The British night of nights has ended with Brokeback Mountain securing 4 awards including Best Film. Jake Gyllenhaal also won for his Best Supporting actor role. The Constant Gardener which was garnered 10 nominations only secured one award . Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for his role in Capote while Reese Witherspoon took the highly contested Best Actress from Rachel Weisz for her role in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.

Ang Lee, winning the David Lean Award for achievement in direction said “When we started making the movie we thought it was going to be a small precious film, now it’s a big precious film. I’m not saying the British are smarter but I feel very committed to them.”

BAFTA 2006 AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Best film
Brokeback Mountain

Best British film
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit

Best actor in a leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Best actress in a leading role
Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line

Best actor in a supporting role
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain

Best actress in a supporting role
Thandie Newton - Crash

Original screenplay
Crash - Paul Haggis/Bobby Moresco

Adapted screenplay
Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry/Diana Ossana

The David Lean Award for achievement in direction
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

The Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British Director/Producer or Writer in their first feature film
Joe Wright (Director) - Pride & Prejudice

Best film not in the English language
De Battre Mon Coeur S’est Arrete

The Anthony Asquith Award for achievement in film music
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams

Cinematography
Memoirs of a Geisha

Editing
The Constant Gardener

Production design
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Costume design
Memoirs of a Geisha

Sound
Walk the Line

Achievement in special visual effects
King Kong

Make Up and Hair
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Short animation film
Fallen Art

Short Film
Antonio’s Breakfast

Academy Fellowship
David Puttnam

The Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Robert (Chuck) Finch and Bill Merrell

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