Oddly enough The Queen is getting no Best Picture love when it comes to Oscar talk yet it has managed to crack the box-office top ten over the past four weeks. However, this isn’t a trend that carried over to the Orange British Academy Film Awards as The Queen took top honors.
Other notable wins went to Paul Greengrass for director for United 93, Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland and of course Helen Mirren for Best Actress for The Queen, which is probably the only guaranteed lock for Oscar night even though Forest is pretty close for Best Actor among a few others.
The complete list of winners can be found below.
THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Anne V Coates
THE MICHAEL BALCON AWARD for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Nick Daubeny
FILM
The Queen – Andy Harries/Christine Langan/Tracey Seaward
THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
The Last King of Scotland – Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles Steel/Kevin Macdonald/Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
Andrea Arnold (Director) – Red Road
THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction
United 93 – Paul Greengrass
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Last King of Scotland – Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Pan’s Labyrinth – Alfonso Cuarón/Alvaro Augustin/Guillermo del Toro
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Happy Feet – George Miller
ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
Helen Mirren – The Queen
ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music
Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Children of Men – Emmanuel Lubezki
EDITING
United 93 – Clare Douglas/Christopher Rouse/Richard Pearson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Children of Men – Jim Clay/Geoffrey Kirkland/Jennifer Williams
COSTUME DESIGN
Pan’s Labyrinth – Lala Huete
SOUND
Casino Royale – Chris Munro/Eddy Joseph/Mike Prestwood Smith/Martin Cantwell/Mark Taylor
ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of ohe Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – John Knoll/Hal Hickel/Charles Gibson/Allen Hall
MAKE UP & HAIR
Pan’s Labyrinth – José Quetglas/Blanca Sà nchez
SHORT ANIMATION FILM
Guy 101 – Ian Gouldstone
SHORT FILM
Do Not Erase – Asitha Ameresekere
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Eva Green
