Date: 13th February 2012
Silent movie The Artist has dominated the 65th Baftas, taking seven prizes including best film, best director and best actor, for its star Jean Dujardin.
As well as his director prize, filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius picked up the best original screenplay prize.
"Some people thought there was no script because there was no dialogue so the British are very clever," he said.
Meryl Streep won best actress, for Iron Lady, The (2011), while Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) won outstanding British film.
The Artist's Dujardin, picking up best actor, said he was "thrilled to be in the company of such illustrious, talented actors" as fellow nominees Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman, George Clooney and Michael Fassbender.
"To receive this award from the country of Laurence Oliver, William Webb Ellis and Benny Hill is an honour," the Frenchman added.
Accepting his best director Bafta, Hazanavicius, who gave a series of colourful speeches, said he was thrilled that award presenter Pitt "said my name correctly".
"I know that I will have some bad days because I'm a director but I will remember this day, today, as a good day," he added.
The film, the favourite for best picture at the Oscars on 26 February, also won prizes for best original score, cinematography and best costume design.
Best film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Outstanding British film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
My Week With Marilyn
Senna
Shame
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best director
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Tomas Alfredson - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lynne Ramsay - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best actor
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney - The Descendants
Michael Fassbender - Shame
Best actress
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis - The Help
Best supporting actor
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides of March
Best supporting actress
Octavia Spencer - The Help
Carey Mulligan - Drive
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Judi Dench - My Week with Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Best animated feature film
Rango
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Best original screenplay
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
The Guard - John Michael McDonagh
The Iron Lady - Abi Morgan
Midnight In Paris - Woody Allen
Best adapted screenplay
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
The Help - Tate Taylor
The Ides Of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
Best original score
The Artist - Ludovic Bource
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo - Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias
War Horse - John Williams
Cinematography
The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo - Robert Richardson
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Hoyte van Hoytema
War Horse - Janusz Kaminski
Editing
Senna - Gregers Sall, Chris King
The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
Drive - Mat Newman
Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Dino Jonsater
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