All eyes were on two rave of the moment actors to clinch awards in the the 2014 BAFTA Awards. Nigerian-British actor,Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong’o. While the former picked the Best Actor award for his role in the classic movie, ’12 years a slave, sadly, Lupita lost the Best Supporting Actress gong to Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle). 12 years a slave also won the Best picture category.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS!
(1) Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
(2) Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
(3) Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
(4) Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
(5) Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave
(6) Best British Film: Gravity
(7) Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
(8) Best Original Screenplay: American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)
(9) Best Adapted Screenplay: Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)
(10) Best Foreign: The Great Beauty Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
(11) Best Documentary: The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer)
(12) Best Animation: Frozen, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
13) Best Cinematography: Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
(14) Best Editing: Rush, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
(15) Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin
(16) Best Make Up and Hair: American Hustle, Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
(17) Best Sound: Gravity, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
(18) Best Original Music: Gravity, Steven Price
(19) Best Special Visual Effects: Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
(20) Best British Short Animation: Sleeping with the Fishes, James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa
(21) Best British Short Film: Room 8, James W. Griffiths & Sophie Venner
(22) Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Keiran Evans (Director/Writer), Kelly + Victor
(23) The EE Rising Star Award (voted for by public): Will Poulter