68th British Academy Film Awards

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68th British Academy Film Awards
Date8 February 2015
SiteRoyal Opera House, London
Hosted byStephen Fry
Highlights
Best FilmBoyhood
Best British FilmThe Theory of Everything
Best ActorEddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything
Best ActressJulianne Moore
Still Alice
Most awardsThe Grand Budapest Hotel (5)
Most nominationsThe Grand Budapest Hotel (11)

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 the British rock band Kasabian.[5]

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

Richard Linklater, Best Director winner
Eddie Redmayne, Best Actor winner
Julianne Moore, Best Actress winner
J. K. Simmons, Best Supporting Actor winner
Patricia Arquette, Best Supporting Actress winner
Wes Anderson, Best Original Screenplay co-winner
Jack O'Connell, EE Rising Star Award winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Main article: BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
  • BBC Films
  • Boogaloo and Graham – Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
    • Emotional Fusebox – Michael Berliner and Rachel Tunnard
    • The Karman Line – Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby and Oscar Sharp
    • Slap – Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano and Nick Rowland
    • Three Brothers – Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier and Stephanie Paeplow

Statistics

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

In Memoriam

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Film Awards Information". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  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. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ 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.
  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. 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.

External links

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