The 2014 BAFTAs – Live: 12 Years a Slave vs. Gravity!

We’re attempting something very special for the first time at tonight’s hugely prestigious British Academy Film Awards. We’ll be offering live coverage via a regularly updating post. Here’s how it’s going to work: all of the nominations will be found below, after the red carpet coverage. The winners will be highlighted as they’re announced but they’ll be intersected with small sections of commentary. To update, refresh your URL. Enjoy!

Several stars have walked the red carpet with plenty more to come. Among them are Ruth Wilson (Saving Mr Banks), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Ray Winstone (Robin Hood), Will Poulter (We’re the Millers), Daniel Bruhl (Rush), Ron Howard (Apollo 13), Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Leonardo Di Caprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Serenity), Steve McQueen (Shame), Amy Adams (American Hustle), Sam Clafin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Douglas Booth (Romeo and Juliet), Richard E Grant (Dracula), Luke Evans (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug), Michael Sheen (The Damned United), Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), David O’Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Prince William, Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa), Oprah Winfrey (The Butler), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight), Judi Dench (Skyfall), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Niki Lauda (subject of Rush), Brad Pitt (Fight Club), Angelina Jolie (Mr and Mrs Smith), Christian Bale (The Dark Knight Rises), Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips), Harvey Weinstein (producer of Gangs of New York), Bradley Cooper (Limitless), David Oyelowo (Jack Reacher), Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games), George Clooney (Ocean’s 11), Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver), Samantha Barks (Les Miserables), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill), Michael Fassbender (Shame), Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks), Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) are amongst those spotted so far.

The EE British Academy Film Awards have begun. Stephen Fry approaches the stage to the jazzy accompaniment of John Newman.

Tinie Tempah and Laura Mvula perform live to the backdrop of 2013’s greatest movie moments.

Oprah Winfrey arrives to present Outstanding British Film.

Outstanding British Film

Gravity

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Philomena

Rush

Saving Mr Banks

The Selfish Giant

Gillian Anderson and David Oyelowo are introduced to present Best Animated Film.

Best Animated Film

Despicable Me 2

Frozen

Monsters University

Alan Partridge himself Steve Coogan graces the stage to present Outstanding Debut For a British Writer, Director or Producer

Outstanding Debut For a British Writer, Director or Producer

Colin Carberry (Writer), Glenn Patterson (Writer) Good Vibrations

Kelly Marcel (Writer) Saving Mr. Banks

Kieran Evans (Director/Writer) Kelly + Victor

Paul Wright (Director/Writer), Polly Stokes (Producer) For Those in Peril

Scott Graham (Director/Writer) Shell

The legendary Emma Thompson struts her quintessentially British stuff at the BAFTAs.

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips

Bradley Cooper – American Hustle

Daniel Bruhl – Rush

Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra

Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

The defining geezer Ray Winstone accompanies Harry Potter’s Helen McCrory for the next award.

Best Cinematography

12 Years a Slave

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Inside Llewyn Davis

Saving Mr Banks

Gravity picks up its second award of the night. That certainly shifts the money in its direction for best picture!

Five time Oscar nominee Leonardo Di Caprio is welcomed onto the ceremony.

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Julia Roberts – August: Osage County

Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

Oprah Winfrey – The Butler

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine

The internet-adored Jennifer Lawrence picks up her first BAFTA. Does this mean that she’ll follow up in a month’s time for her second Oscar?

Juliet Stevenson awards her friend with a huge honour.

Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema:

Peter Greenaway

Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games) approaches the podium in front of the strobe lighting as if he’s once again on the set of The Hunger Games.

Best Original Screenplay:

Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell – American Hustle

Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine

Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron – Gravity

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis

Bob Nelson – Nebraska

Even if its claims to being an adapted screenplay are dubious (being based on the real life ABSCAM scandal), American Hustle is proving to be a huge financial and critical success.

Five time Academy Award nominated star of The Muppets, American Hustle and Man of Steel arrives at the Royal Opera House.

Best Adapted Screenplay

John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

Richard LaGravense – Behind the Candelabra

Billy Ray – Captain Phillips

Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope – Philomena

Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

Musical star Eddie Redmayne (who was due to present an award last year but bailed out with sickness at the eleventh hour) joins Alicia Vikander to present an award for which they are both previous nominees.

The EE Rising Star Award

Dane DeHaan

George MacKay

Lupita Nyong’o

Will Poulter

Lea Seydoux

The young  star of Narnia, Wild Bill, Son of Rambo and We’re the Millers gets his prolonged recongnition.

Kill Bill’s iconic Uma Thurman presents the second of the “big five” awards.

Best Leading Actor

Bruce Dern – Nebraska

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Christian Bale – American Hustle

Leonardo Di Caprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

While MacConaughey is the Oscar favourite, British actor Ejiofor will have scored a very personal win here.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Sheen are honoured to be awarding the second biggest of tonight’s accolade.

Best Director

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

David O’Russell – American Hustle

Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips

Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity

Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Tonight he doesn’t don the Bane mask but Tom Hardy is still an incredible presence as he arrives to award Best Leading Actress.

Best Leading Actress

Amy Adams – American Hustle

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Emma Thompson – Saving Mr Banks

Judi Dench – Philomena

Sandra Bullock – Gravity

Austrian two time Oscar nominee Christoph Waltz will dish out tonight’s biggest achievement.

Best Film

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Philomena

Jeremy Irons and the Duke of Cambridge bestow upon a British screen legend the final award of the night

BAFTA Fellowship:

Helen Mirren – The Queen, Hitchcock, Elizabeth 1, RED, The Debt, Monsters University, The Long Good Friday, Gosford Park, Excalibur, State of Play, The Tempest, The Madness of King George.

Congrats to Dame Helen. Get ready for a quickfire round of awards.

British Short Film:

Room 8

British Short Animation:

Sleeping With the Fishes

Production Design:

The Great Gatsby

Sound:

Gravity

Editing:

Rush

Documentary:

The Act of Killing

Make Up and Hair:

American Hustle

Costume Design:

The Great Gatsby

Original Music:

Gravity

Special Visual Effects

Gravity

Film Not in the English Language:

The Great Beauty

Gravity are the major winners picking up an incredible five accolades. However, tonight’s most memorable winners are Captain Phillips (which saw an unheard of Somalian amateur upstaging legends), American Hustle (a triumphing unorthodox thriller) and 12 Years a Slave.

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