BBC iPlayer: BAFTAs 2011

Words: Saam Das

The BAFTAs were on last night, and 'The King's Speech' was the unsurprisingly big winner of the night, considering its 14 nominations. As usual, I'm not all that bothered about these big showy awards but seeing the hundreds (possibly thousands) of film fans lined up in the rain makes me think some people might actually care...maybe even some of you were there.

You can relive the ceremony, thanks to BBC iPlayer, and we've got all the winners below. (All the nominees available at the BAFTA website, too). I didn't watch the whole thing but there's a nice little montage of 2010 films from around the 8 minute mark. I love a well-made montage. Or series of montages, as is is the case here. And Rosamund Pike being hilariously useless about 45 minutes in.

Anyway, no real surprise/controversy that 'The King's Speech' did so well although it seems peculiar than 'The Social Network''s David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin would win their respective categories, considering that 'The King's Speech' won TWO best film categories at the awards.

I guess to further confuse things Alexandre Desplat won the Best Original Score category....and Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor's score for 'The Social Network' wasn't even nominated! I assume it wasn't eligible, although there was some hefty competition in Hans Zimmer and John Powell anyway.

Other than that, it was all pretty much to be expected. Maybe Christian Bale can feel a little hard done by. Helena Bonham-Carter for Best Supporting Actress is definitely a bit iffy. And her speech was even more so. Feel free to note any other oddities or thoughts in the comments below. Maybe you saw the article from Jane Graham on the snub of Scottish films?

BEST FILM
The King’s Speech

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher – The Social Network

BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman – Black Swan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The King’s Speech

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Four Lions – Chris Morris (Director/Writer)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Sweden

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Toy Story 3

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King’s Speech – David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
True Grit – Roger Deakins

BEST EDITING
The Social Network

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inception

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice In Wonderland

BEST SOUND
Inception

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception

BEST MAKE UP AND HAIR
Alice In Wonderland

BEST SHORT ANIMATION
The Eagleman Stag

BEST SHORT FILM
Until The River Runs Red

RISING STAR AWARD
Tom Hardy

Watch the 2011 BAFTAs until 22:59, Sunday 20 Feb 2011. UK users only.