64th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)

The 64th British Academy Film Awards commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 13 February 2011 to acknowledge and honour the best national and foreign films of 2010. The King's Speech that earned the most nominations with fourteen swept the 64th BAFTA. King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper won seven awards, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film and Best Actor for Colin Firth.The King's Speech revolves around the story of King George VI of Britain, his reluctant ascent to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. Natalie Portman won the Best Actress award for Black Swan and David Fincher was named Best Director for The Social Network. Sir Christopher Lee was honoured with the Academy Fellowship at the 63rd BAFTA.

The list of winners in the different categories of the 64th British Academy Film Awards is as follows:

Best Film- The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper
Best Actor- Colin Firth for The King's Speech
Best Actress- Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Adapted Screenplay- Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
Best Animated Film-  Toy Story 3 by Lee Unkrich
Best Cinematography- Roger Deakins for True Grit
Best Costume Design- Colleen Atwood for Alice in Wonderland
Best Director- David Fincher for The Social Network
Best Editing- Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter for The Social Network
Best Film not in the English Language- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) from Seden/Denmark
Best Makeup and Hair- Valli O'Reilly and Paul Gooch for Alice in Wonderland
Best Music- Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech
Best Original Screenplay- David Seidler for The King's Speech
Best Production Design- Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat for Inception
Best Special Visual Effects- Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb for Inception
Best Short Animation- Michael Please for The Eagleman Stag
Best Short Film- Paul Wright and Poss Kondeatis - Until The River Runs Red
Best Sound- Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick for Inception
Best Supporting Actor- Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress- Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema- Harry Potter film series
The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)- Tom Hardy
Outstanding British Film- The King's Speech
Outstanding Debut by a British Director- Chris Morris (Director/Writer) - Four Lions

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) founded in 1947 is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation. In 1958, the Academy merged with the Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form the Society of Film and Television, which eventually became the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1976. BAFTA's annual film awards ceremony is known as the British Academy Film Awards honours the best work of any nationality seen on British cinema screens during the preceding year. Since 2008 the ceremony has been held at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden having taken place.