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?
Robert Pattinson has become Britain's biggest star of late with 'Twilight' a huge hit, and 'New Moon' set to be even bigger.
Comment on this article
Please sign in to add your comments.
User comments
What the hell does "4" mean womanofgenius??? are you advertising you IQ or are you trying to impress me to get me to go on a date with you??
Posted by: ajcallan on Sun Feb 08 11:02PM | Report abuseSlumdog deserved all it won; over rated it was not. Would be interesting to see it rated at Oscars.
Posted by: jeet_ndra on Sun Feb 08 11:04PM | Report abuseHow could Slumdog Millionaire be the best movie overall, but only second best British movie? Ted Millichap
Posted by: tedmill on Sun Feb 08 11:08PM | Report abuseThere u go 'slum dog' go for 'millions'. go for a hidden reality. I am sure there is no cherity working for those poor @#$%.
Posted by: rikesh_gurjar on Sun Feb 08 11:12PM | Report abuseNice one Kate
Posted by: billblue1958 on Sun Feb 08 11:13PM | Report abusedo we not think its a shame that our society aplauds the big money blockbusters and forgets the smaller imdependant and art house films. Does a film require a huge budget in order to be succcessful?
Posted by: hi_imjamie on Sun Feb 08 11:14PM | Report abuseIt's all capitalist trash!
Posted by: chekawa on Sun Feb 08 11:14PM | Report abusebecause its competiting with different movies in both categories-thats probably why it wasnt best british film, not that it deserved to be anyway.
Posted by: maglala on Sun Feb 08 11:14PM | Report abusethered be no point of a best british award if the winner for the best film award was automatically chosen as best british film.
Posted by: maglala on Sun Feb 08 11:16PM | Report abuseCongratulations to the late Heath Ledger. A very proud moment for his family. Lets hope this is followed up with an Oscar !
Posted by: warrenbarrie on Sun Feb 08 11:16PM | Report abuse