BAFTA

Names of the 2010 BAFTA award winners were announced at the official awards ceremony aired on BBC1 on 21 Feb 2010 from the Royal Opera House in London. The list of the winners in different categories is as follows-

BEST FILM: The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: Fish Tank

BEST DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Up In the Air – Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: A Prophet

ANIMATED FILM: Up

LEADING ACTOR: Colin Firth for A Single Man

LEADING ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan for An Education

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'nique for Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire

MUSIC: Michael Giacchino for UP

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker

EDITING: Bob Murawski, Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair for Avatar

COSTUME DESIGN: Sandy Powell for The Young Victoria

SOUND: Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer for The Hurt Locker

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones for Avatar

MAKEUP & HAIR: Jenny Shircore for The Young Victoria

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD: Kristen Stewart

BAFTA stands for The British Academy of Film and Television Arts. BAFTA was founded in 1947 as the British Film Academy. The Academy merged with the Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form the Society of Film and Television in 1958 and went on to become the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1976. BAFTA is an independent charity that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.