The British Academy of Film and Television Arts added momentum to The Hurt Locker awards train tonight as they award the film Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Sound. Hurt Locker's awards in the technical categories are particularly interesting because perhaps Academy-thinking that usually awards those categories to the big blockbuster movies, i.e. Avatar. But perhaps BAFTA and Oscar voters on the same wavelength and despite the massive box office of Cameron's tech demo, the Academy could recognize the impressive editing, sound, and achievement in other technical categories (although Avatar won the BAFTA for best visual effects and it's a lock to win the Oscar in that category as well).
Other nice victories included Colin Firth for Best Actor (A Serious Man), Carey Mulligan for Best Actress (An Education), and my personal favorite: Outstanding British Debut to Duncan Jones for Moon. He gave a very sweet acceptance speech and I've included video of it after the jump along with the full list of winners.
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, A Serious Man
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, An Education
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'nique, Precious (Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire)
ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Kristen Stewart
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Fish Tank
OUTSTANDING BRITISH DEBUT
Duncan Jones, Moon
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Un Prophete
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE-ACTION)
I Do Air
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Mother of Many
BEST MUSIC
Michael Giacchino, Up
BEST SOUND
The Hurt Locker
BEST EDITING
The Hurt Locker
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Hurt Locker
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIR
The Young Victoria
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Young Victoria