The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2011. The nominations were announced on 17 January 2012 by actor Daniel Radcliffe and actress Holliday Grainger. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2011. Stephen Fry, who hosted from 2001 to 2006, returned to host the ceremony. The Artist won seven awards out of its twelve nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for The Iron Lady. Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor for Beginners and Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for The Help. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, directed by Tomas Alfredson, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2011. Director Martin Scorsese was given the BAFTA Fellowship and Sir John Hurt garnered the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

Martin Scorsese

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Sir John Hurt

Statistics

In Memoriam

Jane Russell

Bingham Ray

Michael Gough

Richard Leacock

Shammi Kapoor

Ken Russell

Syd Cain

Eva Monley

Nicol Williamson

Whitney Houston

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Laura Ziskin

Arthur Laurents

Hugh Martin

Richard Pointing

Ben Gazzara

Shelagh Delaney

Bubba Smith

Steve Jobs

Sidney Lumet

Farley Granger

John Mackenzie

Michael Cacoyannis

John Calley

Bridget O'Connor

Elizabeth Taylor

See also

1st AACTA International Awards

84th Academy Awards

37th César Awards

17th Critics' Choice Awards

64th Directors Guild of America Awards

25th European Film Awards

69th Golden Globe Awards

32nd Golden Raspberry Awards

26th Goya Awards

27th Independent Spirit Awards

17th Lumières Awards

2nd Magritte Awards

23rd Producers Guild of America Awards

16th Satellite Awards

38th Saturn Awards

18th Screen Actors Guild Awards

64th Writers Guild of America Awards

References

External links

65th BAFTA Awards page

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2012 awards in the United Kingdom

2011 film awards

2012 in London

2012 in British cinema

Royal Opera House

February 2012 events in the United Kingdom

65th British Academy Film Awards