La Vie En Rose and Atonement dominate BAFTAs
Acclaimed French film La Vie en Rose [+see also:
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The film also won awards for Music (Christopher Gunning), Costume Design (awarded posthumously to Marit Allen) and Make Up & Hair (Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne).
British cinema too fared well at the awards with Atonement [+see also:
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Daniel Day Lewis won the Leading Actor award (There Will Be Blood) and Tilda Swinton Supporting Actress (Michael Clayton) while Spanish icon Javier Bardem won the Supporting Actor award (No Country for Old Men).
The Carl Foreman award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film went to Control [+see also:
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Anthony Hopkins was bestowed the Academy Fellowship and property master Barry Wilkinson won the Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema award.
Other non-British films to fare well were The Lives of Others [+see also:
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UK Film Council CEO John Woodward said: “I am delighted for Shane Meadows, one of our most talented filmmakers. His films touch the heart and soul of British people and their lives, and in telling their stories he makes a major contribution to British film culture.
“The success of Working Title, the filmmakers and talent behind Atonement, pays further tribute to Britain’s flourishing pool of film talent and shows the ambition of our filmmakers to create films which British audiences want to see and which also attract audiences worldwide.”
For the complete list of awards winner, please click here.
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