64th British Academy Film Awards

The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 13 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2010.

64th British Academy Film Awards
Date13 February 2011
SiteRoyal Opera House, London
Hosted byJonathan Ross
Highlights
Best FilmThe King's Speech
Best British FilmThe King's Speech
Best ActorColin Firth
The King's Speech
Best ActressNatalie Portman
Black Swan
Most awardsThe King's Speech (7)
Most nominationsThe King's Speech (14)

The nominations were announced on 18 January 2011.[7][8][9] The King's Speech earned the most nominations with fourteen and won seven, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Actor for Colin Firth, Best Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush, Best Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter, and Best Original Screenplay for David Seidler.[1] Natalie Portman won Best Actress for Black Swan and David Fincher won Best Director for The Social Network.[1]

Winners and nominees

David Fincher, Best Director winner
Colin Firth, Best Actor winner
Natalie Portman, Best Actress winner
Geoffrey Rush, Best Supporting Actor winner
Helena Bonham Carter, Best Supporting Actress winner
Aaron Sorkin, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
Tom Hardy, EE Orange Rising Star Award winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Until the River Runs Red – Paul Wright and Poss Kondeatis
    • ConnectSamuel Abrahams and Beau Gordon
    • Lin – Piers Thompson and Simon Hessel
    • Rite – Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie and Paul Welsh
    • Turning – Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling and Kat Armour-Brown

Statistics

Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
7The King's Speech
3Inception
The Social Network
2Alice in Wonderland

In Memoriam

See also

References