The movie is honored with three awards at the event, including Best Director for Richard Linklater.
- Feb 9, 2015
AceShowbiz - "Boyhood" took home prestigious awards at the 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards on Sunday, February 8. At the ceremony which took place on London's Royal Opera House, it was revealed that "The Grand Budapest Hotel" took home five trophies in total, but missed out Best Film and Best Director awards to Richard Linklater's 12-year project.
Ethan Hawke collected the Best Director gong from Steve Carell on behalf of Linklater. "He was hijacked by the DGAs, and sat there losing, and is going to be frankly pissed off that he's not here tonight," Hawke said of the director's absence. "[Richard says] thank you to Ellar Coltrane and Lorelei Linklater... They went for this and there was nothing more fun in the world than to watch these kids grow up."
"Grand Budapest Hotel", which was up for 11 categories, was handed with trophies for original screenplay, costume design, production design, make-up & hair and original music. Ralph Fiennes received the original screenplay gong on behalf of Wes Anderson and shared a message from the director.
"I have a letter from Wes it goes like this: if Ralph Fiennes is reading this speech it must mean I have won a BAFTA for our screenplay in absentia. I was already unhappy to miss this event but now I'm really angry and resentful that I am not there, and I'm furious," the actor delivered the message.
"I blame the Directors' Guild of America, for requiring my presence in Los Angeles where most likely I have already failed to win a different prize. I extend my many thanks to the British Academy, of which I am a member in good standing and I look forward to very eagerly getting a hold of this award physically in my own hands as quickly as Fed-Ex can possibly deliver it to me."
Patricia Arquette who plays the mother in "Boyhood" won best supporting actress gong. "Thank you so much my incredible fellow nominees it's such an honour to be nominated with you," she said in her speech. Best actress award, meanwhile, was handed to Julianne Moore for her performance in "Still Alice".
Congratulations to @PattyArquette on her Supporting Actress award! #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/KcmqhaZtWl
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 8, 2015
Congratulations to Leading Actress winner @_juliannemoore! #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/f9VSitfaWP
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 8, 2015
And here's Eddie Redmayne with Stephen Hawking! #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/tU5XARRVDb
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 8, 2015
Gugu Mbatha-Raw & Martin Freeman are at hand to announce the cinematography award...#EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/jt7Mv06s8t
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 8, 2015
Not made of Lego bricks but still pretty great @chrizmillr #BAFTAs pic.twitter.com/KKxvoOrCZi
— philip lord (@philiplord) February 8, 2015
- Outstanding British Film: "The Theory of Everything"
- Best Film: "Boyhood"
- Documentary: "Citizenfour
- Best Animated Film: "The Lego Movie"
- Best Director: Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
- Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
- Leading Actress: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
- Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
- Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
- EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public): Jack O'Connell
Congratulations to all of tonight's winners! See the full list here: https://t.co/L743QUFaax #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/HP4N1k4apg
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 8, 2015