BAFTA Awards: ‘12 Years a Slave’ Lands Best Film Prize

Alfonso Cuaron’s smash hit “Gravity” has taken the BAFTA’s by storm, scooping six prizes. The red carpet event at London’s Royal Opera House saw  “American Hustle” take three awards.

The BAFTA for best film went to “12 Years a Slave while the honor for leading actress went to Cate Blanchett for “Blue Jasmine.” She dedicated the award to Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Alfonso Cuaron took the director prize for “Gravity.” He said he considered himself to be part of the British film industry as he had lived in the U.K. for 13 years, and had made half of his films in the country.

Complete list of winners:

Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave

Best British Film: Gravity

Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Best Original Screenplay: American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell

Best Adapted Screenplay: Philomena, Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope

Best Foreign: The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima

Best Documentary: The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer

Best Animation: Frozen, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Best Cinematography: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Editing: Rush, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill

Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn

Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin

Best Make Up and Hair: American Hustle, Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell

Best Sound: Gravity, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro

Best Original Music: Gravity, Steven Price

Best Special Visual Effects: Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny

Best British Short Animation: Sleeping with the Fishes, James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa

Best British Short Film: Room 8, James W. Griffiths & Sophie Venner

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Keiran Evans (Director/Writer), Kelly + Victor

The EE Rising Star Award (voted for by public): Will Poulter

BAFTA Awards: ‘12 Years a Slave’ Lands Best Film Prize