67th British Academy Film Awards
The 67th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 16 February 2014 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2013. The nominations were announced on 8 January 2014 by actor Luke Evans and actress Helen McCrory. 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 2013.
Gravity won six of its eleven nominations, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón, Outstanding British Film, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. 12 Years a Slave won Best Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Chiwetel Ejiofor. Cate Blanchett won Best Actress in a Leading Role for Blue Jasmine, Barkhad Abdi won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Captain Phillips, and Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for American Hustle.
The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One and BBC Three. It was hosted by Stephen Fry, the ninth time he's hosted the ceremony. The ceremony opened with a duet call "Heroes" from Tinie Tempah and singer Laura Mvula. Viewing figures were the lowest since 2010, with 4.73 million watching the ceremony.
Winners and nominees
[BAFTA Fellowship]
- Helen Mirren
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema">BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award">Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
- Peter Greenaway
| Best Film | Best Director |
12 Years a Slave – Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen | Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
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| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Best Actress in a Leading Role |
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
| Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
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| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
| Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld
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| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell – American Hustle Blue Jasmine | Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena
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| Best Cinematography | Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer |
| Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity 12 Years a Slave | Kieran Evans – Kelly + Victor
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| Outstanding British Film | Best Documentary |
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón
| The Act of Killing
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| Best Original Music | Best Sound |
Steven Price – Gravity
| Gravity
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| Best Production Design | Best Special Visual Effects |
| The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn | Gravity
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| Best Costume Design | Best Makeup and Hair |
The Great Gatsby
| American Hustle – Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell, Kathrine Gordon
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| Best Editing | Best Film Not in the English Language |
Rush
| The Great Beauty
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| Best Animated Film | Best Short Animation |
Frozen
| Sleeping with the Fishes
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| Best Short Film | EE Rising Star Award |
Room 8
| Will Poulter'''
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Awards breakdown
;Most wins- 6 wins Gravity
- 3 wins American Hustle
- 2 wins 12 Years a Slave and The Great Gatsby
- 11 nominations Gravity
- 10 nominations 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle
- 9 nominations Captain Phillips
- 5 nominations Behind the Candelabra and Saving Mr. Banks
- 4 nominations Philomena, Rush, and The Wolf of Wall Street
- 3 nominations Blue Jasmine, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Nebraska
- 2 nominations The Act of Killing, The Butler, and
In Memoriam
- Shirley Temple
- Joan Fontaine
- Elmore Leonard
- Saul Zaentz
- Julie Harris
- Ray Dolby
- Graham Stark
- Stephenie McMillan
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Eileen Brennan
- Ray Harryhausen
- David Campling
- Maximilian Schell
- Esther Williams
- Jean Kent
- Gerry Hambling
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Vic Hammond
- Eleanor Parker
- Bryan Forbes
- Anwar Brett
- Run Run Shaw
- Paul Walker
- Deanna Durbin
- Antonia Bird
- Peter O'Toole