Sunday, February 08, 2009

Winners of the 2009 BAFTA Awards

Here are the winners of the 2009 Orange British Film Awards:

BEST FILM
Slumdog Millionaire. It is written. Oscars, here it comes.

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Man on Wire. The likely winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
Steve McQueen (Hunger). Totally deserving.

DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). He'll win the Oscar, too.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). Yahoo! I'd love to see McDonagh get the Oscar, too, but competition from Black (Milk, the WGA winner) and Stanton (WALL-E) is fierce.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire). Can anything stop this film? Not that anything deserves to.

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
I've Loved You So Long. Not eligible for the same category in the Oscars, of course.

ANIMATED FILM
WALL-E. Totally deserving. That Kung Fu Panda sweep in the Annies was a [stupid] fluke.

LEADING ACTOR
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler). Wow. He just might win the Oscar over Penn. This win makes that category a bit more unpredictable (which is always exciting).

LEADING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet (The Reader). Winslet: BAFTA, Globes, and SAG (albeit for Supporting). Streep: SAG. Methinks the Oscar will go to Winslet.

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight). Another inevitable win come Oscar night.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona). Finally! She'll likely take home the Oscar, too.

MUSIC
A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire). Just reward for one of the best elements in the best film of the year.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire). Would have loved a win for Pfister here, but Mantle did an amazing job, too. But the Oscar race in this category is still wide open.

EDITING
Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire). I've said enough.

PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A consolation prize, but deserving.

COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O'Connor (The Duchess). Will likely repeat at the Oscars.

SOUND
Slumdog Millionaire

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. This will win the Oscar.

MAKE UP AND HAIR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Here, too.

SHORT ANIMATION
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Noel Clarke


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