63rd British Academy Film Awards

The 63rd ceremony of the British Academy Film Awards took place on 21 February 2010 at the Royal Opera House in London. The film awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) were awarded in 23 categories. The event was hosted for the fourth time, the British presenter and film critic Jonathan Ross.

The nominations were announced on 21 January 2010. Already advance the nominees for the Young Investigator Award Orange Rising Star Award, and nominations for the best foreign-language film were released.

Winner of the evening was the film The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, who won six BAFTA Awards, including for best original screenplay, best director and best film. With the prize of BAFTA, the Academy Fellowship, the actress Vanessa Redgrave was excellent.

3.1 Academy Fellowship
3.2 Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Favorite Movies

For a nomination at the 63rd BAFTA Film Awards all feature films were considered, which were published between 1 January and 31 December 2009 in the United Kingdom, or the the case of a proposed publication to February 19, 2010 from lender pre- Academy were presented. For short films and animated shorts special rules applied, so only British productions have been approved for these categories. A total of 220 films met these conditions.

After the first round of voting a long list with 15 candidates per category published by the British Academy Film Awards. With 17 nominations Lone Scherfig's An Education was one of the favorites for the BAFTA Film Awards.

In fact, An Education with a total of eight nominations, the most nominated British film. Also eight nominations received James Cameron's science fiction film Avatar - Pandora and Kathryn Bigelow's war drama The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker. All three films competed in the category " Best Film", were also Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up in the Air nominated. The prize for the best film won Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker, which became with victories in five other categories, the most successful film of the ceremony, followed by Avatar, the animated feature Up and the British period drama The Young Victoria with two victories.

In addition to James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, and Lone Scherfig were Quentin Tarantino and the South African Neill Blomkamp nominated for Best directors. Blomkamp's sci-fi drama District 9 was surprisingly seven nominations, Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds was nominated six times, including Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor.

Award winners and nominees

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker - Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Best British film ( Alexander Korda Award)

Fish Tank - Directed by Andrea Arnold

Best Director (David Lean Award )

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker

Best Actor

Colin Firth - A Single Man

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan - An Education

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress

Mo'Nique - Precious - Life is precious

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay

Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker

Best Film Music (Anthony Asquith Award)

Michael Giacchino - Top

Best Camera

Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker

Best Sound

Ray Beckett, Paul NJ Ottosson, Craig Stauffer - The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker

Best Costumes

Sandy Powell - The Young Victoria

Best mask

Jenny Shircore - Young Victoria

Best Art

Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair - Avatar - Pandora

Best Editing

Bob Murawski, Chris Innis - The Hurt Locker - The Hurt Locker

Best Visual Effects

Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones - Avatar - Pandora

Best Animated Feature Film

Up (Up) - Director: Pete Docter

Best Animated Short Film

Mother of Many - Director: Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby

Best Short Film

I Do Air - Director: James Bolton, Martina Amati

Best Young Performance (Carl Foreman Award)

Duncan Jones (Director) - Moon

Best Foreign Language Film

A Prophet ( Un prophète ), France - Director: Jacques Audiard

Best Young Actor ( Orange Rising Star Award )

The Orange Rising Star Award is an audience prize, the winner will be determined by a telephone vote. The candidates were presented on 12 January 2010.

Kristen Stewart