Movies Blog

BAFTA Awards - 2009 Winners!

Sun Feb 08 09:20PM by Movies Editor

Recent articles

With 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' scooping the most nominations, it was always going to be an exciting battle to see who would take home the most BAFTA masks. Add into the mix a host of A-list actors who walked the red carpet either to present an award or hoping to receive one, it really was an exciting night.The late Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'The Dark Knight'.

Take a look at the winning films and actors below:

 

Best Film: 'Slumdog Millionaire'

Also nominated: 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'Frost/Nixon', 'Milk', 'The Reader'

 

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke

Also nominated: Frank Langella, Dev Patel, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt

 

Best Actress: Kate Winslet ('The Reader')

Also nominated: Angelina Jolie, Kristen Scott Thomas, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet ('Revolutionary Road')

 

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger

Also nominated: Robert Downey Jr, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brad Pitt

 

Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz

Also nominated: Amy Adams, Freida Pinto, Tilda Swinton, Marisa Tomei

 

Best British Film: Man on Wire

Also nominated: Hunger, Slumdog Millionaire, Mamma Mia!, In Bruges

 

Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Also nominated: Clint Eastwood (Changeling), David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Stephen Daldry (The Reader)

 

Best Animation: WALL-E

Also nominated: Presepolis, Waltz With Bashir

 

See our gallery of the stars on the red carpet

 

Do you think the best film and actors won?

Comment on this article

Please to add your comments.

User comments

  • (101)

    CLINT EASTWOOD SHORD OF WON

    Posted by: gazfilms on Sun Feb 08 11:34PM | Report abuse
  • (102)

    i thimk the best films and actors/actresses won..... the most deserving in my opinion was heath leger.....

    Posted by: biggie1969 on Sun Feb 08 11:34PM | Report abuse
  • (103)

    very predictable. all rubbish. slumdog over rated and heath ledger was only ever ok in batman. long boring film. dont believe the hype

    Posted by: ednorgrove on Sun Feb 08 11:36PM | Report abuse
  • (104)

    8

    Posted by: michellelawlor79 on Sun Feb 08 11:37PM | Report abuse
  • (105)

    slumdog is @#$% theres better out there who votes for these films

    Posted by: wood774 on Sun Feb 08 11:38PM | Report abuse
  • (106)

    Kate Winslet for the Reader???em..eh...movie was made up of 2 naked people standing,2 naked people in bed, 2 naked people having sex or, u guessed it, 2 naked people in a bath!...i must of missed the acting bit!

    Posted by: michellelawlor79 on Sun Feb 08 11:40PM | Report abuse
  • (107)

    GOOD LUCK SLUMDOG AT THE OSCAS CANT SEE HAPPEN BUT GOOD LOOK

    Posted by: martinbrady14 on Sun Feb 08 11:40PM | Report abuse
  • (108)

    how can slumdog win best film but not best british film

    Posted by: willallen91 on Sun Feb 08 11:43PM | Report abuse
  • (109)

    Slum Dog justified winner of best film and best director. Brilliant filming, content and storyline. The acting was superb, especially the kids! out of some 30 films I have seen at the cinema during the past 3 years, this one was the best by a long way!

    Posted by: smuggler43 on Sun Feb 08 11:47PM | Report abuse
  • (110)

    slumdog in da hood man

    Posted by: kevinthompson188 on Sun Feb 08 11:47PM | Report abuse