The BAFTAS

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) hosted their annual awards ceremony to honour achievement in cinema at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden last Sunday. Period drama The King’s Speech was named best film, while the star of the movie, Colin Firth, picked up best actor. In total, the picture, which focuses on the relationship between Britain’s King George VI and his speech therapist, collected an impressive seven awards.

After winning the accolade, Colin, who won the best actor BAFTA last year for A Single Man - recalled the first time he had met with director Tom Hooper, joking about his “invasive” style of working.

"I had to postpone a routine but somewhat uncomfortable medical examination,” Colin said. "I am happy to report that the meeting was rather less uncomfortable than the exam, but as time went on it became clear that Tom's working methods were just as thorough and invasive as my doctor's.

"But when you see the results you're grateful, so I am thankful as I am to my doctor."

If you want to see Colin Firth's acceptance speech here it is -


The King’s Speech went on to win best original screenplay and best British film. The movie also saw Helena Bonham Carter pick up best supporting actress, while Geoffrey Rush took home best supporting actor for his role as the king’s therapist.

Helmsley Arts Centre will be showing The King's Speech on the following dates - Tue 29, Wed 30 Mar, Fri 1 April 7.30pm & Sun 3 April 6pm - book tickets here.

Here are all the results:

BEST FILM

The King’s Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

DIRECTOR

The Social Network David Fincher

ANIMATED FILM

Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich

LEADING ACTOR

Colin Firth The King’s Speech

LEADING ACTRESS

Natalie Portman Black Swan

CINEMATOGRAPHY

True Grit Roger Deakins

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)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The King’s Speech David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Toy Story3 – Michael Arndt

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev

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

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

Tom Hardy

THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP

Sir Christopher Lee

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA

The Harry Potter films