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The Aviator has won four BAFTAs and Vera Drake has won three at The Orange British Academy Film Awards. Ray, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Motorcycle Diaries won two BAFTAs each.

The Aviator received Awards in the categories Film, Actress in a Supporting Role for Cate Blanchett, Make-Up & Hair and Production Design. Mike Leigh won the David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction and Imelda Staunton won Actress in a Leading Role for Vera Drake. The film also won for Costume Design.

Jamie Foxx won the Award for Actor in a Leading Role for Ray, and the film also won the Sound BAFTA. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind won BAFTAs for Original Screenplay and Editing. The Motorcycle Diaries won the Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music and Film Not in the English Language.

The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year was given to My Summer of Love and Amma Asante won the Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British Director, Producer or Writer in their first feature film for A Way of Life, which she wrote and directed.

Clive Owen won the BAFTA for Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Closer, Sideways won the BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay, The Day After Tomorrow won the Award for Achievement in Special Visual Effects and Collateral won for Cinematography.

The Short Film BAFTA was won by The Banker and Birthday Boy won the Award for Short Animation.

The Orange Film of the Year, the only award presented at the ceremony that is voted for by members of the public, went to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

The composer John Barry was honoured with the Academy Fellowship. Awarded annually in the Gift of Council, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by The Academy. John has been BAFTA nominated on numerous occasions and won the Anthony Asquith BAFTA Award for The Lion In Winter.

Angela Allen was this year’s recipient of the Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. The Award has been given since 1978 in memory of one of the founder members of the British Academy. Angela has enjoyed an illustrious career as a script supervisor and worked with John Huston on many films, including The African Queen, The Misfits and Wise Blood. Since forming a highly successful working relationship with Franco Zeffirelli, her work has included Tea with Mussolini, Jane Eyre and the recent Callas Forever.

The Awards were hosted for the fifth time by Stephen Fry and took place on Saturday 12th February at the Odeon, Leicester Square. They were produced by Initial (part of Endemol UK) and broadcast on BBC ONE the same evening.