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British Academy Film Awards

59th edition

  • February 19, 2006
  • United Kingdom

The 59th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 February 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2005. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2005.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain Diana Ossana, James Schamus - as producer(s) Winner
Capote Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven - as producer(s)
The Constant Gardener Simon Channing Williams - as producer(s)
Crash Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari - as producer(s)
Good Night, and Good Luck. Grant Heslov - as producer(s)
Outstanding British Film
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Claire Jennings, David Sproxton, Nick Park, Steve Box, Mark Burton, Bob Baker Winner
A Cock and Bull Story Andrew Eaton, Michael Winterbottom, Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The Constant Gardener Simon Channing Williams, Fernando Meirelles, Jeffrey Caine
Festival Roger Christopher Young, Annie Griffin
Pride & Prejudice Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Joe Wright, Deborah Moggach
Best Directing
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee Winner
Capote Bennett Miller
The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles
Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney
Crash Paul Haggis
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman Winner
Good Night, and Good Luck. David Strathairn
Brokeback Mountain Heath Ledger
Walk the Line Joaquin Phoenix
The Constant Gardener Ralph Fiennes
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Walk the Line Reese Witherspoon Winner
North Country Charlize Theron
Mrs. Henderson Presents Judi Dench
The Constant Gardener Rachel Weisz
Memoirs of a Geisha Ziyi Zhang
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Brokeback Mountain Jake Gyllenhaal Winner
Crash Don Cheadle
Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney
Syriana George Clooney
Crash Matt Dillon
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Crash Thandiwe Newton Winner
Pride & Prejudice Brenda Blethyn
Capote Catherine Keener
North Country Frances McDormand
Brokeback Mountain Michelle Williams
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Pride & Prejudice Joe Wright Winner
Everything Richard Hawkins
Festival Annie Griffin
Shooting Dogs David Belton
Tsotsi Peter Fudakowski
Best Original Screenplay
Crash Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco Winner
Cinderella Man Cliff Hollingsworth, Akiva Goldsman
Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Hotel Rwanda eir Pearson, Terry George
Mrs. Henderson Presents Martin Sherman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana Winner
Capote Dan Futterman
The Constant Gardener Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence Josh Olson
Pride & Prejudice Deborah Moggach
Best International Feature Film
The Beat That My Heart Skipped Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard Winner
Joyeux Noel Christophe Rossignon, Christian Carion
Kung Fu Hustle Stephen Chow, Chui Po Chu, Jeffrey Lau
The Great Journey Humbert Balsan, Ismaël Ferroukhi
Tsotsi Peter Fudakowski, Gavin Hood
Best Cinematography
Memoirs of a Geisha Dion Beebe Winner
Brokeback Mountain Rodrigo Prieto
The Constant Gardener César Charlone
Crash J. Michael Muro
March of the Penguins Laurent Chalet, Jerome Maison
Best Original Score
Memoirs of a Geisha John Williams Winner
Brokeback Mountain Gustavo Santaolalla
The Constant Gardener Alberto Iglesias
Mrs. Henderson Presents George Fenton
Walk the Line T Bone Burnett
Best Sound
Walk the Line Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland, Donald Sylvester Winner
Batman Begins David Evans, Stefan Henrix, Peter Lindsay
The Constant Gardener Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson, Mike Prestwood Smith, Sven Taits
Crash Richard Van Dyke, Sandy Gendler, Adam Jenkins, Marc Fishman
King Kong Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
Best Production Design
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Stuart Craig Winner
Batman Begins Nathan Crowley
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Alex McDowell
King Kong Grant Major
Memoirs of a Geisha John Myhre
Best Film Editing
The Constant Gardener Claire Simpson Winner
Brokeback Mountain Geraldine Peroni, Dylan Tichenor
Crash Hughes Winborne
Good Night, and Good Luck. Stephen Mirrione
March of the Penguins Sabine Emiliani
Best Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha Colleen Atwood Winner
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Gabriella Pescucci
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Isis Mussenden
Mrs. Henderson Presents Sandy Powell
Pride & Prejudice Jacqueline Durran
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero, Nikki Gooley Winner
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Peter Owen, Ivana Primorac
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Eithné Fennell
Memoirs of a Geisha Noriko Watanabe, Kate Biscoe, Lyndell Quiyou, Kelvin R. Trahan
Pride & Prejudice Fae Hammand
Best Visual Effects
King Kong Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, Richard Taylor Winner
Batman Begins Janek Sirrs, Dan Glass, Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Nick Davis, Jon Thum, Chas Jarrett, Joss Williams
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Jim Mitchell, John Richardson, Tim Webber, Tim Alexander
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Antonio's Breakfast Howard Stogdon, Amber Templemore-Finlayson, Daniel Mulloy Winner
Call Register Kit Hawkins, Adam Tudhope, Ed Roe
Heavy Metal Drummer Amanda Boyle, Luke Morris Toby MacDonald
Heydar, an Afghan in Tehran Homayoun Assadian, Babak Jalali
Lucky Bex Hopkins, Avie Luthra
Best Animated Short Film
Fallen Art Jarek Sawko, Piotr Sikora, Tomasz Bagiński Winner
Film Noir Osbert Parker
Kamiya's Correspondence Sumito Sakakibara
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello Anthony Lucas, Julia Lucas, Mark Shirrefs
Rabbit Run Wrake
BAFTA Fellowship
David Puttnam Winner
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
Robert 'Chuck' Finch Winner
Billy Merrell Winner
Rising Star Award
James McAvoy Winner
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Gael García Bernal
Michelle Williams
Rachel McAdams
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Brokeback Mountain 4
  • Memoirs of a Geisha 3
  • Crash 2
  • Walk the Line 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • The Constant Gardener 10
  • Brokeback Mountain 9
  • Crash 9
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. 6
  • Memoirs of a Geisha 6
  • Pride & Prejudice 6
  • Capote 5
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 4
  • Mrs. Henderson Presents 4
  • Walk the Line 4
  • Batman Begins 3
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 3
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 3
  • King Kong 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • The Constant Gardener 1 / 10
  • Crash 2 / 9
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. 0 / 6
  • Brokeback Mountain 4 / 9
  • Pride & Prejudice 1 / 6
  • Capote 1 / 5
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 0 / 4
  • Mrs. Henderson Presents 0 / 4
  • Memoirs of a Geisha 3 / 6
  • Batman Begins 0 / 3
  • Walk the Line 2 / 4
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1 / 3
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 1 / 3
  • King Kong 1 / 3

Only one nomination

22 movies:
  • Antonio's Breakfast
  • The Beat That My Heart Skipped
  • Call Register
  • Cinderella Man
  • A Cock and Bull Story
  • Everything
  • Fallen Art
  • Film Noir
  • The Great Journey
  • Heavy Metal Drummer
  • Heydar, an Afghan in Tehran
  • A History of Violence
  • Hotel Rwanda
  • Joyeux Noel
  • Kamiya's Correspondence
  • Kung Fu Hustle
  • Lucky
  • The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
  • Rabbit
  • Shooting Dogs
  • Syriana
  • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

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