And the winners of the 2015 British Academy Film Awards are…

Boyhood has been named best film at this year’s BAFTA awards, with Richard Linklater also awarded as best director and Patricia Arquette winning best supporting actress. With a total of five awards, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel is the evening’s most awarded film, recognised for its original screenplay, makeup/hair, both costume and production design, and for its music. The Theory of Everything won the award for outstanding British film as well as best adapted screenplay and best actor for Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of the young Stephen Hawking. Winners of outstanding British debut are Stephen Beresford (writer) and David Livingstone (producer) for Pride, which was backed by the BFI Film Fund. The winners were announced at a ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House hosted by Stephen Fry. Explore the Best of BAFTA collection on BFI Player Best film Winner: Boyhood Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole Boyhood – Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson The Imitation Game – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman The Theory of Everything – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony Mccarten Outstanding British film Winner: The Theory of Everything – James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten ’71 – Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore Paddington – Paul King, David Heyman Pride – Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer Winner: Stephen Beresford (writer), David Livingstone (producer) – Pride Elaine Constantine (writer/director) – Northern Soul Gregory Burke (writer), Yann Demange (director) – ’71 Hong Khaou (writer/director) – Lilting Paul Katis (director/producer), Andrew De Lotbinière (producer) – Kajaki: The True Story Film not in the English language Winner: Ida – Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov The Lunchbox – Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga Trash – Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd Documentary Winner: Citizenfour – Laura Poitras 20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Gil Friesen 20,000 Days on Earth – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof, Charlie Siskel Virunga – Orlando Von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara Animated film Winner: The Lego Movie – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable Director Winner: Boyhood – Richard Linklater Birdman [...]