'The King's Speech' heard loud and clear at BAFTAs

The BAFTAs have concluded on the other side of the pond and The King's Speech clearly had home field advantage taking home seven awards including acting awards for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. The film also won Best Film and Outstanding British Film awards along with Original Screenplay and Original Music.

David Fincher took home the Best Director prize for The Social Network. It also garnished wins for Editing and Screenplay. Another big winner was Inception for the technical awards - Sound, Visual Effects and Production Design - and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo won in the 'most obvious category in the world and we still need to spell it out for you' category, best Film Not in the English Language

Full list of winners after the break...
2011 BAFTA WINNERS
 
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
 
SHORT FILM
Until The River Runs Red, Paul Wright, Paul Kondeatis
 
SHORT ANIMATION
The Eagleman Stag, Michael Please
 
SOUND
Inception, Lee Smith
 
EDITING
The Social Network, Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
 
MAKE-UP AND HAIR
Alice In Wonderland, Vali O'Reilly, Paul Gooch
 
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
 
COSTUME DESIGN
Alice In Wonderland, Coleen Attwood
 
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
 
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception, Chris Courbold, Paul Franklin
 
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
 
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
The King's Speech
 
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King's Speech
 
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION
The Harry Potter franchise
 
ANIMATED FILM
Toy Story 3
 
ORANGE WEDNESDAY'S RISING STAR
Tom Hardy
 
SCREENPLAY
The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
 
CINEMATOGRAPHY
True Grit
 
DIRECTOR
David Fincher, The Social Network
 
ACTRESS
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
 
ACTOR
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
 
BEST FILM
The King's Speech
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