Slumdog Millionaire – 7
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – 3
Hunger – 1
In Bruges – 1
The Duchess – 1
I’ve Loved You So Long – 1
Man On Wire – 1
Vicky Cristina Barcelona – 1
The Dark Knight – 1
The Reader – 1
The Wrestler – 1
September – 1
Wallace And Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – 1

Now who won what (in order)…

Music

Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman

Sound

Slumdog Millionaire
Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp

Production Design

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Make Up & Hair

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan

Cinematography

Slumdog Millionaire
Anthony Dod Mantle

Adapted Screenplay

Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy

Outstanding British Film

Hunger
Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh

Outstanding British Contribution to Film

Pinewood and Shepperton Studios

Original Screenplay

In Bruges
Martin McDonagh

Costume Design

The Duchess
Michael O’Connor

Film not in the English Language

I’ve Loved You So Long
Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel

The Carl Foreman Award

Man On Wire
Simon Chinn

Best Supporting Actress

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Penelope Cruise

Special Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Craig Barron, – Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams

Best Supporting Actor

The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger

Orange Rising Star Award

Noel Clarke

Best Director

Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle

Leading Actress

The Reader
Kate Winslet

Lead Actor

The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke

Best Picture

Slumdog Millionaire
Christian Colson

Fellowship

Terry Gilliam

Short Film

September
Stewart le Marechal, Esther May Campbell

Short Animation

Wallace And Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker

Editing

Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Dickens

Animated Film

Wall-E

I’m so happy Danny Boyle is best director! :D!!! And Rourke and Winslet, great results!

Here’s a little vid of Twelve Monkeys (1995) one of my favourite films and (in my humble opinion) one of Gilliam’s best:

First of all, Terry Gilliam gets this year’s Academy Fellow, this is a given (and well deserved, I’d say). There’s a pretty cool article about him on the BAFTA website here.

Also, pinewood and Shepperton Studios get the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award.

“They been home to some of the most successful, critically acclaimed and award winning feature films ever made such as The African Queen, David Lean’s Great Expectations, Dr Strangelove, Superman, Alien, The Shining, Ghandi, and most recently The Bourne Ultimatum and 20 of the 22 Bonds including Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.”
- From the BAFTA site.

Will The Dark Knight be in for a BAFTA or nine?

Now onto the nominations…

Most award nominations go to:

• Slumdog Millionaire 11
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 11
• The Dark Knight 9
• Changeling 8
• Frost/Nixon 6
• The Reader 5

Click here for a list of all of this years nominees.

My thoughts

• I’d like Slumdog to get outstanding British film. At the very least I want Danny Boyle to win best director.
• I’d love Rourke to win best actor for The Wrestler but he’s up against some stiff competition from the likes of Sean Penn in Milk and Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
• Kate Winslet deserves to do well!
• I reckon music-wise it should be A. R. Rahman for Slumdog or Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard for making the Joker’s Dark Knight theme so unsettling.
• Special Visual effects could go to pretty much anyone, although I think Benjamin Button might tip the balance for using cutting-edge technology (and possibly more impactful in the eyes of cinema-goers than The Dark Knight’s use of IMAX cams). I very much doubt Quatum of Solace would pick up this award when it is up against the likes of cgi-centric pictures like Iron Man.
• In reality I think Benjamin Button will dominate both the BAFTAs and the Oscars. I’m sure it’s a great film (still not freakin released til tomorrow here!) but it’ll be a shame if a film like Slumdog misses out.

The BAFTA’s will be hosted by Jonathan Ross on Sunday 8 February 2009 in London’s Royal Opera House.

Check out last year’s film award winners here.

So, what are your predictions and who would you like to see winning awards?