The Aviator and Vera Drake scoop top prizes at the 2005 Orange BAFTA Film Awards

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LONDON – The big-budget Hollywood movie The Aviator and the low-budget Brit flick Vera Drake have scooped the main prizes at the 2005 Orange BAFTA Film Awards. Four gongs went to The Aviator with the top ones being Best Film and Cate Blanchett for Best Supporting Actress. Vera Drake got three gongs with Best Director, Best Actress & Costume Design. Jamie Foxx got Best Actor with Ray and Clive Owen got Best Supporting Actor with Closer.

Winners

Best film

The Aviator

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Finding Neverland

Motorcycle Diaries

Vera Drake

Best British film

My Summer of Love

Vera Drake

Dead Man's Shoes

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Shaun of the Dead

Best actor in a leading role

Jamie Foxx - Ray

Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries

Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

Best actress in a leading role

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

Best actor in a supporting role

Clive Owen - Closer

Alan Alda - The Aviator

Jamie Foxx - Collateral

Phil Davis - Vera Drake

Rodrigo De La Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries

Best actress in a supporting role

Cate Blanchett - The Aviator

Heather Craney - Vera Drake

Julie Christie - Finding Neverland

Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate

Natalie Portman - Closer

Original screenplay

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The Aviator

Collateral

Ray

Vera Drake

Adapted screenplay

Sideways

The Chorus

Closer

Finding Neverland

The Motorcycle Diaries

The David Lean Award for achievement in direction

Mike Leigh - Vera Drake

Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

Michael Mann - Collateral

Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Marc Forster - Finding Neverland

The Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British Director/Producer or Writer in their first feature film

Amma Asante - Director/Writer (for A Way of Life)

Andrea Gibb - Writer (for Afterlife)

Matthew Vaughn - Director (for Layer Cake)

Nira Park - Producer (for Shaun of the Dead)

Shona Auerbach - Director (for Dear Frankie)

Best film not in the English language

Diarios de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries)

Les Choristes (The Chorus)

Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles (A Very Long Engagement)

La Mala Educacion (Bad Education)

Shi Mian Mai Fu (House of Flying Daggers)

The Anthony Asquith Award for achievement in film music

The Motorcycle Diaries

The Aviator

The Chorus

Finding Neverland

Ray

Cinematography

Collateral

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

House of Flying Daggers

The Motorcycle Diaries

Editing

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The Aviator

Collateral

House of Flying Daggers

Vera Drake

Production design

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

House of Flying Daggers

Vera Drake

Costume design

Vera Drake

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

House of Flying Daggers

The Merchant of Venice

Sound

Ray

The Aviator

Collateral

House of Flying Daggers

Spider-Man 2

Achievement in special visual effects

The Day After Tomorrow

The Aviator

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

House of Flying Daggers

Spider-Man 2

Make Up and Hair

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

House of Flying Daggers

Vera Drake

Short animation film

Birthday Boy

City Paradise

Heavy Pockets

His Passionate Bride

Little Things

Short Film

The Banker

Can't Stop Breathing

Elephant Boy

Knitting a Love Song

Six Shooter

Orange Film of the Year (public vote)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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