The winners of the BAFTA Orange British Academy Film Awards are...

Wrapping up all the winners from the 65th annual BAFTA Orange British Academy Film Awards...

Sunday evening marked the biggest night of the British film calendar as the stars descended upon the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden for BAFTA's 65th annual Orange British Academy Film Awards, celebrating excellence in cinematic achievement during 2011.

The night was dominated by Michel Hazanavicius' acclaimed silent feature The Artist, which took home seven awards including Best Picture, Director (Hazanavicius), Actor (Jean Dujardin) and Original Screenplay (Hazanavicius again), and has now surely solidified its position as favourite for the Academy Awards later this month.

Although it lost out on Best Film, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was named Outstanding British Film and also picked up Adapted Screenplay, while Meryl Streep received the Leading Actress award for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. Meanwhile home-grown winners included Paddy Considine, who received Oustanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for his feature directorial debut, Tyrannosaur, and Adam Deacon - this year's recipient of the Orange Rising Star Award.

Take a look at all the winners below, and be sure to check out Oli Davis' updates from the red carpet, which you can view here...

Academy Fellowship
Martin Scorsese

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
John Hurt

Best Film
Nominees are: The Artist, The Descendants, Drive, The Help, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
And the BAFTA goes to: The Artist

Outstanding British Film
Nominees are: My Week with Marilyn, Senna, Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and We Need to Talk About Kevin
And the BAFTA goes to: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Director
Nominees are: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), Martin Scorsese (Hugo), Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
And the BAFTA goes to: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Leading Actress
Nominees are: Bérénice Bejo (The Artist), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and Viola Davis (The Help)
And the BAFTA goes to: Meryl Street (The Iron Lady)

Leading Actor
Nominees are: Brad Pitt (Moneyball), Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), George Clooney (The Descendants), Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Michael Fassbender (Shame)
And the BAFTA goes to: Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

Original Screenplay
Nominees are: The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Guard, The Iron Lady and Midnight in Paris
And the BAFTA goes to: The Artist

Adapted Screenplay
Nominees are: The Descendants, The Help, The Ides of March, Moneyball and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
And the BAFTA goes to: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Orange Rising Star Award
Nominees are: Adam Deacon, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Chris O'Dowd and Eddie Redmayne
And the BAFTA goes to: Adam Deacon

Supporting Actress
Nominees are: Carey Mulligan (Drive), Jessica Chastain (The Help), Judi Dench (My Week with Marilyn), Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) and Octavia Spencer (The Help)
And the BAFTA goes to: Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Supporting Actor
Nominees are: Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady), Jonah Hill (Moneyball), Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides of March)
And the BAFTA goes to: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Animated Film
Nominees are: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Arthur Christmas and Rango
And the BAFTA goes to: Rango

Documentary
Nominees are: George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Project Nim and Senna
And the BAFTA goes to: Senna

Film Not in the English Language
Nominees are: Incendies, Pina, Potiche, A Separation and The Skin I Live In
And the BAFTA goes to: The Skin I Live In

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Nominees are: Richard Ayoade (Submarine), Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur), Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus) and Will Sharp (Black Pond)
And the BAFTA goes to: Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur)

Cinematography
Nominees are: The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and War Horse
And the BAFTA goes to: The Artist

Editing
Nominees are: The Artist, Drive, Hugo, Senna and Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
And the BAFTA goes to: Senna

Sound
Nominees are: The Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Hugo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and War Horse
And the BAFTA goes to: Hugo

Original Music
Nominees are: The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and War Horse
And the BAFTA goes to: The Artist

Special Visual Effects
Nominees are: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Hugo, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and War Horse
And the BAFTA goes to: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Make Up & Hair
Nominees are: The Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Hugo, The Iron Lady and My Week with Marilyn
And the BAFTA goes to: The Iron Lady

Costume Design
Nominees are: The Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Hugo, The Iron Lady and My Week with Marilyn
And the BAFTA goes to: The Artist

Production Design
Nominees are: The Artist, Hugo, Jane Eyre, My Week with Marilyn and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
And the BAFTA goes to: Hugo

Short Film
Nominees are: Chalk, Mwansa the Great, Only Sound Remains, Pitch Black Heist and Two and Two
And the BAFTA goes to: Pitch Black Heist

Short Animation
Nominees are: Abuelas, Bobby Yeah and A Morning Stroll
And the BAFTA goes to: A Morning Stroll

PRE-SHOW...

Michel Hazanavicius' acclaimed Oscar front-runner The Artist leads the nominations going in to the ceremony and will contest twelve awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Hazanavicius), Leading Actor (Jean Dujardin), Leading Actress (Bérénice Bejo) and Original Screenplay. However, The Artist will face stiff competition, particularly from the British espionage drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which has an impressive eleven nominations itself and is also looking for success in the Best Film, Best Director (Tomas Alfredson) and Leading Actor (Gary Oldman) categories.

Along with The Artist and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the nominees for Best Film are The Descendants, Drive and Help, while Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) and Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) join Hazanavicius and Alfredson in contesting the Best Director award against Martin Scorsese (Hugo), with the legendary American filmmaker also this year's recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and We Need to Talk About Kevin are also nominated for Outstanding British Film alongside My Week with Marilyn, Senna and Shame, while John Hurt will receive an honorary BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in recongition of a career that includes roles in a diverse range of films that includes the likes of Midnight Express, Alien, The Elephant Man and the Harry Potter series.

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