After starting out well in the Movie Awards Season by picking up 3 Golden Globes ‘BOYHOOD’ was on the fast track form some Oscar, but then it got derailed at the Guild Awards by ‘BIRDMAN’ who took all the top prizes. That is until last night at the 68th BAFTA Awards when BOYHOOD came out on top by winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress proving yet once again that the British Academy truly has a mind of it’s own. It doesn’t mean that Boyhood is now a shoo in for the BEST PICTURE OSCAR, but director Richard Linklater must be taking some comfort that for the past 6 years the BAFTA winner has also snared the big Hollywood Award too. In front of a star-studded audience in London’s Royal Opera House newly married STEPHEN FRY oversaw an evening that brought it’s share of surprises and some very well deserved winners. The unstoppable EDDIE REDMAYNE picked up yet another BEST ACTOR AWARD for his powerful performance in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, also named BEST BRITISH FILM, and this time Professor STEPHEN HAWKINS the man he portrayed was in the audience. Equally satisfying was JACK O’CONNELL’s RISING STAR AWARD after a rather sensational year starring in STARRED UP, “71, and Angelique Jolie’s UNBROKEN. The big winner of the night was Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL picking up 5 craft BAFTAS, and a delighted Laura Poitras picked up the BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD for her stunning movie CITIZENFOUR. We are also proud of the fact that the movie PRIDE, the true story of gay activists who stood shoulder to shoulder with Welsh miners during the strike of 1984/85 won a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Stephen Beresford accepting the award said that took him twenty years to persuade anyone the story’s elements, “were the ingredients for a sure fire comedy smash”. He added, “We do incredible things when we stand together – unite.” WINNERS Best film Boyhood Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland Best actress Julianne Moore Still Alice Best actor Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything Best director Richard Linklater Boyhood EE rising star award (voted for by the public) Jack O’Connell Best costume design The Grand Budapest Hotel Milena Canonero Best adapted screenplay The Theory of Everything Anthony McCarten Best film not in the English language Ida Paweł Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzięcioł, Ewa Puszczynska Best original screenplay The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer Stephen Beresford (writer), David Livingstone (producer) Pride Best cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki Birdman Best supporting actress Patricia Arquette Boyhood Best supporting actor JK Simmons Whiplash Best special visual effects Interstellar Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley Best animated film The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Best sound Whiplash Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann Best editing Whiplash Tom Cross Best short animation The Bigger Picture Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka Best short film Boogaloo and Graham Brian J Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney Best makeup and hair The Grand Budapest Hotel Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier Best production design The Grand Budapest Hotel Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock Best documentary Citizenfour Laura Poitras Best original music The Grand Budapest Hotel Alexandre Desplat Outstanding British film The Theory of Everything James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten Bafta Fellowship (announced earlier) Mike Leigh Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema (announced earlier) BBC Films by Roger Walker-Dack