Bafta's Split Between Vera Drake and The Aviator

Mike Leigh won the award for best director for 'Vera Drake'

However, it was not a clean sweep for the Oscar favourite with Brit film "Vera Drake" taking away three prizes and "Ray," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "The Motorcycle Diaries" winning two BAFTAs each."The Aviator" received Awards in the categories Film , Actress in a Supporting Role for Cate Blanchett , Make-Up & Hair and Production Design . Mike Leigh won the David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction and Imelda Staunton won Actress in a Leading Role for "Vera Drake." The film also won for Costume Design . Jamie Foxx won the Award for Actor in a Leading Role for "Ray" , and the film also won the Sound BAFTA. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" won BAFTAs for Original Screenplay and Editing . "The Motorcycle Diaries" won the Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music and Film Not in the English Language . The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year was given to "My Summer of Lov"e and Amma Asante won the Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British Director, Producer or Writer in their first feature film for "A Way of Life," which she wrote and directed.

'The Aviator' took best film

The Short Film BAFTA was won by "The Banke"r and "Birthday Boy" won the Award for Short Animation . The Orange Film of the Year, the only award presented at the ceremony that is voted for by members of the public, went to "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" . The composer John Barry was honoured with the Academy Fellowship. Awarded annually in the Gift of Council, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by The Academy. John has been BAFTA nominated on numerous occasions and won the Anthony Asquith BAFTA Award for "The Lion In Winter. " Angela Allen was this year’s recipient of the Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema . The Award has been given since 1978 in memory of one of the founder members of the British Academy. Angela has enjoyed an illustrious career as a script supervisor and worked with John Huston on many films, including "The African Queen," "The Misfits" and "Wise Blood." Since forming a highly successful working relationship with Franco Zeffirelli, her work has included "Tea with Mussolini" , "Jane Eyre" and the recent "Callas Forever" . The Awards were hosted for the fifth time by Stephen Fry and took place on Saturday 12th February at the Odeon, Leicester Square. They were produced by Initial (part of Endemol UK) and broadcast on BBC ONE the same evening.Full List of Winners:THE MICHAEL BALCON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Angela AllenFILMTHE AVIATOR – Michael Mann / Sandy Climan / Graham King / Charles Evans JrTHE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the outstanding British Film of the YearMY SUMMER OF LOVE – Tanya Seghatchian / Christopher Collins / Pawel PawlikowskiTHE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for special achievement by a British Director, Producer or Writer in their first feature filmAMMA ASANTE – Director/Writer (for A Way of Life)THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for achievement in DirectionVERA DRAKE – Mike LeighORIGINAL SCREENPLAYETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND – Charlie KaufmanADAPTED SCREENPLAYSIDEWAYS – Alexander Payne / Jim TaylorFILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGEDIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) – Michael Nozik / Edgard Tenembaum / Karen Tenkhoff / Walter SallesACTOR in a Leading roleJAMIE FOXX - RayACTRESS in a Leading roleIMELDA STAUNTON – Vera DrakeACTOR in a Supporting roleCLIVE OWEN – CloserACTRESS in a Supporting roleCATE BLANCHETT – The AviatorTHE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for achievement in Film MusicTHE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA) – Gustavo SantaolallaCINEMATOGRAPHYCOLLATERAL – Dion Beebe / Paul CameronEDITINGETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND – Valdís ÓskarsdóttirPRODUCTION DESIGNTHE AVIATOR – Dante FerrettiCOSTUME DESIGNVERA DRAKE – Jacqueline DurranSOUNDRAY - Steve Cantamessa / Scott Millan / Greg Orloff / Bob BeemerACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTSTHE DAY AFTER TOMORROW - Karen E Goulekas / Neil Corbould / Greg Strause / Remo BalcellsMAKE UP & HAIRTHE AVIATOR – Morag Ross / Kathryn Blondell / Siân Grigg SHORT ANIMATION FILM

BIRTHDAY BOY – Andrew Gregory / Sejong ParkSHORT FILMTHE BANKER – Kelly Broad / Hattie DaltonTHE ORANGE FILM OF THE YEAR – the only film voted for by members of the general public

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN