British Academy Film Awards 2005

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The 58th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place on February 12, 2005 at Odeon Leicester Square , London . The film prizes of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were awarded in 21 categories, plus three categories of honorary awards, including for the last time a film was awarded the audience award. The event was hosted by British actor and presenter Stephen Fry , who took on this role for the fifth year in a row.

Odeon Leicester Square, the venue
Stephen Fry, the host of the event

Award winners and nominations

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Aviator 14th 4th
Vera Drake 11 3
when dreams learn to fly 11 0
House of Flying Daggers 9 0
Young Che's journey 7th 2
Collateral 6th 1
Forget Me Not! 6th 2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 4th 0
Ray 4th 2
Up close 3 1
The children of Monsieur Mathieu 3 0
Shaun of the Dead 2 0
Spider-Man 2 2 0

With 14 nominations, Martin Scorsese's Aviator was considered a big favorite in the run-up to the competition and ultimately won most of the evening's awards with four BAFTAs. The film Vera Drake was also able to live up to its role as a favorite with three prizes and eleven nominations. The big losers of the award, however, were Wenn dreams learn to fly and House of Flying Daggers , who received nine and seven nominations respectively.

Best movie

Aviator (The Aviator) - Director: Martin Scorsese

The Journey of Young Che (Diarios de motocicleta) - Director: Walter Salles
Vera Drake - Director: Mike Leigh
Forget Me Not! (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) - Director: Michel Gondry
When dreams learn to fly (Finding Neverland) - Director: Marc Forster

Best British Film

My Summer of Love - Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

Blood feud - Dead Man's Shoes (Dead Man's Shoes) - Director: Shane Meadows
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Shaun of the Dead - Director: Edgar Wright
Vera Drake - Director: Mike Leigh

Best director

Mike Leigh - Vera Drake

Marc Forster - When dreams learn to fly (Finding Neverland)
Michel Gondry - Don't Forget Mine! (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Michael Mann - Collateral
Martin Scorsese - Aviator (The Aviator)

Best Actor

Jamie Foxx - Ray

Gael García Bernal - The Journey of Young Che (Diarios de motocicleta)
Jim Carrey - Forget Mine Don't! (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Johnny Depp - When Dreams Learn To Fly (Finding Neverland)
Leonardo DiCaprio - Aviator (The Aviator)

Best main actress

Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

Charlize Theron - monsters
Kate Winslet - Forget Mine Don't! (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Kate Winslet - When Dreams Learn To Fly (Finding Neverland)
Zhang Ziyi - House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏)

Best supporting actor

Clive Owen - Up Close (Closer)

Alan Alda - Aviator (The Aviator)
Phil Davis - Vera Drake
Rodrigo de la Serna - The Journey of Young Che (Diarios de motocicleta)
Jamie Foxx - Collateral

The best supporting actress

Cate Blanchett - Aviator (The Aviator)

Julie Christie - When Dreams Learn To Fly (Finding Neverland)
Heather Craney - Vera Drake
Natalie Portman - Up Close (Closer)
Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate (The Manchurian Candidate)

Best adapted script

Alexander Payne , Jim Taylor - Sideways

Christophe Barratier , Philippe Lopes-Curval - The children of Monsieur Mathieu (Les choristes)
David Magee - When Dreams Learn To Fly (Finding Neverland)
Patrick Marber - Up Close (Closer)
José Rivera - The Journey of Young Che (Diarios de motocicleta)

Best original script

Charlie Kaufman - Don't Forget Mine! (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

Stuart Beattie - Collateral
Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
John Logan - Aviator (The Aviator)
James L. White - Ray

Best camera

Dion Beebe , Paul Cameron - Collateral

Éric Gautier - The Journey of Young Che (Diarios de motocicleta)
Robert Richardson - Aviator (The Aviator)
Roberto Schaefer - When dreams learn to fly (Finding Neverland)
Zhao Xiaoding - House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏)

Best production design

Dante Ferretti - Aviator (The Aviator)

Stuart Craig - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Gemma Jackson - When Dreams Learn To Fly (Finding Neverland)
Tingxiao Huo - House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏)
Eve Stewart - Vera Drake

Best costumes

Jacqueline Durran - Vera Drake

Alexandra Byrne - When Dreams Learn To Fly (Finding Neverland)
Sandy Powell - Aviator (The Aviator)
Sammy Sheldon - The Merchant of Venice (The Merchant of Venice)
Emi Wada - House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏)

Best mask

Kathryn Blondell , Siân Grigg , Morag Ross - Aviator (The Aviator)

Christine Blundell - When Dreams Learn To Fly (Finding Neverland)
Christine Blundell - Vera Drake
Siu-Mui Chau , Lee-na Kwan , Xiaohai Yang - House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏)
Nick Dudman , Eithne Fennel , Amanda Knight - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

Best film score

Gustavo Santaolalla - The Journey of Young Che (Diarios de motocicleta)

Craig Armstrong - Ray
Bruno Coulais - The Children of Monsieur Mathieu (Les choristes)
Jan AP Kaczmarek - When dreams learn to fly (Finding Neverland)
Howard Shore - Aviator (The Aviator)

Best cut

Valdís Óskarsdóttir - Don't forget mine! (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

Long Cheng - House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏)
Jim Clark - Vera Drake
Jim Miller , Paul Rubell - Collateral
Thelma Schoonmaker - Aviator (The Aviator)

Best tone

Karen M. Baker , Bob Beemer , Steve Cantamessa , Per Hallberg , Scott Millan , Greg Orloff - Ray

Tom Fleischman , Eugene Gearty , Petur Hliddal , Philip Stockton - Aviator (The Aviator)
Jeffrey J. Haboush , Kevin O'Connell , Paul NJ Ottosson , Greg P. Russell - Spider-Man 2
Elliott Koretz , Michael Minkler , Myron Nettinga , Lee Orloff - Collateral
Roger Savage , Jing Tao - House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏)

Best visual effects

Remo Balcells , Neil Corbould , Karen E. Goulekas , Greg Strause - The Day After Tomorrow

Andy Brown , Luke Hetherington , Angie Lam , Kirsty Millar - House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏)
Tim Burke , Bill George , Roger Guyett , Karl Mooney , John Richardson - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
John Dykstra , John Frazier , Anthony LaMolinara , Scott Stokdyk - Spider-Man 2
Matthew Gratzner , Robert Legato , R. Bruce Steinheimer , Peter G. Travers - Aviator (The Aviator)

Best animated short film

Birthday Boy - Andrew Gregory , Sejong Park

City Paradise - Erika Forzy , Gaëlle Denis
Heavy Pockets - Sarah Cox , Jane Robertson
His Passionate Bride - Sylvie Bringas , Monika Forsberg
Little Things - Daniel Greaves

Best short film

The Banker - Kelly Broad , Hattie Dalton

Can't Stop Breathing - Ravinder Basra , Amy Neil
Elephant Boy - René Mohandas , Durdana Shaikh
Knitting A Love Song - Debbie Ballin , Annie Watson
Six Shooter - Mia Bays, Kenton Allen, Martin McDonagh

Best Non-English Language Film

The journey of young Che (Diarios de motocicleta) , Argentina / USA / Chile / Peru / Brazil / Great Britain / Germany / France - Michael Nozik , Walter Salles , Edgard Tenenbaum and Karen Tenkhoff

The children of Monsieur Mathieu (Les choristes) , France - Christophe Barratier , Arthur Cohn , Nicolas Mauvernay and Jacques Perrin
House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏) , Hong Kong - William Kong and Zhang Yimou
La mala educación - Bad education (La mala educación) , Spain - Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar
Mathilde - A great love (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) , France - Francis Boespflug and Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Best young talent (Carl Foreman Award)

Amma Asante - A Way of Life

Shona Auerbach - Dear Frankie (Dear Frankie)
Andrea Gibb - AfterLife
Nira Park - Shaun of the Dead
Matthew Vaughn - Layer Cake

Prizes of honor

Academy Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Audience award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Not including the audience award that the film won.