65th British Academy Film Awards
65th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 12 February 2012 |
Site | Royal Opera House, London |
Hosted by | Stephen Fry |
Highlights | |
Best Film | The Artist |
Best British Film | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
Best Actor | Jean Dujardin The Artist |
Best Actress | Meryl Streep The Iron Lady |
Most awards | The Artist (7) |
Most nominations | The Artist (12) |
The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2011. The nominees were announced on 17 January 2012 by Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger.[1] Stephen Fry, who hosted from 2001 to 2006, returned to host the awards ceremony.[2] The Artist won seven awards, out of its twelve nominations, including Best Director and Best Film. Jean Dujardin and Meryl Streep received awards for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively, while Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer won the Best Supporting awards. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was named Best British Film.[3] Director Martin Scorsese was given the Academy Fellowship and John Hurt garnered the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award.[4]
Winners and nominees
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Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Multiple nominations and wins
Wins
- 7 wins: The Artist
- 2 wins: Hugo, The Iron Lady, Senna, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nominations
- 12 nominations: The Artist
- 11 nominations: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- 9 nominations: Hugo
- 6 nominations: My Week with Marilyn
- 5 nominations: The Help and War Horse
- 4 nominations: Drive, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, and The Iron Lady
- 3 nominations: The Descendants, Moneyball, Senna, and We Need to Talk About Kevin
- 2 nominations: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Bridesmaids, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Ides of March, and Shame
See also
- 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards
- 17th Critics' Choice Awards
- 66th Tony Awards
- 69th Golden Globe Awards
- 84th Academy Awards
References
- ^ BAFTA Film Awards Nominations in 2012, bafta.org, 17 January 2012.
- ^ Stephen Fry Returns to British Academy Film Awards, bafta.org.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (12 February 2012). "Orange BAFTA Film Awards 2012 winners list – in full". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Pond, Steve (12 February 2012). "'The Artist' Dominates at BAFTA Awards". Reuters. Retrieved 12 February 2012.