12 Years a Slave adjudged Best Film at the BAFTA awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards have been presented. The awards ceremony held at London’s Royal Opera House saw the convergence of A-listers who had either come to collect the awards or were there to applaud the award winners. List of award winners: Best film: 12 Years a Slave Other nominees in this category were American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Gravity and Philomena. Outstanding British film: Gravity Other nominees Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Philomena, Rush, Saving Mr Banks and The Selfish Giant. Best actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) Other nominees: Christian Bale (American Hustle), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips). Best actress: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Other nominees: Amy Adams (American Hustle), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena) and Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks). Supporting actor: Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) Other nominees Daniel Bruhl (Rush), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra) and Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave). Supporting actress: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) Other nominees: Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave), Julia Roberts (August: Osage County) and Oprah Winfrey (The Butler). Best director: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) Other nominees: Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), David O Russell (American Hustle) and Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street). Adapted screenplay: Philomena Other nominees: 12 Years a Slave, Behind the Candelabra, Captain Phillips and The Wolf of Wall Street. Original screenplay: American Hustle Films that were also nominated: Blue Jasmine, Gravity, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska. Best animated film: Frozen Films that were also nominated: Despicable Me 2 and Monsters University. Best documentary: The Act of Killing Also vying for the award were The Armstrong Lie, Blackfish, Tim's Vermeer and We Steal Secrets. Best foreign film: The Great Beauty Other nominees: The Act of Killing, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Metro Manila and Wadjda. Best cinematography: Gravity Films that also vyed for the awards were 12 Years a Slave, Captain Phillips, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska. Best costume design: The Great Gatsby Other nominees: American Hustle, Behind the Candelabra, The Invisible Woman and Saving Mr Banks. Best editing: Rush Films that were also nominated: 12 Years a Slave, Captain Phillips, Gravity and The Wolf of Wall Street. Best production design: The Great Gatsby Other films also in the running were: 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Behind the Candelabra and Gravity. Best visual effects: Gravity Films also nominated in the category were The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim and Star Trek into Darkness. In a nutshell, the BAFTA supports, promotes and develops the art forms of the moving image namely film, television and video games by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public.