British Academy Film Awards 2009

Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) , 2008

Best Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader) , 2007

Posthumously honored as best supporting actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) , 2006

Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) , 2008

The 62nd British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place on February 8, 2009 at the Royal Opera House , London . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards were presented in 23 categories. The event was hosted for the third time by the British presenter and film critic Jonathan Ross .

The nominations were announced on January 15, 2009, the nominees for the Orange Rising Star Award and the nominations for the best non-English language film were published in advance.

As expected, most of the nominations had received the American literary film The Strange Case of Benjamin Button and the British film Slumdog Millionaire , both of which had eleven nominations. At the awards ceremony, Slumdog Millionär prevailed as the most successful film , receiving seven awards, including those in the categories of best film, director and screenplay. In the current film awards season, Danny Boyle's drama has already won numerous awards, including four Golden Globe Awards . The documentary Man on Wire prevailed as the best British film of the year . The strange case of Benjamin Button was only successful in technical categories with three prizes.

Germany was represented in the category Best Non-English Language Film with the RAF drama The Baader Meinhof Complex , but it was neglected compared to the French drama So Many Years I Love You . Pixar's WALL · E - The Last Cleansing Up the Earth , which was nominated six times for an Oscar , was honored as best animated feature film . In the actor categories, the actors favored for the Oscar also prevailed. Mickey Rourke ( The Wrestler ) and Kate Winslet ( The Reader ) were honored as best leading actors , who had also been considered in the same category for their portrayal in times of turmoil . Heath Ledger posthumously received the award for best supporting actor for his performance as Joker in the Batman film adaptation The Dark Knight , while the Spanish Penélope Cruz won the British film award for her supporting role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona .

Mike Leigh's comedy Happy-Go-Lucky , which won lead actress Sally Hawkins the Golden Globe Award for best comedy actress , had been completely ignored . When the nominations on the so-called "longlist" were announced, Leigh's comedy was only considered in three categories.

The film director Terry Gilliam was awarded the BAFTA Academy Fellowship . With Gilliam, one of the “most original, inventive and innovative directors” of the present will be honored, according to the judgment.

Winners and nominees

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie	N	A.
The strange case of Benjamin Button	11	3
Slumdog millionaire	11	7th
The Dark Knight	9	1
The foreign son	8th	0
Frost / Nixon	6th	0
The Reader	5	1
See Bruges ... and die?	4th	1
Milk	4th	0
Times of turmoil	4th	0
Burn After Reading - Who Is Burning Their Fingers Here?	3	0
Question of faith	3	0
Mamma Mia!	3	0
I love you for so many years	3	1
WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth	3	1
The Duchess	2	1
hunger	2	1
James Bond 007 - Quantum of Solace	2	0
Man on Wire	2	1
Persepolis	2	0
The wrestler	2	1
Waltz with Bashir	2	0