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62nd British Academy Film Awards
2009 film award ceremony
2009 film award ceremony
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 62 |
| award | British Academy Film Awards |
| date | 8 February 2009 |
| site | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
| host | Jonathan Ross |
| best_film | *Slumdog Millionaire* |
| best_british | *Man on Wire* |
| best_actor | Mickey Rourke |
| best_actor_film | The Wrestler |
| best_actress | Kate Winslet |
| best_actress_film | The Reader |
| most_wins | *Slumdog Millionaire* (7) |
| most_nominations | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and *Slumdog Millionaire* (11) |
| last | 61st |
| next | 63rd |
The 62nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 8 February 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2008. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2008.
The nominees were announced on 15 January 2009. Two films received the most nominations in eleven categories; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. The Dark Knight followed with nine. Slumdog Millionaire took home the most awards with seven.
Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the third consecutive year.
Winners and nominees
BAFTA Fellowship
Main article: BAFTA Fellowship
- Terry Gilliam
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Main article: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
- Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Statistics
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| Slumdog Millionaire | |
| 9 | The Dark Knight |
| 8 | Changeling |
| 6 | Frost/Nixon |
| 5 | The Reader |
| 4 | In Bruges |
| Milk | |
| Revolutionary Road | |
| 3 | Burn After Reading |
| Doubt | |
| I've Loved You So Long | |
| Mamma Mia! | |
| WALL-E | |
| 2 | The Duchess |
| Hunger | |
| Man on Wire | |
| Persepolis | |
| Quantum of Solace | |
| Waltz with Bashir | |
| The Wrestler |
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 7 | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 3 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
In Memoriam
- Charlton Heston
- John Daly
- Patrick McGoohan
- Harold Pinter
- Jonathan Bates
- Claude Berri
- Youssef Chahine
- Anthony Minghella
- Jules Dassin
- Richard Widmark
- Van Johnson
- Michael Crichton
- Roy Scheider
- Malcolm Cooke
- Mel Ferrer
- Isaac Hayes
- John Michael Hayes
- Charles Joffe
- Harry Lange
- Sydney Pollack
- Robert Mulligan
- Stan Winston
- Mark Shivas
- Cyd Charisse
- Les Ostinelli
- Kon Ichikawa
- David Watkin
- Paul Newman
References
References
- "Draft Entered Films List 2008". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
- (15 January 2009). "Baftas 2009: full list of nominations". [[The Guardian]].
- (15 January 2009). "Film Nominations in 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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