2015 BAFTAs

This year's BAFTAs mark the last major event before Oscar weekend. The Independent Spirit Awards as they historically do, take place the night before the Oscars but are two weeks away. Stephen Fry hosted for the tenth time and seamlessly has his very British way of hosting down pat, no surprises. His one blunder was calling Patricia Arquette by her sister Rosanna's name in his opening monologue. The first award, Outstanding British Film, was presented by David Beckham and The Theory of Everything won. Special Visual Effects for Interstellar, the second award of the evening, was presented by the star of The Theory of Everything, Felicity Jones, and Stephen Hawking himself. Beautiful in purple, Reese Witherspoon presented Best Supporting Actor to JK Simmons for Whiplash. Simmons, Arquette and Moore seem locked to win the Oscars in their categories. Moore has also been flawless thus far on the red carpet. Redmayne has the edge over Michael Keaton for the Oscar for Best Actor, though it is still quite close. Best Film went to Boyhood. Birdman and Boyhood remain in an almost too close to call race for the Best Picture Oscar statue. The full list of BAFTA winners follows.

BEST FILM Boyhood
LEADING ACTRESS Julianne Moore, Still Alice
LEADING ACTOR Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
DIRECTOR, Richard Linklater, Boyhood
EE RISING STAR Jack O’Connell
COSTUME DESIGN The Grand Budapest Hotel
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Theory of Everything
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Ida
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER Stephen Beresford (Writer), David Livingstone (Producer) Pride
CINEMATOGRAPHY Birdman 
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
SUPPORTING ACTOR JK Simmons, Whiplash
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS Interstellar
ANIMATED FILM The Lego Movie
SOUND Whiplash
EDITING Whiplash
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION The Bigger Picture
BRITISH SHORT FILM Boogaloo and Graham
PRODUCTION DESIGN The Grand Budapest Hotel
MAKE UP AND HAIR The Grand Budapest Hotel
DOCUMENTARY Citizenfour
ORIGINAL MUSIC The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM The Theory of Everything
BAFTA FELLOWSHIP Mike Leigh