Monday, 17 February 2014

The 2014 EE Baftas

And so another year, and another set of awards handed out to the richly deserved for a job well done - and this year, the winners really did feel deserved.

We had a man who had never acted before picking up a Best Supporting nod in a field awash with talent, we had an Oscar winner beating two other Oscar winners to a little gold mask... It's fair to say the field was a strong one.

A shame then, that Bafta chose to publish the results on their website before the general public got the chance to watch the excellent Stephen Fry introduce anything.

Seriously Bafta, if you're gpiong to flog the rights to your annual bean feast, then have the wit to realise that's where most of us want to learn who has won and lost.

Stephen Fry is pretty much the reason for watching, he makes the show what it is - and you go and undermine that by putting 'winner' in the relevant place online, meaning those of us tweeting our surprise have it ruined.

And then we have to spend more time than we want having a go at you about it, when we should be relaxing with our wine and olives (a man can't bog on popcorn alone).

Anyway, despite Bafta's best efforts, the night was still worth watching, if only for Cate Blanchett's acceptance speech.



Here's who won what:

Best Animation
Frozen

Outstanding British Film
Gravity

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle

Outstanding British Debut
Kieran Evans for Kelly + Victor

Special Visual Effects
Gravity

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence

Best Adapted Screenplay
Philomena

Outstanding Contribution To British Cinema
Peter Greenaway

Film Not In The English Language
The Great Beauty

Rising Star Award
Will Poulter

Best Documentary
The Act Of Killing

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett

Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor

Best Film
12 Years A Slave

Bafta Fellowship
Dame Helen Mirren


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