65th Bafta Awards - The Winners

So I was mostly wrong i my prediction post a few weeks back but I managed to correctly guess a couple. Like I said then, this has been a fantastic year for cinema and I was hard picked to pick a winner for any of the categories.  The category I disagree with is the Rising Star award, I’ve never heard of the guy and there were a lot more deserving people in the category imho. 

It looks like The Artist is on for a clean sweep at The Oscars next month but maybe we’ll see some surprises yet. 

Best Film:

  • The Artist - WINNER
  • The Descendants
  • Drive
  • The Help
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - My pick

Outstanding British Film:

  • My Week with Marilyn
  • Senna
  • Shame
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - My pick/WINNER
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer:

  • Director/Writer Joe Cornish - Attack the Block - My pick 
  • Director/Writer Will Sharpe, Director Tom Kingsley, Producer Sarah Brocklehurst - Black Pond
  • Director Ralph Fiennes - Coriolanus
  • Director/Writer Richar Ayoade - Submarine
  • Director Paddy Considine, Producer Diarmid Scrimshaw - Tyrannosaur - Winner

Director:

  • Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist - WINNER
  • Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
  • Martin Scorsese - Hugo - My pick
  • Tomas Alfredson - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  • Lynne Ramsay - We Need to Talk About Kevin

Leading Actor

  • Brad Pitt - Moneyball
  • Gary Oldman - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - My pick
  • George Clooney - The Descendants
  • Jean Dujardin - The Artist - WINNER
  • Michael Fassbender - Shame

Leading Actress

  • Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
  • Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady - WINNER
  • Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn - My pick
  • Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • Viola Davis - The Help

Supporting Actor:

  • Christopher Plummer - Beginners - My pick/WINNER
  • Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady
  • Jonah Hill - Moneyball
  • Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides of March

Supporting Actress:

  • Carey Mulligan - Drive
  • Jessica Chastain - The Help 
  • Judi Dench - My Week with Marilyn
  • Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids - My pick
  • Octavia Spencer - The Helps - WINNER

Original Screenplay:

  • Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist - WINNER
  • Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids
  • John Michael McDonagh - 
  • Abi Morgan - The Iron Lady
  • Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris - My pick

Adapted Screenplay:

  • Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants
  • Tate Taylor - The Help
  • George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides of March
  • Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball
  • Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - My pick/WINNER

Animated Film:

  • The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - My pick
  • Arthur Christmas
  • Rango - WINNER

Film Not in the English Language:

  • Incendies
  • Pina
  • Potiche
  • A Separation 
  • The Skin I Live In - My pick/WINNER

Original Music:

  • Ludovic Bource - The Artist - WINNER
  • Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - My pick
  • Howard Shore - Hugo
  • Alberto Iglesias - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  • John Williams - War Horse

Cinematography:

  • Guillaume Schiffman - The Artist - WINNER
  • Jeff Cronenweth - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Robert Richardson - Hugo
  • Hoyte van Hoytema - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - My pick
  • Janusz Kaminski - Janusz Kaminski

Editing:

  • The Artist
  • Drive - My pick
  • Hugo
  • Senna - WINNER
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Production Design:

  • The Artist
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
  • Hugo - WINNER
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - My pick
  • War Horse

Costume Design:

  • The Artist - WINNER
  • Hugo 
  • Jane Eyre
  • My Week with Marilyn - My pick
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Sound:

  • The Artist
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
  • Hugo - My pick/WINNER
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  • War Horse

Special Visual Effects:

  • The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II - WINNER
  • Hugo
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes - My pick
  • War Horse

Make-Up and Hair:

  • The Artist
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
  • Hugo
  • The Iron lady - WINNER
  • My Week with Marilyn - My pick

Short Animation: - Didn’t see any of these so won’t vote. 

  • Abuela
  • Bobby Yeah
  • A Morning Stroll - WINNER

Short Film:  - Didn’t see any of these so won’t vote.  

  • Chalk
  • Mwansa the Great
  • Only Sound Remains
  • Pitch Black Heist - WINNER
  • Two and Two

Orange Rising Star Award:

  • Adam Deacon - WINNER
  • Chris Hemsworth
  • Chris O’Down
  • Eddie Redmayne
  • Tom Hiddleston - My pick

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema:

  • John Hurt 

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Oscar nominations

Once again the Academy prove they’re completely out of touch with the rest of society by not including Drive, Shame or Tyrannosaur but including Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, a film that featured on most critics worst of list.  

Anyway ranting aside, my picks for who I think the winners should be are in bold for the top awards:

Actor in a Leading Role
  • Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
  • George Clooney in “The Descendants”
  • Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
  • Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
  • Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
  • Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
  • Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
  • Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
  • Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Actress in a Leading Role
  • Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
  • Viola Davis in “The Help”
  • Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
  • Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
  • Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
  • Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
  • Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
  • Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
  • Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
Directing
  • “The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
  • “The Descendants” Alexander Payne
  • “Hugo” Martin Scorsese
  • “Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
  • “The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick
Best Picture
  • “The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
  • “The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
  • “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
  • “The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
  • “Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
  • “Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
  • “Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
  • “The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
  • “War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
  • “The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
  • “Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
  • “The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
  • “Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin  Story by Stan Chervin
  • “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
  • “The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
  • “Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
  • “Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
  • “Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
  • “A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi