BAFTA Honors Atonement, La Vie en rose and Shia Labeouf

While we were busy handing out Grammys last night, the folks across the pond held their own star-studded award ceremony: the BAFTA Awards. In keeping with many of the awards ceremonies thus far, Atonement and No Country for Old Men were warmly recognized, though the picture with the most wins was La Vie en rose. Marion Cotillard was reportedly "visibly shocked" to receive the Leading Actress award.
Atonement took top honors with the Best Picture award, though the Coen Bros. nabbed the prize for Best Director. Diablo Cody took home the award for her Juno screenplay, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly won for Adapted Screenplay. Many of the acting awards were to be expected (Javier Bardem, Daniel Day-Lewis), though Tilda Swinton's win against Cate Blanchett and Samantha Morton was a bit of a surprise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, however, the Orange Rising Star Award — which is decided by the public — was given to Shia Labeouf. He was up against Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Tom Riley and Tang Wei. Shia was not present to claim his award.
To see a full listing of this year's BAFTA recipients, including The Bourne Ultimatum and The Golden Compass, read more.
2008 BAFTA Winners:
BEST FILM:
Atonement
BEST BRITISH FILM:
This Is England
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD:
(For special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film)
Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) — Control
DIRECTOR:
No Country For Old Men — Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Juno — Diablo Cody
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly — Ronald Harwood
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
The Lives of Others
ANIMATED FILM:
Ratatouille
LEADING ACTOR:
Daniel Day-Lewis — There Will Be Blood
LEADING ACTRESS:
Marion Cotillard — La Vie En Rose
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Javier Bardem — No Country for Old Men
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Tilda Swinton — Michael Clayton
MUSIC:
La Vie En Rose — Christopher Gunning
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
No Country for Old Men — Roger Deakins
EDITING:
The Bourne Ultimatum — Christopher Rouse
PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Atonement — Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
COSTUME DESIGN:
La Vie En Rose — Marit Allen
SOUND:
The Bourne Ultimatum — Kirk Francis/Scott Millan/Dave Parker/Karen Baker Landers/Per Hallberg
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Golden Compass – Michael Fink/Bill Westenhofer/Ben Morris/Trevor Woods
MAKE UP & HAIR:
La Vie En Rose – Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD:
Shia Labeouf
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