After Birdman finished off its surprising guild sweep, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood got a much-needed comeback in London on Sunday. The film took home the top prize at the British Academy of Film & Television Arts awards.

Since the BAFTAs became a pre-Oscars ceremony, winning Best Film there has been a key step to winning the Best Picture Oscar. You have to go back to 2008, when Atonement beat No Country For Old Men, for the last time the BAFTA and Oscar didn’t match.

Boyhood also got a much-needed win for Best Director. Linklater surprisingly lost the Director’s Guild award on Saturday to Birdman’s Alejandro G. Inarritu. Unfortunately for Linklater, the DGA is a better predictor for the Best Director Oscar than the BAFTA.

The BAFTAs did shore up this year’s acting winners, meaning that the Oscars will probably be without drama there. Once again, Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) all won.

However, the big winner on the night was Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. The film finished with wins for Original Score, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Make-Up/Hair and Production Design. Expect the film to have the same kind of dominance in the tech categories at the Oscars.

Birdman only won one award - Cinematography. The Imitation Game was completely shut out.

Here’s the winners and nominees. (Winners are in bold.)

Adapted Screenplay:
The Theory Of Everything, Anthony Mccarten
The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
American Sniper, Jason Hall
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
Paddington, Paul King

Animated Film:
The Boxtrolls
The LEGO Movie
Big Hero 6

British Short Animation:
Monkey Love Experiments, Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson
The Bigger Picture, Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
My Dad, Marcus Armitage

British Short Film:
The Kármán Line, Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp
Boogaloo And Graham, Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Slap, Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland
Emotional Fusebox, Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard
Three Brothers, Aleem Khan, Matthieu De Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow

Cinematography:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman
Ida, Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski
Interstellar, Hoyte Van Hoytema
Mr. Turner, Dick Pope
Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki

Costume Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Milena Canonero
The Imitation Game, Sammy Sheldon Differ
The Theory Of Everything, Steven Noble
Mr. Turner, Jacqueline Durran
Into The Woods, Colleen Atwood

Director:
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
James Marsh, The Theory Of Everything
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

Documentary:
20 Feet From Stardom, Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Gil Friesen
20,000 Days On Earth, Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Finding Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Virunga, Orlando Von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras

EE Rising Star in 2015:
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O'Connell
Shailene Woodley
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller

Editing:
Birdman, Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Barney Pilling
The Theory Of Everything, Jinx Godfrey
The Imitation Game, William Goldenberg
Nightcrawler, John Gilroy
Whiplash, Tom Cross

Film in 2015:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
The Theory Of Everything, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony Mccarten
Birdman, Alejandro G. IñáRritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
The Imitation Game, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
Boyhood, Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland

Film not in English:
Ida, Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga
Two Days, One Night, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Leviathan, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
Trash, Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier

Leading Actor:
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman

Leading Actress:
Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Make-Up/Hair:
Guardians Of The Galaxy, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
Into The Woods, Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland
Mr. Turner, Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Frances Hannon
The Theory Of Everything, Jan Sewell

Original Music:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
Birdman, Antonio Sanchez
The Theory Of Everything, Jóhann Jóhannsson
Under The Skin, Mica Levi

Original Screenplay:
Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy

Outstanding British Film:
’71, Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke
The Theory Of Everything, James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony Mccarten
Under The Skin, Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell
Pride, Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford
The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore
Paddington, Paul King, David Heyman

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director of Producer:
Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone, Pride
Gregory Burke, Yann Demange, ’71
Elaine Constantine, Northern Soul
Hong Khaou, Lilting
Paul Katis, Andrew De Lotbiniere, Kajaki: The True Story

Production Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game, Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Mr. Turner, Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts
Interstellar, Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Big Eyes, Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau

Sound:
Birdman, Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño
American Sniper, Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
The Imitation Game, John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak
Whiplash, Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann

Visual Effects:
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
Guardians Of The Galaxy, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett
X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley

Supporting Actor in 2015
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

Supporting Actress in 2015
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Emma Stone, Birdman
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

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