British Academy Film Awards 2006

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The 59th British Academy Film Awards were presented in London on February 19, 2006. As in previous years, the presentation was hosted by actor and presenter Stephen Fry . The winner was the film Brokeback Mountain with a total of four prizes, including Best Film and Best Director . Philip Seymour Hoffman ( Capote ) and Reese Witherspoon ( Walk the Line ) won the leading actor categories .

When the nominations for the 59th BAFTA Awards were announced on January 19, 2006 , the German - British co-production Der Ewige Gärtner was the favorite for the most important British film award with ten nominations. The American productions Brokeback Mountain and LA Crash with nine nominations each were major competitors for the film adaptation of Fernando Meirelles . The former had already won the 2006 Golden Globe Awards against The Eternal Gardener . George Clooney received two nominations for best supporting actor for his work in the political thrillers Good Night, and Good Luck. and Syriana . In the Best Non-English Language Film category, the French film The Wilde Beat of My Heart prevailed against the Franco-German coproduction Merry Christmas and the South African film Tsotsi , which later won an Oscar . The American Felicity Huffman , who was awarded the Golden Globe for best drama actress for her portrait of a transsexual woman in Transamerica this year, was not considered due to the late British theatrical release of her film in March 2006.

Mainstream productions like King Kong , The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory only received nominations in minor categories.

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
The eternal gardener 10 1
Brokeback Mountain 9 4th
LA crash 9 2
The geisha 6th 3
Good Night, and Good Luck. 6th 0
Capote 5 1
Pride and Prejudice 5 1
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 4th 0
The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia 4th 2
Lady Henderson Presents 4th 0
Walk the line 4th 2
Batman Begins 3 0
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 3 1
King Kong 3 1
The journey of the penguins 2 0
festival 2 0
Cold land 2 0
Tsotsi 2 0

Award winners and nominees

Best movie

Brokeback Mountain - Director: Ang Lee

Capote - Directed by Bennett Miller
Der Ewige Gärtner (The Constant Gardener) - Director: Fernando Meirelles
Good Night, and Good Luck. - Directed by George Clooney
LA Crash (Crash) - Director: Paul Haggis

Best British Film

Wallace & Gromit - On the Hunt for the Giant Rabbit (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) - Directed by Steve Box , Nick Park

A Cock and Bull Story - Director: Michael Winterbottom
Der Ewige Gärtner (The Constant Gardener) - Director: Fernando Meirelles
Festival - Director: Murray Lerner
Pride and Prejudice (Pride & Prejudice) - Director: Joe Wright

Best director

Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Paul Haggis - LA Crash (Crash)
Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
Bennett Miller - Capote

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquín Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best main actress

Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Judi Dench - Lady Henderson Presents (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Charlize Theron - Cold Land (North Country)
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
Zhang Ziyi - The Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Best supporting actor

Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain

Don Cheadle - LA Crash (Crash)
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
George Clooney - Syriana
Matt Dillon - LA Crash (Crash)

The best supporting actress

Thandie Newton - LA Crash (Crash)

Brenda Blethyn - Pride and Prejudice (Pride & Prejudice)
Catherine Keener - Capote
Frances McDormand - Cold Land (North Country)
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Adapted script

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain

Jeffrey Caine - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
Dan Futterman - Capote
Deborah Moggach - Pride and Prejudice (Pride & Prejudice)
Josh Olson - A History of Violence

Original script

Paul Haggis , Bobby Moresco - LA Crash (Crash)

George Clooney , Grant Heslov - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Terry George , Keir Pearson - Hotel Rwanda (Hotel Rwanda)
Akiva Goldsman , Cliff Hollingsworth - The Comeback (Cinderella Man)
Martin Sherman - Lady Henderson Presents (Mrs. Henderson Presents)

Best camera

Dion Beebe - Die Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Laurent Chalet , Jerôme Maison - March of the Penguins (March of the Penguins)
César Charlone - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
J. Michael Muro - LA Crash (Crash)
Rodrigo Prieto - Brokeback Mountain

Best production design

Stuart Craig - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Nathan Crowley - Batman Begins
Alex McDowell - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grant Major - King Kong
John Myhre - Die Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Best costume design

Colleen Atwood - The Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Jacqueline Durran - Pride and Prejudice (Pride & Prejudice)
Isis Mussenden - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
Gabriella Pescucci - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sandy Powell - Lady Henderson Presents (Mrs. Henderson Presents)

Best mask

Howard Berger , Nikki Gooley , Gregory Nicotero - Die Chronicles von Narnia: Der König von Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)

Kate Biscoe , Lyndell Quiyou , Kelvin R. Trahan , Noriko Watanabe - Die Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)
Nick Dudman , Eithne Fennel , Amanda Knight - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
Fae Hammond - Pride and Prejudice (Pride & Prejudice)
Peter Owen , Ivana Primorac - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Best film score

John Williams - The Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)

T-Bone Burnett - Walk the Line
George Fenton - Lady Henderson Presents (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Alberto Iglesias - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain

Best tone

Doug Hemphill , Peter F. Kurland , Paul Massey , Donald Sylvester - Walk the Line

Christopher Boyes , Mike Hopkins , Hammond Peek , Ethan Van der Ryn - King Kong
David Evans , Stefan Henrix , Peter Lindsa - Batman Begins
Marc Fishman , Sandy Gendler , Adam Jenkins , Richard Van Dyke - LA Crash (Crash)
Mike Prestwood , Joakim Sundström , Smith Sven Taits , Stuart Wilson - Der Ewige Gärtner (The Constant Gardener)

Best cut

Claire Simpson - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)

Sabine Emiliani - The Journey of the Penguins (March of the Penguins)
Stephen Mirrione - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Geraldine Peroni , Dylan Tichenor - Brokeback Mountain
Hughes Winborne - LA Crash (Crash)

Best visual effects

Joe Letteri , Christian Rivers , Richard Taylor , Brian Van't Hul - King Kong

Tim Alexander , Jim Mitchell , John Richardson , Tim Webber - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
Jim Berney , Scott Farrar , Bill Westenhofer , Dean Wright - Die Chronicles von Narnia: Der König von Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
Chris Corbould , Paul J. Franklin , Dan Glass , Janek Sirrs - Batman Begins
Nick Davis , Chas Jarrett , Jon Thum , Joss Williams - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Best animated short film

Szutuka spadania - Tomasz Bagiński , Jarek Sawko , Piotr Sikora

Film Noir - Osbert Parker
Kamiya tsûshin - Sumito Sakakibara
Rabbit - Run Wrake
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello - Anthony Lucas , Julia Lucas , Mark Shirrefs

Best short film

Antonio's Breakfast - Daniel Mulloy , Howard Stogdon , Amber Templemore-Finlayson

Call Register - Kit Hawkins , Ed Roe , Adam Tudhope
Heavy metal drummers - Amanda Boyle , Toby MacDonald , Luke Morris
Heydar, An Afghan in Tehran - Homayoun Assadian , Babak Jalali
Lucky - Bex Hopkins , Avie Luthra

Best Non-English Language Film

The wild beat of my heart (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté) , France - Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard

The great journey (Le grand voyage) , Bulgaria / France / Morocco / Turkey - Humbert Balsan and Ismaël Ferroukhi
Kung Fu Hustle (功夫, Gong fu) , People's Republic of China - Stephen Chow , Po Chu Chui and Jeffrey Lau
Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel) , France - Christian Carion and Christophe Rossignon
Tsotsi , South Africa - Peter Fudakowski and Gavin Hood

Best young talent

Joe Wright (Director) - Pride and Prejudice (Pride & Prejudice)

David Belton (producer) - Shooting Dogs
Peter Fudakowski (producer) - Tsotsi
Annie Griffin (Director / Screenplay) - Festival
Richard Hawkins (Director) - Everything

Academy Fellowship

David Puttnam

The Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Robert (Chuck) Finch and Billy Merrell

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