68th British Academy Film Awards

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68th British Academy Film Awards
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Date8 February 2015
Site Royal Opera House, London
Hosted by Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film Boyhood
Best British Film The Theory of Everything
Best Actor Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything
Best Actress Julianne Moore
Still Alice
Most awards The Grand Budapest Hotel (5)
Most nominations The Grand Budapest Hotel (11)

The 68th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 8 February 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2014. 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 2014. [1]

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The nominations were announced on 9 January 2015 by Stephen Fry and actor Sam Claflin. [2] [3] The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One and BBC Three. [1] It was hosted by Stephen Fry for the tenth time in the award's history. [4] The ceremony opened with a number "Stevie" by the British rock band Kasabian. [5]

Boyhood won three of its five nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Richard Linklater, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Patricia Arquette. [6] [7] Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Theory of Everything , Julianne Moore won Best Actress in a Leading Role for Still Alice , and J. K. Simmons won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Whiplash . [6] The Grand Budapest Hotel won five of its eleven nominations, the most of any film. Jack O'Connell won the Rising Star Award. [6] [8] The Theory of Everything, directed by James Marsh, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2014, while The Lego Movie won Best Animated Film and Citizenfour won Best Documentary. [6]

The telecast garnered more than 5.09 million viewers in UK, with the viewing figures slightly higher than previous year ceremony. [9]

Presenters

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards.

Name(s)Role
Reese Witherspoon Presenter of the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Winners and nominees

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Richard Linklater, Best Director winner
Eddie Redmayne, Best Actor winner Eddie Redmayne by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Eddie Redmayne, Best Actor winner
Julianne Moore, Best Actress winner Julianne Moore (15011443428).jpg
Julianne Moore, Best Actress winner
J. K. Simmons, Best Supporting Actor winner JK Simmons 2009.jpg
J. K. Simmons, Best Supporting Actor winner
Patricia Arquette, Best Supporting Actress winner Patricia Arquette 2015.jpg
Patricia Arquette, Best Supporting Actress winner
Wes Anderson, Best Original Screenplay co-winner Wes Anderson-20140206-85.jpg
Wes Anderson, Best Original Screenplay co-winner
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Jack O'Connell, EE Rising Star Award winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
11 The Grand Budapest Hotel
10 Birdman
The Theory of Everything
9 The Imitation Game
5 Boyhood
Whiplash
4 Interstellar
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler
3 Pride
2 '71
American Sniper
Big Eyes
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
Guardians of the Galaxy
Ida
Into the Woods
Paddington
Under the Skin
Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
5 The Grand Budapest Hotel
3 Boyhood
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

In Memoriam

See also

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