59th British Academy Film Awards

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59th British Academy Film Awards
Date19 February 2006
Site Odeon Leicester Square, London
Hosted by Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film Brokeback Mountain
Best British Film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman
Capote
Best Actress Reese Witherspoon
Walk the Line
Most awards Brokeback Mountain (4)
Most nominations The Constant Gardener (10)

The 59th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 February 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2005. 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 2005.

Contents

Brokeback Mountain won Best Film, Best Director for Ang Lee, Best Supporting Actor for Jake Gyllenhaal, and Best Adapted Screenplay. [1] [2] [3] Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for Walk the Line . The Constant Gardener received the most nominations with 10; [4] [5] [6] the film only received one award: Best Editing for Claire Simpson. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit , directed by Nick Park and Steve Box, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2005.

Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the fifth consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

Ang Lee, Best Director winner Ang Lee - 66eme Festival de Venise (Mostra).jpg
Ang Lee, Best Director winner
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Actor winner Philip Seymour Hoffman 2011.jpg
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Actor winner
Reese Witherspoon, Best Actress winner Reese Witherspoon at TIFF 2014.jpg
Reese Witherspoon, Best Actress winner
Jake Gyllenhaal, Best Supporting Actor winner Jake Gyllenhaal (22373266462) (cropped).jpg
Jake Gyllenhaal, Best Supporting Actor winner
Thandiwe Newton, Best Supporting Actress winner Thandie Newton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Thandiwe Newton, Best Supporting Actress winner
Paul Haggis, Best Original Screenplay co-winner Paul Haggis, Canadian Film Centre, 2013-cropped.jpg
Paul Haggis, Best Original Screenplay co-winner
James McAvoy, Orange Rising Star Award winner James McAvoy Cannes 2014.jpg
James McAvoy, Orange Rising Star Award winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  1. Credited as Thandie Newton

Statistics

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