2011 BAFTA Award Winners

While the Americans were celebrating the world of music with the Grammy Awards, the United Kingdom was honouring the best in film with the BAFTA - British Academy of the Film and Television Arts - Awards. Presented from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in London the Orange British Academy Film Awards honours the best films aired in the United Kingdom over the last year.

In order to be eligible for a BAFTA Award nomination, the film must have aired across the United Kingdom in the previous year from January 1 to December 31.

Sir Paul McCartney presented the first award of the evening which was appropriately for the best original score.

Winners of the 2011 BAFTA Awards are...

Academy Fellowship: Sir Christopher Lee
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award: The Harry Potter film series
Best Feature Film: "The King's Speech"
Outstanding British Film: "The King's Speech"
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Director and writer Chris Morris for "Four Lions"
Best Director: David Fincher for "The Social Network"
Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler for "The King's Speech"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network"
Best Film Not in the English Language: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Best Animated Film: "Toy Story 3"
Best Leading Actor: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Best Leading Actress: Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"
Best Supporting Actress: Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech"
Best Original Music for a Feature Film: Alexandre Desplat for "The King's Speech"
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins for "True Grit"
Best Film Editing: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for "The Social Network"
Best Production Design: Gay Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat for "Inception"
Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood for "Alice in Wonderland"
Best Sound: Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rzzo, and Ed Novick for "Inception"
Best Special Visual Effects: Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb for "Inception"
Best Make Up and Hair: Valli O'Reilly and Paul Gooch for "Alice in Wonderland"
Best Short Animation Film: "The Eagleman Stag"
Best Short Film: "Until the River Runs Red"

Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award: Tom Hardy

The Rising Star Award winner is decided by the voting public.

Hardy first appeared on the screen in "Band of Brothers" by Steven Spielberg. He went on to appear in "Star Trek: Nemesis", "Black Hawk Down", "WArrior", "Bronson", "RocknRolla", and "Inception".