"The Artist" won seven awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Screenplay,
Cinematography, Music and Costume Design. The only surprise (and I wonder if
it's an anomaly given that she played a British figure) - was Meryl Streep's
win for "The Iron Lady." (I'm rooting for her in two weeks because it's been
30 years since she won her last Oscar - she's now 62 - and my god the lady has
been nominated 17 times.) I say this because the Screen Actors' Guild (which
makes up the largest voting block at the Oscars), recently gave its Best
Actress award to Viola Davis (very deserved) - and its best ensemble award
(equivalent to Best Picture) to "The Help," a film I liked - that was in my top
10 - but did not feel was the best film of 2011.
BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS (BAFTA)
Sunday, 12 February 2012, London
* Best Film - "The Artist"
* Best British Film - "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
* Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
* Best Actor - Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
* Best Actress - Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
* Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
* Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer, "The Help"
* Best Rising Star - Adam Deacon
* Best British Debut - Paddy Considine and Diarmid Scrimshaw, "Tyrannosaur"
* Best Original Screenplay - Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
* Best Adapted Screenplay - Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, "Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy"
* Best Film Not in the English Language - "The Skin I Live In"
* Best Music - Ludovic Bource, "The Artist"
* Best Cinematography - Guillaume Schiffman, "The Artist"
* Best Editing - "Senna"
* Best Production Design - "Hugo"
* Costume Design - "The Artist"
* Sound - "Hugo"
* Visual Effects - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2"
* Makeup and Hair - "The Iron Lady"
* Animated Feature - "Rango"
* Short Film - "Pitch Black Heist"
* Short Animation - "A Morning Stroll"
* Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema - John Hurt
* Academy Fellowship - Martin Scorsese
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