The 68th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 8 February 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London, to honour the best British and international contributions to film in 2014. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), accolades are handed out for the best in feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality, that were screened at British cinemas during 2014.
Category | Film | Winner list |
Best film | Boyhood | Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland |
Best director | Boyhood | Richard Linklater |
Best actress | Still Alice | Julianne Moore |
Best actor | The Theory of Everything | Eddie Redmayne |
Best supporting actress | Boyhood | Patricia Arquette |
Best supporting actor | Whiplash | JK Simmons |
EE rising star award (voted for by the public) | Jack O’Connell | |
Best costume design | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Milena Canonero |
Best adapted screenplay | The Theory of Everything | Anthony McCarten |
Best film not in the English language | Ida | Pawe‚ Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzi™cio‚, Ewa Puszczynska |
Best original screenplay | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson |
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer | Stephen Beresford (writer), David Livingstone (producer) | Pride |
Best cinematography | Emmanuel | Lubezki Birdman |
Best special visual effects | Interstellar | Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley |
Best animated film | The Lego Movie | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller |
Best sound | Whiplash | Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann |
Best editing | Whiplash | Tom Cross |
Best short animation | The Bigger Picture | Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka |
Best short film | Boogaloo and Graham | Brian J Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney |
Best makeup and hair | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier |
Best production design | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock |
Best documentary | Citizenfour | Laura Poitras |
Best original music | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Alexandre Desplat |
Outstanding British film | The Theory of Everything | James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten |
Bafta Fellowship (announced earlier) | Mike Leigh | |
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema (announced earlier) | BBC Films |
Multiple wins:
- 5 wins: The Grand Budapest Hotel
- 3 wins: Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash
Maximum Nominations:
- 11 nominations: The Grand Budapest Hotel
- 10 nominations: Birdman and The Theory of Everything
- 9 nominations: The Imitation Game
- 5 nominations: Boyhood and Whiplash
- 4 nominations: Interstellar, Mr Turner, and Nightcrawler
- 3 nominations: Pride