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 | |
---|---|
Date | 13 February 2011 |
Site | Royal Opera House, London |
Hosted by | Jonathan Ross |
Highlights | |
Best Film | The King's Speech |
Best British Film | The King's Speech |
Best Actor | Colin Firth The King's Speech |
Best Actress | Natalie Portman Black Swan |
Most awards | The King's Speech (7) |
Most nominations | The 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/David_Fincher_%282012%29_3.jpg/150px-David_Fincher_%282012%29_3.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Colin_Firth_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/150px-Colin_Firth_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Natalie_Portman_Cannes_2015_5_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Natalie_Portman_Cannes_2015_5_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/GeoffreyRushTIFFSept2011.jpg/150px-GeoffreyRushTIFFSept2011.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Helena_Bonham_Carter_filming_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Helena_Bonham_Carter_filming_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Aaron_Sorkin_at_PaleyFest_2013.jpg/150px-Aaron_Sorkin_at_PaleyFest_2013.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Tom_Hardy_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/150px-Tom_Hardy_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
BAFTA Fellowship
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Statistics
Awards | Film |
---|---|
7 | The King's Speech |
3 | Inception |
The Social Network | |
2 | Alice in Wonderland |
In Memoriam
- John Barry
- Tony Curtis
- Alan Hume
- Blake Edwards
- Roy Ward Baker
- Arthur Penn
- Dede Allen
- Bernd Eichinger
- Leslie Nielsen
- Maria Schneider
- Clive Donner
- Dennis Hopper
- Sally Menke
- Peter Yates
- Guido Coen
- Ingrid Pitt
- Norman Wisdom
- Tura Satana
- Susannah York
- Carol Marsh
- Ronald Neame
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Patricia Neal
- Corey Haim
- Claude Chabrol
- Pete Postlethwaite
See also
- 83rd Academy Awards
- 36th César Awards
- 16th Critics' Choice Awards
- 63rd Directors Guild of America Awards
- 24th European Film Awards
- 68th Golden Globe Awards
- 31st Golden Raspberry Awards
- 25th Goya Awards
- 26th Independent Spirit Awards
- 16th Lumières Awards
- 1st Magritte Awards
- 22nd Producers Guild of America Awards
- 15th Satellite Awards
- 37th Saturn Awards
- 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 63rd Writers Guild of America Awards