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BAFTA also announces date for the next Britannia Awards in Los Angeles.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has revealed the dates for its film awards for the next three years.

The Ee British Academy Film Awards will take place on February 14 2016, February 12 2017 and February 18 2018.

The awards will again be held at London’s Royal Opera House and broadcast by the BBC. This year, the four performance winners – Eddie Redmayne, Jk Simmons, Julianne Moore and Patricia Arquette – also went on to win Oscars.

The ratings for this year’s film awards increased in the UK and were broadcast in every major territory in the world and seen for the first time on Youku Tudo, China’s leading internet television broadcaster.

The announcement came just a day after the dates for the next three Academy Awards were revealed.

Britannia Awards

It was also announced that the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards will take place on Friday...

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Known as the British Oscars, the Ee British Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday.

Boyhood was the big winner at the BAFTAs with wins for Best Film, Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette).

The Theory Of Everything took Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay and Leading Actor – Eddie Redmayne. Julianne Moore won Leading Actress for Still Alice.

Three wins went to Whiplash for Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, Editing and Sound.

The Grand Budapest Hotel won five awards for Costume Design, Production Design, Make Up & Hair and Original Music, with Wes Anderson winning his first BAFTA for Original Screenplay.

Emmanuel Lubezki received the BAFTA for Cinematography for Birdman, having won this category twice previously, most recently in 2014. On Saturday, Inarritu took home the top prize at the Directors’ Guild of America Awards for Birdman.

The Lego Movie received the BAFTA for Animated Film, and...

The Ee British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) are hailed as the British Oscars, and on Sunday, Feb. 8, Hollywood's biggest stars gathered across the pond in London, England to see who would be taking home statues. Is this a foreshadow as to what we can expect at this year's Academy Awards?

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Here's the full list of winners from the big awards show, held at the Royal Opera House.

Best Film: Boyhood

Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Leading Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

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Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Outstanding British Film: The Theory of Everything

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Original Music: The Grand Budapest Hotel

British Short Animation: The Bigger Picture

British Short Film: Boogaloo And Graham

Documentary: Citizenfour

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Editing: Whiplash

Production Design: The Grand...

The Ee British Academy Film Awards took place today (February 8) with Hollywood's finest heading to London to honour the best of cinema from the past 12 months.

Digital Spy presents a list of winners from the 68th annual BAFTAs, hosted by Stephen Fry from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden:

Best Film

Birdman

Boyhood - Winner!

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

The Theory of Everything

Outstanding British Film

'71

The Imitation Game

Paddington

Pride

The Theory of Everything - Winner!

Under the Skin

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Northern Soul (Elaine Constantine)

'71 (Yann Demange, Gregory Burke)

Lilting (Hong Khaou)

Kajaki: The True Story (Paul Katis, Andrew de Lotbiniere)

Pride (Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone) - Winner!

Film Not in the English Language

Ida - Winner!

Leviathan

The Lunchbox

Trash

Two Days, One Night

Documentary

20 Feet from Stardom

20,000 Days on Earth

CitizenFour - Winner!

Finding Vivian Maier...

Stephen Fry will once again host The Ee British Academy Film Awards (a.k.a. BAFTA Film Awards) when the 2015 installment is held Feb. 8, marking his 10th time as host. BBC America will have exclusive U.S. broadcast coverage of the ceremony held at London’s Royal Opera House beginning at 8pm Et. The Grand Budapest Hotel leads the field with 11 nominations. Films with multiple nominations include: Birdman (10), The Theory of Everything (10), The Imitation Game (9) Boyhood (5), Whiplash (5), Mr. Turner (4), Nightcrawler (4), Interstellar (4), and Pride (3). And note to the Oscars: The Lego Movie is nominated for Best Animated … Continue reading →

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The Ee British Academy Film Awards nominations, the equivalent of the Oscars, were announced on Friday morning.

Better known as the BAFTAs by those who follow the awards season, the announcement was made by show host Stephen Fry and actor Sam Claflin.

The Grand Budapest Hotel received 11 nominations, followed by Birdman and The Theory of Everything with 10. The Imitation Game received nine nominations, while Boyhood and Whiplash saw five. Mr. Turner, Nightcrawler and Interstellar received four nominations and British indie Pride collected three nods.

The BAFTAs will take place on Sunday, February 8 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The ceremony will be televised on a tape-delay in the U.S. on BBC America.

2014 Nominations

Best Film

Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole

Boyhood Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland

The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson

The Imitation Game Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky,...

“Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game” and “The Theory of Everything” are the five contenders for the best film of 2014 at the Ee British Academy Film Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced on Friday morning in London.

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” led all films with 11 nominations, with “Birdman” receiving 10. The two British biopics, “The Theory of Everything” and “The Imitation Game,” received 10 and nine nominations, respectively.

“Boyhood” and “Whiplash” received five nominations each.

The five top films, all considered strong Oscar Best Picture contenders, led a group of BAFTA nominees that are...

Watch the nominations announcement for the Ee British Academy Film Awards here… Post by BAFTA.

BAFTA’s Chair Anne Morrison was joined by Stephen Fry and Sam Claflin to announce the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in 2015. BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE, Chair of the Film Committee Nik Powell and Pippa Harris Deputy Chair of the Film Committee were also in attendance.

This year, nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards were live streamed exclusively on Facebook giving everyone the chance to be part of the excitement as it unfolded. Following the event, a live panel discussion took place between industry critics including Zoe Ball, Boyd Hilton, Rhianna Dhillon and Matt Risley which film fans also engaged with on Facebook.

The Ee British Academy Film Awards will take place on Feb 8 and will be held for the ninth year running at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden...

Watch the nominations announcement for the Ee British Academy Film Awards here… Post by BAFTA.

BAFTA’s Chair Anne Morrison was joined by Stephen Fry and Sam Claflin to announce the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in 2015. BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE, Chair of the Film Committee Nik Powell and Pippa Harris Deputy Chair of the Film Committee were also in attendance.

This year, nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards were live streamed exclusively on Facebook giving everyone the chance to be part of the excitement as it unfolded. Following the event, a live panel discussion took place between industry critics including Zoe Ball, Boyd Hilton, Rhianna Dhillon and Matt Risley which film fans also engaged with on Facebook.

The Ee British Academy Film Awards will take place on Feb 8 and will be held for the ninth year running at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden...

Watch the nominations announcement for the Ee British Academy Film Awards here… Post by BAFTA.

BAFTA’s Chair Anne Morrison will be joined by Stephen Fry and Sam Claflin to announce the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in 2015. BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE, Chair of the Film Committee Nik Powell and Pippa Harris Deputy Chair of the Film Committee will also be in attendance.

This year, nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards will be live streamed exclusively on Facebook giving everyone the chance to be part of the excitement as it unfolds. Following the event, a live panel discussion will take place between industry critics including Zoe Ball, Boyd Hilton, Rhianna Dhillon and Matt Risley which film fans can also engage with on Facebook.

The Ee British Academy Film Awards will take place on Feb 8 and will be held for the ninth year running at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden...

Celebrating with her fellow talented colleagues, Helen Mirren headed over to the BAFTA Awards nominees party on Saturday evening (February 15) in London.

Elegant as always, the "Red 2" Dame strolled the arrivals carpet in front of Aprey in black pants and a tan trench coat.

Tomorrow, Helen will be awarded with the BAFTA Fellowship for her contribution to film by Prince William.

The Ee British Academy Film Awards air Sunday, February 16th on BBC One. Stay linked to GossipCenter for full BAFTA coverage!