60th British Academy Film Awards
The 60th British Academy Film Awards were held on 11 February 2007 at the Royal Opera House in London. As a favorite to win the most important British Film Award Stephen Frears ' acclaimed biography of Elizabeth II The Queen was with Helen Mirren in the title role. The Anglo-French- Italian co-production was allowed to make hopes for ten awards, and finally sat down in the categories of Best Film and Best Actress ( Mirren ) by. Successful Guillermo del Toro were only Pan's Labyrinth and Kevin Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power. Del Toros fairytale film about a young girl that flees at the time of the Franco regime after the Second World War in a dream world, sat down as the best non- English-language production, among others, against Pedro Almodóvar's Volver - Returns and Mel Gibson's Apocalypto through and won the prices for mask and costumes. Macdonald's political biography about the atrocities of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (1928-2003) brought the already awarded the Golden Globe Award Forest Whitaker a trophy for Best Actor, and was honored as the best British film production of the year and for best adapted screenplay.
Also won two Awards of the 21st James Bond film Casino Royale, the U.S. comedy Little Miss Sunshine and the drama Flight 93 and Children of Men for Casino Royale Bond girl Eva Green were as best young actress ( "Orange Rising Star Award ") and the sound engineer victorious, while the title character Daniel Craig already celebrated a success only by his nomination as best actor. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which awards the film awards since 1948, had previously ignored all the performances by the actors of the 007 cast. Flight 93 who takes care of together with Oliver Stone's World Trade Center of the U.S. trauma of September 11, 2001, awards including the Director's Award. Britain's Paul Greengrass, beating Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel ) and Martin Scorsese ( The Departed - The Departed ) by. González Iñárritu's modern parable to the biblical Tower could only win the prize for the best film music while Scorsese gangster film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson unprämiert remained in the lead roles. Both films will be at the 79th Academy Awards on February 25, 2007 big opportunities granted to receive the Academy Award for best film of the year.
The other hand, leave no impression early in announcing the nominations could Sacha Baron Cohen's fictional documentary borate about the experiences of an alleged Kazakh TV reporter in the United States. The mockumentary was playing in the U.S. more than 116 million U.S. dollars (about 88.5 million euros ). Only two nominations had musical film Dreamgirls obtained in 2007 received three awards at the award ceremony of the Golden Globe Awards Bill Condon. Supporting Actress Jennifer Hudson could be their favorite state fair and won for the Golden Globe and the BAFTA Award. No consideration was, however, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's film The Lives of Others, which started in British cinemas until 13 April 2007. The multiple award-winning German contribution for an Oscar nomination as best foreign-language film production in 2006 had two more times for the BAFTA Award nominee against Pedro Almodóvar's Volver tragicomedy at the award ceremony of the European Film Awards - enforced return.
- 2.1 Academy Fellowship
- 2.2 Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Award winners and nominees
Best Picture
The Queen ( The Queen ) - Director: Stephen Frears
Best British film ( Alexander Korda Award)
The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland) - Director: Kevin Macdonald
Best Director (David Lean Award )
Paul Greengrass - United 93 ( United 93 )
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland)
Best Actress
Helen Mirren - The Queen ( The Queen )
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland)
Best Original Screenplay
Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Film Music (Anthony Asquith Award)
Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel
Best Camera
Emmanuel Lubezki - Children of Men
Best Sound
Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell, Mark Taylor - Casino Royale
Best Costumes
Best mask
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del Fauno )
Best Art
Children of Men
Best Editing
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson - Flight 93 ( United 93 )
Best Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 ( Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest )
Best Animated Feature Film
Happy Feet - Director: George Miller
Best Animated Short Film
Guy 101 - Ian W. Gouldstone
Best Short Film
Do Not Erase - Director: Asitha Ameresekere
Best Foreign Language Film
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del Fauno ), Mexico - Director: Guillermo del Toro
Best Young Performance (Carl Foreman Award)
Andrea Arnold (Director) - Red Road
Best Young Actor ( Orange Rising Star Award )
Eva Green
Prizes
Academy Fellowship
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Nick Daubeny