February 19, 2006

The Baftas.

Well, the official site seems to be overloaded at the moment, but Sky News does have the full list of Bafta winners and a report.

BAFTA Though The Constant Gardener, with its ten nominations, was seen to be the front-runner, it didn't turn out that way. Brokeback Mountain took best film, best director, best adapted screenplay and best supporting actor (Jake Gyllenhaal). Best actress: Reese Witherspoon; best actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Sky: "Flying the British flag, Thandie Newton, in fine, pink frills, took the best supporting actress accolade for Crash, and James McAvoy beat the likes of Michelle Williams and Rachel McAdams to take the Orange rising star award."

Posted by dwhudson at February 19, 2006 2:31 PM

Comments

I might have missed it, but are all the Bafta awards confined to English-language films? That really narrows it down and becomes an anglo-centric affair. I think that after each award they should announce: The Best Actor in an English language film, The Best English-language Film etc

Posted by: Ronald Bergan at February 19, 2006 3:01 PM

There was one award for "Best Film not in the English Language" which was won by "The Beat theat My Heart Skipped". It makes sense to me that the awards are Anglo-centric, considering that they are the British film awards.

Posted by: hardcle at February 19, 2006 6:52 PM

>It makes sense to me that the awards are Anglo-centric, considering that they are the British film awards.

In that case, hardcle, they shouldn't be giving the majority of awards to American films. Art should transcend national bounderies.

Posted by: Ronald Bergan at February 19, 2006 10:41 PM

Yes, I was a bit surprised to see all the US films in the BAFTAS - I always thought those were intended to honor the best British films of a given year. Otherwise, well, what's the point, we already have the Oscars and Golden Globes, etc. Or is it Britain's way of saying the film industry has declined there and aren't as many films to choose from? (Not saying that's so necessarily, just wondering.)

But there is, as hardcle mentioned, a "foreign language" category, at least...

C

Posted by: Craig P at February 22, 2006 10:54 AM