MUMBAI: Held at the Royal Opera House in London on 8 February, 2015, the 68th edition of the annual British Academy of Film and Arts (BAFTA) awards was hosted by Stephen Fry in the presence of a string of international film celebrities.
Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore received the top acting honours for their roles in The Theory Of Everything and Still Alice respectively. The American coming-of-age tale Boyhood won a BAFTA for ‘Best Film’ while the award for the ‘outstanding British Film’ went to The Theory Of Everything.
India’s acclaimed movie, The Lunchbox was nominated for the foreign film category. It was competing with Russian drama, Leviathan, Brazilian-British adventure drama thriller film, Trash and Belgian drama Two Days, One Night but eventually Polish-Danish drama movie Ida, was named the winner in the category.
Actress Nimrat Kaur, the leading lady of The Lunchbox looked lovely on the red carpet in a pink Georges Hobeika dress.
Below is the complete list of BAFTA 2015 winners:
Film: Boyhood, Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
Director: Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
Leading Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Adapted Screenplay: The Theory Of Everything, Anthony Mccarten
Animated Film: The Lego Movie, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
British Short Animation: The Bigger Picture, Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
British Short Film: Boogaloo And Graham, Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Cinematography: Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
Costume Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Milena Canonero
Documentary: Citizenfour, Laura Poitras
EE Rising Star: Jack O'Connell
Editing:Whiplash, Tom Cross
Film not in the English Language: Ida, Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
Make-Up And Hair: The Grand Budapest Hotel - Frances Hannon
Original Music: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
Outstanding British Film: The Theory Of Everything, James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony Mccarten
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer: Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone,Pride
Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
Sound: Whiplash, Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
Special Visual Effects: Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley