The Brit awards honoured, mostly, their own this year, calling various participants in The King’s Speech to the stage seven times during the evening. Other multiple winners were Inception (3) and The Social Network (2). Christopher Sauron Lee picked up the Academy Fellowship for a lifetime of scaring the bejesus out of cinema-goers.
Despite The King’s Speech’s dominance at the BAFTAs, it had a lean night across the sea at the Irish Film and TV Awards. It was nominated in only one of the three international categories of Best Film, Actor and Actress. Helena Bonham Carter lost out to Annete Bening for her turn in The Kids are Alright.
And the BAFTA winners were:
Best Film
The King’s Speech
Outstanding British Film
The King’s Speech
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Chris Morris, Four Lions
Director
David Fincher, The Social Network
Original Screenplay
David Seidler, The King’s Speech
Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Film Not In The English Language
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Animated Film
Toy Story 3
Leading Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Leading Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Supporting Actor
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Original Music
Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech
Cinematography
Roger Deakins, True Grit
Editing
Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat, Inception
Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland
Sound
Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick, Inception
Special Visual Effects
Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb, Inception
Make-Up & Hair
Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch, Alice in Wonderland
Short Animation
Michael Pleas, The Eagleman Stag
Short Film
Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis, Until the River Runs Red
Orange Wednesdays Rising Award
Tom Hardy
Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
The Harry Potter Films
Academy Fellowship
Sir Christopher Lee
