64th British Academy Film Awards

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64th British Academy Film Awards
Date13 February 2011
Site Royal Opera House, London
Hosted by Jonathan Ross
Highlights
Best Film The King's Speech
Best British Film The King's Speech
Best Actor Colin Firth
The King's Speech
Best Actress Natalie Portman
Black Swan
Most awards The King's Speech (7)
Most nominations The King's Speech (14)

The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 13 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2010.

Contents

The nominations were announced on 18 January 2011. [7] [8] [9] The King's Speech earned the most nominations with fourteen and won seven, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Actor for Colin Firth, Best Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush, Best Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter, and Best Original Screenplay for David Seidler. [1] Natalie Portman won Best Actress for Black Swan and David Fincher won Best Director for The Social Network . [1]

Winners and nominees

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David Fincher, Best Director winner
Colin Firth, Best Actor winner Colin Firth by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Colin Firth, Best Actor winner
Natalie Portman, Best Actress winner Natalie Portman Cannes 2015 5 (cropped).jpg
Natalie Portman, Best Actress winner
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Geoffrey Rush, Best Supporting Actor winner
Helena Bonham Carter, Best Supporting Actress winner Helena Bonham Carter filming (cropped).jpg
Helena Bonham Carter, Best Supporting Actress winner
Aaron Sorkin, Best Adapted Screenplay winner Aaron Sorkin at PaleyFest 2013.jpg
Aaron Sorkin, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
Tom Hardy, EE Orange Rising Star Award winner Tom Hardy by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Tom Hardy, EE Orange Rising Star Award winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Until the River Runs Red – Paul Wright and Poss Kondeatis
    • ConnectSamuel Abrahams and Beau Gordon
    • Lin – Piers Thompson and Simon Hessel
    • Rite – Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie and Paul Welsh
    • Turning – Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling and Kat Armour-Brown

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
14 The King's Speech
12 Black Swan
9 Inception
8 127 Hours
True Grit
6 The Social Network
5 Alice in Wonderland
4 The Kids Are All Right
Made in Dagenham
3 The Fighter
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Toy Story 3
2 Another Year
Biutiful
Four Lions
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
How to Train Your Dragon
Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
7 The King's Speech
3 Inception
The Social Network
2 Alice in Wonderland

In Memoriam

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