Screen Junkies » BAFTA Awards 2012 http://www.screenjunkies.com Movie Reviews & TV Show Reviews Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Gor Blimey, Here Are The 2012 BAFTA Award Winners! http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/movie-news/gor-blimey-here-are-the-2012-bafta-award-winners/ http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/movie-news/gor-blimey-here-are-the-2012-bafta-award-winners/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:44:17 +0000 Joseph Gibson http://www.screenjunkies.com/?p=245163 Tonight, the BAFTA Awards took place. In case you’re some kind of ignorant fool, BAFTA stands for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and many Oscar prognosticators consider the awards useful in predicting the Academy Awards. Anyway, here’s a list of all the big winners, for your reading pleasure.

Best Film: The Artist

Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, for The Artist

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, for The Iron Lady

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, for Beginners

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, for The Help

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction: Michel Hazanavicius, for The Artist

Best Original Screenplay: The Artist

Best Adapted Screenplay: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Film not in the English Language: The Skin I Live In

Best Animated Feature Film: Rango


And here’s your obligatory joke about a silent movie winning Best Original Screenplay: Best Original Screenplay!? It’s a silent movie!! Boom.

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