2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards Winners

Much in the style of the English Armada, it was an evening of “Rule Britannia” as THE KING’S SPEECH won 7 BAFTAs at the 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. The film took home awards for Best Film, Leading Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Original Music, and Outstanding British Film. At the box office, THE KING’S SPEECH came in No. 6 for the weekend, grossing an estimated $7.4 million from 2,263 screens for a domestic cume of $93.9 million in its 12th week in release according to THR. The full list of winners is below.

Thandie Newton, Jessica Alba, Kevin Spacey, Amy Adams and many other stars were greeted to the usual rainy red carpet as they arrived for the ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House. For those of you not following on Twitter like we award season obsessivas, the BAFTA awards will air tonight at 8:00p.m. ET/PT, including a 30-minute red carpet pre-show, on BBC America.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts also paid tribute to esteemed actor Sir Christopher Lee, honouring him with the annual Academy Fellowship. It is the highest accolade bestowed upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film.

Previously honoured Fellows include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery, Elizabeth Taylor, Julie Christie, John Barry, Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Hopkins, Terry Gilliam and Judi Dench. Last year’s recipient was Vanessa Redgrave.

The Harry Potter film series received the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema on Sunday. JK Rowling and David Heyman received the award on behalf of the franchise during the ceremony. Awarded annually, the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was introduced in 1978 and is presented in honour of Michael Balcon. The first recipients were the Special Visual Effects team for Superman and others include Kevin Brownlow, Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jarman, Working Title, Lewis Gilbert, Channel Four Films and Pinewood & Shepperton Studios.

BEST FILM:

THE KING’S SPEECH Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM:

THE KING’S SPEECH Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER:

FOUR LIONS Chris Morris (Director/Writer)

DIRECTOR:

THE SOCIAL NETWORK David Fincher

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

THE KING’S SPEECH David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

THE SOCIAL NETWORK Aaron Sorkin

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev 

ANIMATED FILM:

TOY STORY 3 Lee Unkrich

LEADING ACTOR:

COLIN FIRTH The King’s Speech

LEADING ACTRESS:

NATALIE PORTMAN Black Swan

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

GEOFFREY RUSH The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

HELENA BONHAM CARTER The King’s Speech

ORIGINAL MUSIC:

THE KING’S SPEECH Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

TRUE GRIT Roger Deakins

EDITING:

THE SOCIAL NETWORK Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN:

INCEPTION Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

COSTUME DESIGN:

ALICE IN WONDERLAND Colleen Atwood

SOUND:

 INCEPTION Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS:

INCEPTION Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb

MAKE UP & HAIR:

ALICE IN WONDERLAND Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch

SHORT ANIMATION:

THE EAGLEMAN STAG Michael Please

SHORT FILM:

UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (the only category voted for by the public):

TOM HARDY