British Academy Film Awards 2006
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.
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
- 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
The Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Robert (Chuck) Finch and Billy Merrell