60th British Academy Film Awards

60th BAFTA Film Awards

February 11, 2007

----Best Film:
The Queen----Best British Film:
The Last King of Scotland

The 60th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts took place on 11 February, 2007, and honoured the best films of 2006.

Stephen Frears' "The Queen" won the award for Best Film and Best Actress (Helen Mirren). Paul Greengrass won the award of Best Director for his work in "United 93", film that also won the Best Editing prize. Forest Whitaker won the award for Best Actor for his role in "The Last King of Scotland". "The Last King of Scotland" also won the awards for Best British Film and Adapted Screenplay.

Winners

Nominations

Nominations were announced on 12 January 2007. The award ceremony was hosted by Jonathan Ross. The winners were announced on 11 February 2007 and are highlighted in bold.

Film
*Babel
*The Departed
*The Last King of Scotland
*Little Miss Sunshine
*"'The Queen

The Alexandra Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
*Casino Royale
*"'The Last King of Scotland
*Notes on a Scandal
*The Queen
*United 93

The Carol Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in Their First Feature Film
*"'Andrea Arnold (Director) — Red Road
*Julian Gilbey (Director) — Rollin' with the Nines
*Christine Langan (Producer) — Pierrepoint
*Gary Tarn (Director) — Black Sun
*Paul Andrew Williams (Director) — London to Brighton

The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction
*Alejandro González Iñárritu — Babel
*Martin Scorsese — The Departed
*Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris — Little Miss Sunshine
*Stephen Frears — The Queen
*"'Paul Greengrass — United 93

Original Screenplay
*Guillermo Arriaga — Babel
*"'Michael Arndt — Little Miss Sunshine
*Guillermo Del Toro — Pan's Labyrinth
*Peter Morgan — The Queen
*Paul Greengrass — United 93

Adapted Screenplay
*Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis — Casino Royale
*William Monhan — The Departed
*Aline Brosh McKenna — The Devil Wears Prada
*"'Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock — The Last King of Scotland
*Patrick Marber — Notes on a Scandal

Film Not in the English Language
*Apocalypto (Yucatec Maya)
*Black Book (Dutch)
*"'Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish)
*Rang De Basanti (Hindi)
*Volver (Spanish)

Animated Feature Film
*Cars
*Flushed Away
*"'Happy Feet

Actor in a Leading Role
*Daniel Craig — Casino Royale
*Leonardo DiCaprio — The Departed
*Richard Griffiths — The History Boys
*Peter O'Toole — Venus
*"'Forest Whitaker — The Last King of Scotland

Actress in a Leading Role
*Penelope Cruz — Volver
*Judi Dench — Notes on a Scandal
*"'Helen Mirren — The Queen
*Meryl Streep — The Devil Wears Prada
*Kate Winslet — Little Children

Actor in a Supporting Role
*"'Alan Arkin — Little Miss Sunshine
*James McAvoy — The Last King of Scotland
*Jack Nicholson — The Departed
*Leslie Phillips — Venus
*Michael Sheen — The Queen

Actress in a Supporting Role
*Emily Blunt — The Devil Wears Prada
*Abigail Breslin — Little Miss Sunshine
*Toni Collette — Little Miss Sunshine
*Frances de la Tour — The History Boys
*"'Jennifer Hudson — Dreamgirls

The Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music
*"'Babel — Gustavo Santaolalla
*Casino Royale — David Arnold
*Dreamgirls — Henry Krieger
*Happy Feet — John Powell
*The Queen — Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography
*Babel
*Casino Royale
*"'Children of Men
*Pan's Labyrinth
*United 93

Editing
*Babel
*Casino Royale
*The Departed
*The Queen
*"'United 93

Production Design
*Casino Royale
*"'Children of Men
*Marie Antoinette
*Pan's Labyrinth
*

Costume Design
*The Devil Wears Prada
*Marie Antoinette
*"'Pan's Labyrinth
*
*The Queen

Sound
*Babel
*"'Casino Royale
*Pan's Labyrinth
*
*United 93

Achievement in Special Visual Effects
*Casino Royale
*Children of Men
*Pan's Labyrinth
*"'
*Superman Returns

Makeup and Hair
*The Devil Wears Prada
*Marie Antoinette
*"'Pan's Labyrinth
*
*The Queen

Short Animated Film
*Dreams and Desires - Family Ties
*"'Guy 101
*Peter and the Wolf

Short Film
*Care
*Cubs
*"'Do Not Erase
*Hikikomori
*Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored

The Orange Rising Star Award
*Emily Blunt
*"'Eva Green
*Naomie Harris
*Cillian Murphy
*Ben Whishaw

Awards Breakdown

* 3 / 5 "The Last King of Scotland": Best Actor, Adapted Screenplay and British Film
* 3 / 8 "El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)": Best Costume Design, Foreign Language Film and Make Up & Hair
* 2 / 3 "Children of Men": Best Cinematography and Production Design
* 2 / 6 "United 93": Achievement in Direction, Editing
* 2 / 6 "Little Miss Sunshine": Best Original Screenplay and Supporting Actor
* 2 / 8 "The Queen": Best Actress and Film
* 1 / 1 "Red Road": Special Achievement by a British Director
* 1 / 2 "Happy Feet": Best Animated Feature
* 1 / 2 "Dreamgirls": Best Supporting Actress
* 1 / 5 "": Best Special Effects
* 1 / 7 "Babel": Best Film Music
* 1 / 9 "Casino Royale": Best Sound

External links

* [http://www.bafta.org/site/page287.html This year's nominees]