London, Feb 9
"Boyhood", a coming-of-age story
about growing up, Sunday night won the top honours of Best Film and
Best Director at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
Awards, where "The Grand Budapest Hotel" walked away with five
trophies.
Directed by Richard Linklater, who was absent from the
ceremony, "Boyhood" is a groundbreaking film about growing up which was
shot with the same actors a few days at a time over 12 years. It also
won the Best Actress nod for Patricia Arquette.
The ceremony saw
maximum awards being bagged by "The Grand Budapest Hotel", which was
leading the BAFTA nominations list this year with a mention in 11
categories. It won for Costume Design, Production Design, Makeup and
Hair, Original Music and Original Screenplay.
India's only hope
this year was the Nimrat Kaur and Irrfan Khan starrer critically
acclaimed "The Lunchbox" in the Film Not in the English Language
category. But it lost to Polish drama "Ida" at the event, the red carpet
of which saw Nimrat striking a pose in a pink designer gown.
In
the Best Actor category, Eddie Redmayne triumphed for his portrayal of
well-known physicist Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything",
which also won Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Hawking also made an appearance at the film awards gala with his family
members.
The Best Actress winner at the event, held at the Royal
Opera House, was Julianne Moore, for her moving portrayal of a woman
succumbing to Alzheimer’s in "Still Alice".
Movie "Whiplash"
received three awards, including Best Editing, Best Sound and the Best
Supporting Actor for J.K. Simmons, who essayed a tyrannical and ruthless
music teacher Terence Fletcher in it.
"Birdman" won only one award for Best Cinematography. It went to Emmanuel Lubezki, who has won this category twice previously.
"The Lego Movie" received the BAFTA for Animated Film, and Special Visual Effects Award was presented to "Interstellar".
Meanwhile, the trophy for Best Documentary was won by the team behind "Citizenfour".
Writer
Stephen Beresford and Producer David Livingstone received the award for
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for their
first feature film "Pride".
The EE Rising Star Award, voted for
by the public, was presented to Jack O’Connell, while the special award
for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was presented to BBC
Films in their 25th year.
Mike Leigh, whose films include
"Naked", "Secrets & Lies", "Vera Drake" and "Mr. Turner", received
the Fellowship, the highest honour the BAFTA can bestow. It was
presented to him by Imelda Staunton and Sally Hawkins.
The ceremony was hosted by Stephen Fry, and it was his tenth year as host.
