68th British Academy Film Awards

68th British Academy Film Awards
68th British Academy Film Awards
Date	8 February 2015
Site	Royal Opera House, London
Hosted by	Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film	Boyhood
Best British Film	The Theory of Everything
Best Actor	Eddie Redmayne; The Theory of Everything
Best Actress	Julianne Moore; Still Alice
Most awards	The Grand Budapest Hotel (5)
Most nominations	The Grand Budapest Hotel (11)
	← 67th; BAFTA Awards; 69th →;

The 68th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 8 February 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2014. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2014.^[1]

The nominations were announced on 9 January 2015 by Stephen Fry and actor Sam Claflin.^[2]^[3] The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One and BBC Three.^[1] It was hosted by Stephen Fry for the tenth time in the award's history.^[4] The ceremony opened with a number "Stevie" by a British rock band Kasabian.^[5]

Boyhood won three of its five nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Richard Linklater, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Patricia Arquette.^[6]^[7] Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Theory of Everything, Julianne Moore won Best Actress in a Leading Role for Still Alice, and J. K. Simmons won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Whiplash.^[6] The Grand Budapest Hotel won five of its eleven nominations, the most of any film. Jack O'Connell won the Rising Star Award.^[6]^[8] The Theory of Everything, directed by James Marsh, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2014, while The Lego Movie won Best Animated Film and Citizenfour won Best Documentary.^[6]

The telecast garnered more than 5.09 million viewers in UK, with the viewing figures slightly higher than previous year ceremony.^[9]

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Mike Leigh^[10]

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

BBC Films

Best Film	Best Director
Boyhood – Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson The Imitation Game – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman The Theory of Everything – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten	Richard Linklater – Boyhood Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Damien Chazelle – Whiplash Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman James Marsh – The Theory of Everything
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
*Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything* as Stephen Hawking** Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H. Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Louis "Lou" Bloom Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson	*Julianne Moore – Still Alice* as Dr. Alice Howland** Amy Adams – Big Eyes as Margaret Keane Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Hawking Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*J. K. Simmons – Whiplash* as Terence Fletcher** Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John Eleuthère du Pont Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr. Edward Norton – Birdman as Mike Shiner Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz	*Patricia Arquette – Boyhood* as Olivia Evans** Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke Rene Russo – Nightcrawler as Nina Romina Imelda Staunton – Pride as Hefina Headon Emma Stone – Birdman as Sam Thomson
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel Damien Chazelle – Whiplash Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo – Birdman Richard Linklater – Boyhood	Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything Jason Hall – American Sniper Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl Paul King – Paddington * Graham Moore – The Imitation Game * Hamish McColl was a story contributor, but not part of the nomination
Best Cinematography	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman Dick Pope – Mr. Turner Hoyte van Hoytema – Interstellar Robert Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski – Ida	Stephen Beresford (Writer) and David Livingstone (Producer) – Pride Gregory Burke (Writer) and Yann Demange (Director) – '71 Elaine Constantine (Director/Writer) – Northern Soul Paul Katis (Director/Producer) and Andrew de Lotbinière (Producer) – Kajaki: The True Story Hong Khaou (Director/Writer) – Lilting
Outstanding British Film	Best Documentary
The Theory of Everything – James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten '71 – Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore Paddington – Paul King, David Heyman Pride – Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell	Citizenfour – Laura Poitras 20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Gil Friesen (posthumous nomination) 20,000 Days on Earth – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof, Charlie Siskel Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara
Best Original Music	Best Sound
Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything Mica Levi – Under the Skin Antonio Sánchez – Birdman Hans Zimmer – Interstellar	Whiplash – Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann American Sniper – Walt Martin (posthumous nomination), John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman Birdman – Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak The Imitation Game – John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen, Andy Kennedy
Best Production Design	Best Special Visual Effects
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock Big Eyes – Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau The Imitation Game – Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald Interstellar – Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis Mr. Turner – Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts	Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hair
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero The Imitation Game – Sammy Sheldon Differ Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran The Theory of Everything – Steven Noble	The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White Into the Woods – Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland Mr. Turner – Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener The Theory of Everything – Jan Sewell
Best Editing	Best Film Not in the English Language
Whiplash – Tom Cross Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg Nightcrawler – John Gilroy The Theory of Everything – Jinx Godfrey	Ida – Paweł Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzięcioł, Ewa Puszczynska Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov The Lunchbox – Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga Trash – Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Best Animated Film	Best Short Animation
The Lego Movie – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable	The Bigger Picture – Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka Monkey Love Experiments – Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson My Dad – Marcus Armitage
Best Short Film	EE Rising Star Award
Boogaloo and Graham – Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney Emotional Fusebox – Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard Slap – Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland The Kármán Line – Oscar Sharp, Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby Three Brothers – Aleem Khan, Matthieu De Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow	Jack O'Connell Gugu Mbatha-Raw Margot Robbie Miles Teller Shailene Woodley

Awards breakdown

Most wins

5 wins The Grand Budapest Hotel
3 wins Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash

Most nominations

11 nominations The Grand Budapest Hotel
10 nominations Birdman and The Theory of Everything
9 nominations The Imitation Game
5 nominations Boyhood and Whiplash
4 nominations Interstellar, Mr. Turner, and Nightcrawler
3 nominations Pride
2 nominations '71, American Sniper, Big Eyes, Foxcatcher, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ida, Into the Woods, Paddington, and Under the Skin

Source:^[2]

In Memoriam

References

^ ^a ^b "Film Awards Information". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Film in 2015". BAFTA. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ "Baftas 2015: Fry and Claflin announce nominations". BBC News. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Stephen Fry Returns to Host EE British Academy Film Awards". BAFTA. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ Sherwin, Adam (28 January 2015). "Kasabian poached by Baftas after Brits snub". The Independent. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brown, Mark (8 February 2015). "Baftas 2015: Boyhood wins top honours but Grand Budapest Hotel checks out with most". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Bafta Film Awards 2015: Winners". BBC News. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Bafta 2015 film awards - as it happened". Daily Telegraph. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ Pulver, Andrew (3 February 2015). "Mike Leigh to be given 2015 Bafta fellowship". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links

68th BAFTA Awards page

[FAI-1] "Film Awards Information". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[nominees-2] "Film in 2015". BAFTA. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

[3] "Baftas 2015: Fry and Claflin announce nominations". BBC News. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[4] "Stephen Fry Returns to Host EE British Academy Film Awards". BAFTA. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[5] Sherwin, Adam (28 January 2015). "Kasabian poached by Baftas after Brits snub". The Independent. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[Brown-6] Brown, Mark (8 February 2015). "Baftas 2015: Boyhood wins top honours but Grand Budapest Hotel checks out with most". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[Winners-7] "Bafta Film Awards 2015: Winners". BBC News. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[8] "Bafta 2015 film awards - as it happened". Daily Telegraph. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[9] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[10] Pulver, Andrew (3 February 2015). "Mike Leigh to be given 2015 Bafta fellowship". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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