A DOCUMENTARY about Edward Snowden and his leaking of classified information from the US-based National Security Agency, including about their surveillance techniques, was among the winners at the BAFTA Film Awards, held last night.
Citizenfour – which includes former Scotsman political editor, Ewen MacAskill – beat off four other nominations for the Best Documentary prize.
The full list of winners and nominees reads…
Best film
Winner: Boyhood
Nominated: Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Outstanding British film
Winner: The Theory of Everything
Nominated: ’71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
Under The Skin
Actor
Winner: Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Nominated: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Actress
Winner: Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Nominated: Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild
Supporting actor
Winner: JK Simmons – Whiplash
Nominated: Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
Supporting actress
Winner: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Nominated: Rene Russo – Nightcrawler
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Imelda Staunton – Pride
Emma Stone – Birdman
Director
Winner: Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Nominated: Wes Anderson – Grand Budapest Hotel
Damian Chazelle – Whiplash
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman
James Marsh – The Theory of Everything
Adapted screenplay
Winner: The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
Nominated: American Sniper – Jason Hall
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
Paddington – Paul King
Original screenplay
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
Nominated: Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle
Animated film
Winner: The Lego Movie
Nominated: Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
Documentary
Winner: Citizenfour
Nominated: 20 Feet from Stardom
20,000 Days on Earth
Finding Vivian Maier
Virunga
Foreign film
Winner: Ida
Nominated: Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night
Cinematography
Winners: Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominated: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
Ida – Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Interstellar – Hoyte van Hoytema
Mr Turner – Dick Pope
Costume design
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nominated: The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything
Editing
Winner: Whiplash – Tom Cross
Nominated: Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
Nightcrawler – John Gilroy
The Theory of Everything – Jinx Godfrey
Make-up and hair
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon
Nominated: Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
Into the Woods – Peter Swords King, J Roy Helland
Mr Turner – Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener
The Theory of Everything – Jan Sewell
Music
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat
Nominated: Birdman – Antonio Sanchez
Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
The Theory of Everything – Johann Johannsson
Under the Skin – Mica Levi
Production design
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
Nominated: Big Eyes – Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau
The Imitation Game – Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
Interstellar – Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Mr Turner – Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts
Sound
Winner: Whiplash – Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
Nominated: American Sniper – Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Birdman – Thomas Varga, Martin Hernandez, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A Montaño
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak
The Imitation Game – John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen
Visual effects
Winner: Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley
Nominated: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett
Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R Christopher White
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
British short animation
Winner: The Bigger Picture – Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
Nominated: Monkey Love Experiments – Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson
My Dad – Marcus Armitage
British short film
Winner: Boogaloo and Graham – Brian J Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Nominated: Emotional Fusebox – Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard
The Karman Line – Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp
Slap – Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland
Three Brothers -S Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Winner: Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone (writer and producer Pride)
Nominated: Elaine Constantine (writer/director Northern Soul)
Gregory Burke, Yann Demange (writer and director ’71)
Hong Khaou (writer/director Lilting)
Paul Katis, Andrew De Lotbiniere (director/producer and producer Kajaki: The True Story)
Rising Star award
Winner: Jack O’Connell
Nominated: Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley
