58th British Academy Film Awards

58th British Academy Film Awards
Date	12 February 2005
Highlights
Best Film	The Aviator
Best British Film	My Summer of Love
Best Actor	Jamie Foxx Ray
Best Actress	Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
Most awards	The Aviator (4)
Most nominations	The Aviator (14)

The 58th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 12 February 2005, honoured the best in film for 2004.

Martin Scorsese's The Aviator won the award for Best Film, Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett), Production Design and Makeup & Hair. Jamie Foxx and Imelda Staunton won the awards for Best Actor and Actress respectively for playing in Ray and Vera Drake. Vera Drake also won the awards for Best Director (Mike Leigh) and Costume Design.

Winners and nominees

Mike Leigh, Best Director winner

Jamie Foxx, Best Actor winner

Imelda Staunton, Best Actress winner

Clive Owen, Best Supporting Actor winner

Cate Blanchett, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Film	Best Director
The Aviator Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Finding Neverland The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) Vera Drake	Mike Leigh - Vera Drake Marc Forster - Finding Neverland Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michael Mann - Collateral Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jamie Foxx - Ray Gael García Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator	Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake Charlize Theron - Monster Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland Ziyi Zhang - House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Clive Owen - Closer Alan Alda - The Aviator Philip Davis - Vera Drake Jamie Foxx - Collateral Rodrigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)	Cate Blanchett - The Aviator Julie Christie - Finding Neverland Heather Craney - Vera Drake Natalie Portman - Closer Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman The Aviator - John Logan Collateral - Stuart Beattie Ray - James L. White Vera Drake - Mike Leigh	Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor The Chorus (Les choristes) - Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval Closer - Patrick Marber Finding Neverland - David Magee The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) - José Rivera
Best Cinematography	Outstanding British Film
Collateral - Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron The Aviator The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) Finding Neverland House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)	My Summer of Love Dead Man's Shoes Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Shaun of the Dead Vera Drake
Best Original Music	Best Sound
"The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)" - Gustavo Santaolalla "The Aviator" - Howard Shore "The Chorus (Les choristes)" - Bruno Coulais "Finding Neverland" - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek "Ray" - Craig Armstrong	Ray The Aviator Collateral House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Spider-Man 2
Best Production Design	Best Special Visual Effects
The Aviator Finding Neverland Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Vera Drake	The Day After Tomorrow The Aviator Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Spider-Man 2
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hair
Vera Drake The Aviator Finding Neverland The Merchant of Venice House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)	The Aviator Finding Neverland Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) Vera Drake
Best Editing	Best Film Not in the English Language
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Valdís Óskarsdóttir The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker Collateral - Jim Miller and Paul Rubell House of Flying Daggers - Long Cheng Vera Drake - Jim Clark	The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) Bad Education (La mala educación) The Chorus (Les choristes) House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
Best Short Animation	Best Short Film
Birthday Boy	The Banker

Award breakdown

Winners (minimum one win)

• 4 / 14 The Aviator: Best Film, Makeup & Hair, Production Design and Supporting Actress
• 3 / 11 Vera Drake: Best Actress, Costume Design and Director
• 2 / 4 Ray: Best Actor and Sound
• 2 / 6 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Best Editing and Original Screenplay
• 2 / 7 Diarios de motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries): Best Film Music and Foreign Language Film
• 1 / 1 Sideways: Best Adapted Screenplay
• 1 / 1 The Day After Tomorrow: Best Visual Effects
• 1 / 3 Closer: Best Supporting Actor
• 1 / 6 Collateral: Best Cinematography

Losers (minimum two nominations)

• 0 / 2 Spider-Man 2
• 0 / 3 Les choristes (The Chorus)
• 0 / 4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (did win the Audience Award)
• 0 / 9 Shi mian mai fu (House of Flying Daggers)
• 0 / 11 Finding Neverland

References

• http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1018223,00.html Aviator leads BAFTAs with 14 nominations
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-334399/Full-list-Bafta-nominees.html Full List of BAFTA nominations
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4260957.stm Aviator wins Best Film
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4261145.stm Stars on Red Carpet