68th British Academy Film Awards

68th British Academy Film Awards
68th British Academy Film Awards
Date	8 February 2015
Site	Royal Opera House, London
Hosted by	Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film	Boyhood
Best British Film	The Theory of Everything
Best Actor	Eddie Redmayne; The Theory of Everything
Best Actress	Julianne Moore; Still Alice
Most awards	The Grand Budapest Hotel (5)
Most nominations	The Grand Budapest Hotel (11)
	← 67th; BAFTA Awards; 69th →;

The 68th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 8 February 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2014. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2014.^[1]

The nominations were announced on 9 January 2015 by Stephen Fry and actor Sam Claflin.^[2]^[3] The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One and BBC Three.^[1] It was hosted by Stephen Fry for the tenth time in the award's history.^[4] The ceremony opened with a number "Stevie" by a British rock band Kasabian.^[5]

Boyhood won three of its five nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Richard Linklater, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Patricia Arquette.^[6]^[7] Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Theory of Everything, Julianne Moore won Best Actress in a Leading Role for Still Alice, and J. K. Simmons won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Whiplash.^[6] The Grand Budapest Hotel won five of its eleven nominations, the most of any film. Jack O'Connell won the Rising Star Award.^[6]^[8] The Theory of Everything, directed by James Marsh, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2014, while The Lego Movie won Best Animated Film and Citizenfour won Best Documentary.^[6]

The telecast garnered more than 5.09 million viewers in UK, with the viewing figures slightly higher than previous year ceremony.^[9]

Winners and nominees[]

Richard Linklater, Best Director winner

Eddie Redmayne, Best Actor winner

Julianne Moore, Best Actress winner

J. K. Simmons, Best Supporting Actor winner

Patricia Arquette, Best Supporting Actress winner

Wes Anderson, Best Original Screenplay co-winner

Jack O'Connell, EE Rising Star Award winner

BAFTA Fellowship[]

Mike Leigh^[10]

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema[]

BBC Films

Best Film Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland Birdman – Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven M. Rales and Jeremy Dawson The Imitation Game – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman The Theory of Everything – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten	Best Direction Richard Linklater – Boyhood Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman Damien Chazelle – Whiplash James Marsh – The Theory of Everything Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything* as Stephen Hawking** Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Louis Bloom Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H.	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Julianne Moore – Still Alice* as Alice Daly Howland** Amy Adams – Big Eyes as Margaret Keane Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Hawking Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott Dunne
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *J. K. Simmons – Whiplash* as Terence Fletcher** Edward Norton – Birdman as Mike Shiner Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans Sr. Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John du Pont	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Patricia Arquette – Boyhood* as Olivia Evans** Emma Stone – Birdman as Sam Thomson Imelda Staunton – Pride as Hefina Headon Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke Rene Russo – Nightcrawler as Nina Romina
Best Original Screenplay The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson Birdman – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bó Boyhood – Richard Linklater Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy Whiplash – Damien Chazelle	Best Adapted Screenplay The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten American Sniper – Jason Hall Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn The Imitation Game – Graham Moore Paddington – Paul King
Best Cinematography Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman Ida – Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski Interstellar – Hoyte van Hoytema Mr. Turner – Dick Pope	Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero The Imitation Game – Sammy Sheldon Differ Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran The Theory of Everything – Steven Noble
Best Editing Whiplash – Tom Cross Birdman – Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg Nightcrawler – John Gilroy The Theory of Everything – Jinx Godfrey	Best Makeup and Hair The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White Into the Woods – Peter King and J. Roy Helland Mr. Turner – Christine Blundell and Lesa Warrender The Theory of Everything – Jan Sewell and Kristyan Mallett
Best Original Music The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat Birdman – Antonio Sánchez Interstellar – Hans Zimmer The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson Under the Skin – Micachu	Best Production Design The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock Big Eyes – Rick Heinrichs and Shane Vieau The Imitation Game – Maria Djurkovic and Tatiana Macdonald Interstellar – Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis Mr. Turner – Suzie Davies and Charlotte Watts
Best Sound Whiplash – Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins and Craig Mann American Sniper – Walt Martin, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman Birdman – Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor and Frank A. Montaño The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio and Pawel Wdowczak The Imitation Game – John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen and Andy Kennedy	Best Special Visual Effects Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Lockley and Ian Hunter Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist and Daniel Barrett Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner and Nicolas Aithadi The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Outstanding British Film The Theory of Everything – James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten '71 – Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch and Gregory Burke The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman and Graham Moore Paddington – Paul King and David Heyman Pride – Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone and Stephen Beresford Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler and Walter Campbell	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Pride – Stephen Beresford (Writer) and David Livingstone (Producer) '71 – Gregory Burke (Writer) and Yann Demange (Director) Kajaki – Paul Katis (Director/Producer) and Andrew de Lotbiniere (Producer) Lilting – Hong Khaou (Director/Producer) Northern Soul – Elaine Constantine (Director/Producer)
Best Short Animation The Bigger Picture – Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs and Jennifer Majka Money Love Experiments – Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser and Will Anderson My Dad – Marcus Armitage	Best Short Film Boogaloo and Graham – Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney Emotional Fusebox – Michael Berliner and Rachel Tunnard The Karman Line – Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby and Oscar Sharp Slap – Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano and Nick Rowland Three Brothers – Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier and Stephanie Paeplow
Best Animated Film The Lego Movie – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Big Hero 6 – Don Hall and Chris Williams The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable	Best Documentary Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky 20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers and Gil Friesen 20,000 Days on Earth – Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best Film Not in the English Language Ida – Paweł Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol and Ewa Puszczynska Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky and Sergey Melkumov The Lunchbox – Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap and Guneet Monga Trash – Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Kris Thykier Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne and Denis Freyd	Rising Star Award Jack O'Connell Gugu Mbatha-Raw Margot Robbie Miles Teller Shailene Woodley

Statistics[]

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
11	The Grand Budapest Hotel
10	Birdman
10	The Theory of Everything
9	The Imitation Game
5	Boyhood
5	Whiplash
4	Interstellar
	Mr. Turner
	Nightcrawler
3	Pride
2	'71
	American Sniper
	Big Eyes
	Foxcatcher
	Gone Girl
	Guardians of the Galaxy
	Ida
	Into the Woods
	Paddington
	Under the Skin

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
5	The Grand Budapest Hotel
3	Boyhood
	The Theory of Everything
	Whiplash

In Memoriam[]

Mickey Rooney
Mike Nichols
Alain Resnais
Eli Wallach
Harold Ramis
Dick Smith
HR Giger
Billie Whitelaw
Gordon Willis
Anita Ekberg
Dora Bryan
Gerry Fisher
Richard Kiel
Chris Collins
Assheton Gorton
Walt Martin
Sid Caesar
Robin Williams
Johnny Goodman
Luise Rainer
Gabriel Axel
Malik Bendjelloul
Oswald Morris
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Terry Richards
David Ryall
Lauren Bacall

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Film Awards Information". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Film in 2015". BAFTA. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ "Baftas 2015: Fry and Claflin announce nominations". BBC News. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Stephen Fry Returns to Host EE British Academy Film Awards". BAFTA. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ Sherwin, Adam (28 January 2015). "Kasabian poached by Baftas after Brits snub". The Independent. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brown, Mark (8 February 2015). "Baftas 2015: Boyhood wins top honours but Grand Budapest Hotel checks out with most". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Bafta Film Awards 2015: Winners". BBC News. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Bafta 2015 film awards - as it happened". Daily Telegraph. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ Pulver, Andrew (3 February 2015). "Mike Leigh to be given 2015 Bafta fellowship". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links[]

68th BAFTA Awards page

[FAI-1] "Film Awards Information". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[nominees-2] "Film in 2015". BAFTA. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

[3] "Baftas 2015: Fry and Claflin announce nominations". BBC News. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[4] "Stephen Fry Returns to Host EE British Academy Film Awards". BAFTA. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[5] Sherwin, Adam (28 January 2015). "Kasabian poached by Baftas after Brits snub". The Independent. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[Brown-6] Brown, Mark (8 February 2015). "Baftas 2015: Boyhood wins top honours but Grand Budapest Hotel checks out with most". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[Winners-7] "Bafta Film Awards 2015: Winners". BBC News. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[8] "Bafta 2015 film awards - as it happened". Daily Telegraph. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[9] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[10] Pulver, Andrew (3 February 2015). "Mike Leigh to be given 2015 Bafta fellowship". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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