BAFTA 2006 Articles

2006 BAFTA Awards 2006 Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations: January 19, 2006 2006 BAFTA award winners: Odeon Leicester Square in London on February 19, 2006 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain   FILM * BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Diana Ossana / James Schamus CAPOTE – Caroline Baron / William Vince / Michael Ohoven THE CONSTANT [...]

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain. Photo: Kimberly French / Focus Films Brokeback Mountain was the big winner at the BAFTA 2006 Awards. Based on E. Annie Proulx's short story about the doomed love affair between two Wyoming ranch hands, Brokeback Mountain won a total of four awards: best picture, best director (Ang Lee), best adapted screenplay (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana), and, surprisingly, [...]

The 2006 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have been announced. The largest number of nominations went to The Constant Gardener (10), Crash (9), and Brokeback Mountain (9). All three films were nominated for best picture, while The Constant Gardener (above) also received a best British film nod. Mirroring the trend on the western side of the Atlantic, the best picture contenders are all relatively "small" [...]