Underdog British movie "Slumdog Millionaire" walked home with seven BAFTAs from last night's awards' ceremony in Covent Garden.
The movie, which follows an orphan from Mumbai making it to the final of Who Want's To Be A Millionaire and the chance of winning £20 million rupees, won the top prize as Best Film, as well as a second BAFTA for director Danny Boyle, after 1995's "Shallow Grave".
The film also picked up awards for Adapted Screenplay, Music, Editing, Sound and Cinematography.
The other film to win big on the night was David Fincher's latest, the dark romance "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button".
The film scooped three awards for Make-up And Hair, Special Visual Effects and Production Design, but lost out in the main categories.
One time wildman Mickey Rourke continued his rehabliatation by beating Brad Pitt to take the BAFTA for Best Actor for his performance in "The Wrestler", while Kate Winslet won Best Actress for her portrayal of a former Nazi camp guard in "The Reader".
The late Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for his disturbing turn as The Joker in "The Dark Knight", while Penelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for her crazy performance as Maria Elena in Woody Allen's Spanish romance, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona".
Other awards at the star-studded Royal Opera House included "Man On Wire" for Best British Film, "In Bruges" for Best Original Screenplay, "I've Loved You So Long" for Best Film not in the English Language, "Wall-e" for Best Animated Film, and "Wallace And Gromit - A Matter Of Loaf And Death" for Short Animation.
"The Duchess" picked up Best Costume Design, while Steve McQueen won The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement on their first feature film for "Hunger", and Noel Clarke of "Adulthood" fame walked off with The Orange Rising Star Award, as voted for by the public.
The final award of the night, the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship, went to former Python Terry Gilliam, the man behind such fantastical films as "The Fisher King", "Monty Python And The Holy Grail", "Time Bandits", "Brazil", "Twelve Monkeys" and the upcoming "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus".