The 58th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 12 February 2005, honoured the best in film for 2004.
Martin Scorsese's The Aviator won the award for Best Film, Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett), Production Design and Makeup & Hair. Jamie Foxx and Imelda Staunton won the awards for Best Actor and Actress respectively for playing in Ray and Vera Drake. Vera Drake also won the awards for Best Director (Mike Leigh) and Costume Design.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor
- Gael GarcÃa Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
- Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
- Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Best Actress
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
- Charlize Theron - Monster
- Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
- Ziyi Zhang - House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
Best Cinematography
Collateral - Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron
- The Aviator
- The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
- Finding Neverland
- House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
Best Costume Design
Vera Drake
- The Aviator
- Finding Neverland
- The Merchant of Venice
- House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
Best Director
Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
- Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
- Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Michael Mann - Collateral
- Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
Best Editing
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - ValdÃs Ã"skarsdóttir
- The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
- Collateral - Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
- House of Flying Daggers - Long Cheng
- Vera Drake - Jim Clark
Best Film
The Aviator
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Finding Neverland
- The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
- Vera Drake
Best Film - British
My Summer of Love
- Dead Man's Shoes
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Shaun of the Dead
- Vera Drake
Best Film not in the English Language
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
- Bad Education (La mala educación)
- The Chorus (Les choristes)
- House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
- A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
Best Film Music
"The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)" - Gustavo Santaolalla
- "The Aviator" - Howard Shore
- "The Chorus (Les choristes)" - Bruno Coulais
- "Finding Neverland" - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
- "Ray" - Craig Armstrong
Best Makeup & Hair
The Aviator
- Finding Neverland
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
- Vera Drake
Best Production Design
The Aviator
- Finding Neverland
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
- Vera Drake
Best Screenplay - Adapted
Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
- The Chorus (Les choristes) - Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval
- Closer - Patrick Marber
- Finding Neverland - David Magee
- The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) - José Rivera
Best Screenplay - Original
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman
- The Aviator - John Logan
- Collateral - Stuart Beattie
- Ray - James L. White
- Vera Drake - Mike Leigh
Best Sound
Ray
- The Aviator
- Collateral
- House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
- Spider-Man 2
Best Supporting Actor
Clive Owen - Closer
- Alan Alda - The Aviator
- Philip Davis - Vera Drake
- Jamie Foxx - Collateral
- Rodrigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
- Julie Christie - Finding Neverland
- Heather Craney - Vera Drake
- Natalie Portman - Closer
- Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate
Best Visual Effects
The Day After Tomorrow
- The Aviator
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
- Spider-Man 2
Others:
- Best Short Film:
- The Banker
- Best Short Animation
- Birthday Boy
Award breakdown
Winners (minimum one win)
- 4 / 14 The Aviator: Best Film, Makeup & Hair, Production Design and Supporting Actress
- 3 / 11 Vera Drake: Best Actress, Costume Design and Director
- 2 / 4 Ray: Best Actor and Sound
- 2 / 6 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Best Editing and Original Screenplay
- 2 / 7 Diarios de motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries): Best Film Music and Foreign Language Film
- 1 / 1 Sideways: Best Adapted Screenplay
- 1 / 1 The Day After Tomorrow: Best Visual Effects
- 1 / 3 Closer: Best Supporting Actor
- 1 / 6 Collateral: Best Cinematography
Losers (minimum two nominations)
- 0 / 2 Spider-Man 2
- 0 / 3 Les choristes (The Chorus)
- 0 / 4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (did win the Audience Award)
- 0 / 9 Shi mian mai fu (House of Flying Daggers)
- 0 / 11 Finding Neverland
References
- http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1018223,00.html Aviator leads BAFTAs with 14 nominations
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-334399/Full-list-Bafta-nominees.html Full List of BAFTA nominations
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4260957.stm Aviator wins Best Film
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4261145.stm Stars on Red Carpet