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63rd British Academy Film Awards

2010 film award ceremony


2010 film award ceremony

FieldValue
number63
awardBritish Academy Film Awards
date21 February 2010
siteRoyal Opera House, London
hostJonathan Ross
best_film***The Hurt Locker***
best_british***Fish Tank***
best_actor**Colin Firth**
best_actor_film*A Single Man*
best_actress**Carey Mulligan**
best_actress_film*An Education*
most_wins***The Hurt Locker*** (6)
most_nominations***Avatar*, *An Education* and *The Hurt Locker*** (8)
last62nd
next64th

The 63rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 21 February 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2009. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2009.

The nominees were announced on 21 January 2010. Three films received the most nominations in eight categories; Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker. District 9 followed with seven. The Hurt Locker took home the most awards with six. This year marked the first year of the new Academy President, William, Prince of Wales, who presented the BAFTA Fellowship award to Vanessa Redgrave, alongside Uma Thurman.

Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the fourth consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Main article: BAFTA Fellowship

  • Vanessa Redgrave

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

  • Joe Dunton

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

NominationsFilm
8*Avatar*
*An Education*
*The Hurt Locker*
7*District 9*
6*Inglourious Basterds*
*Up in the Air*
4*Coco Before Chanel*
*Nowhere Boy*
*Precious*
*Up*
2*Crazy Heart*
*Fantastic Mr. Fox*
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*
*The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus*
*In the Loop*
*The Lovely Bones*
*Moon*
*Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll*
*A Single Man*
*Star Trek*
*The Young Victoria*
AwardsFilm
6*The Hurt Locker*
2*Avatar*
*Up*
*The Young Victoria*

References

References

  1. "British Academy Film Awards in 2010 – Long List". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  2. (21 January 2010). "Bafta nominations list 2010". [[The Guardian]].
  3. "2010 BAFTA nominees and winners". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  4. (21 February 2010). "Film Awards in 2010: Winners Announced". [[BAFTA]].
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