Tonight Oscar favorite Colin Firth won a second consecutive Lead Actor BAFTA (the British Oscars) at this year’s awards ceremony held at the Royal Opera House in London. He won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts prize for his role in A Single Man last year and this time was honoured for playing George VI in The King’s Speech. The late Rod Steiger was the last star to win the best actor BAFTA two years’ running (for The Pawnbroker in 1967 and In The Heat Of The Night in 1968). 
The King’s Speech nearly swept with 7 awards (it had 14 nominations in all). The Social Network won 3 awards including Best Director for David Fincher. Black Swan won one award for Natalie Portman in Lead Actress. Inception won 3 awards, Alice In Wonderland capured 2 awards, and both True Grit and Toy Story 3 took 1 each. The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star award, voted by the public, went to actor Tom Hardy. Jonathan Ross hosted this year’s ceremony. Sir Christopher Lee was honoured with the British Academy’s prestigious Fellowship while the Harry Potter films was given BAFTA’s Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema:
2011 BAFTA WINNERS (keep refreshing for updates)
BEST FILM
THE KING’S SPEECH – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
LEADING ACTOR
COLIN FIRTH – The King’s Speech
LEADING ACTRESS
NATALIE PORTMAN – Black Swan
DIRECTOR
THE SOCIAL NETWORK – David Fincher
SUPPORTING ACTOR
GEOFFREY RUSH – The King’s Speech
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
HELENA BONHAM CARTER – The King’s Speech
ANIMATED FILM
TOY STORY 3 – Lee Unkrich
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE SOCIAL NETWORK – Aaron Sorkin
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE KING’S SPEECH – David Seidler
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
THE KING’S SPEECH – Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
FOUR LIONS – Chris Morris (Director/Writer)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
TRUE GRIT – Roger Deakins
PRODUCTION DESIGN
INCEPTION – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
EDITING
THE SOCIAL NETWORK – Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
SOUND
INCEPTION – Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
INCEPTION – Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE KING’S SPEECH – Alexandre Desplat
COSTUME DESIGN
ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Colleen Atwood
MAKE UP & HAIR
ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch
SHORT ANIMATION
THE EAGLEMAN STAG – Michael Please
SHORT FILM
UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted by the public)
TOM HARDY
