Animated Film

“Ratatouille”

“Shrek the Third”

“The Simpsons Movie”

 

And the winner is:  “Ratatouille”

 

Best Foreign Language Film

“The Kite Runner “

“The Lives of Others” a.k.a. “Leben der Anderen, Das”

“Môme, La”

“Scaphandre et le papillon, Le”

“Se, jie”

 

And the winner is:  “The Kite Runner”

 

Best Director (The David Lean Award)

Paul Thomas Anderson for “There Will Be Blood”

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for “No Country for Old Men”

Paul Greengrass for “The Bourne Ultimatum”

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for “The Lives Of Others” a.k.a. “Leben der Anderen, Das”

Joe Wright for “Atonement”

 

And the winner is:  Ethan and Joel Coen for their work on “No Country for Old Men”

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

“Atonement”

“The Kite Runner”

“No Country For Old Men”

“Scaphandre et le papillon, Le”

“There Will Be Blood”

 

And the winner is:  “Scaphandre et le papillon, Le” a.k.a. “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” by Ronald Harwood

 

Best Original Screenplay

“American Gangster”

“Juno”

“The Lives of Others” a.k.a. “Leben der Anderen, Das”

“Michael Clayton”

“This Is England

 

And the winner is:  “Juno” by Diablo Cody

 

Best Actor

George Clooney for “Michael Clayton”

Daniel Day Lewis for “There Will Be Blood”

James McAvoy for “Atonement”

Viggo Mortensen for “Eastern Promises”

Ulrich Mühe for “The Lives of Others” a.k.a. “Leben der Anderen, Das”

 

And the winner is:  Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood”

 

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”

Julie Christie for “Away from Her”

Marion Cotillard for “Môme, La”

Keira Knightley for “Atonement”

Ellen Page for “Juno”

 

And the winner is:  Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf in “Mome, La” a.k.a. “La Vie En Rose”

 

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem for “No Country for Old Men”

Paul Dano for “There Will Be Blood”

Philip Seymour Hoffman for “Charlie Wilson's War”

Tommy Lee Jones for “No Country for Old Men”

Tom Wilkinson for “Michael Clayton”

 

And the winner is:  Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in “No Country for Old Men”

 

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett for “I'm Not There”

Kelly Macdonald for “No Country for Old Men”

Samantha Morton for “Control”

Saoirse Ronan for “Atonement”

Tilda Swinton for “Michael Clayton”

 

And the winner is:  Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder in “Michael Clayton”

 

The Orange Rising Star Award

Shia LaBeouf who recently starred in “Disturbia” and Transformers

Sienna Miller who recently starred in “Stardust” and “Factory Girl”

Ellen Page who recently starred in “Juno”

Sam Riley who recently starred in “Control”

Wei Tang who recently starred in “Se, jie”

 

And the winner is:  Shia LaBeouf for his work in “Disturbia” and Transformers

 

Best Film Music (The Anthony Asquith Award)

“American Gangster”

“Atonement”

“The Kite Runner”

“Môme, La”

“There Will Be Blood”

 

And the winner is:  The music for “Mome, La” a.k.a. “La Vie en Rose”

 

Best Cinematography

“American Gangster”

“Atonement”

“The Bourne Ultimatum”

“No Country for Old Men”

“There Will Be Blood”

 

And the winner is:  “No Country for Old Men”

 

Best Make Up/Hair

“Atonement”

Elizabeth: The Golden Age”

“Hairspray”

“Môme, La”

“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

 

And the winner is:  Mome, La” a.k.a. “La Vie en Rose”

 

Best Special Effects

“The Bourne Ultimatum”

“The Golden Compass”

“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End”

“Spider-Man 3”

 

And the winner is:  “The Golden Compass”

 

For a complete list of winners visit the BAFTA’s official website.  Check local listings for times and dates.

 

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2007 BAFTA Awards

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