59th British Academy Film Awards
2006 edition of the BAFTAs
The 59th British Academy Film Awards , more commonly known as the BAFTAs , took place on 19 February 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London , honouring the best national and foreign films of 2005 . Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2005.
Brokeback Mountain won Best Film , Best Director for Ang Lee , Best Supporting Actor for Jake Gyllenhaal , and Best Adapted Screenplay.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for Walk the Line . The Constant Gardener received the most nominations with 10;[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] the film only received one award: Best Editing for Claire Simpson . Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit , directed by Nick Park and Steve Box , was voted Outstanding British Film of 2005.
Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the fifth consecutive year.
Winners and nominees
Ang Lee , Best Director winner
Philip Seymour Hoffman , Best Actor winner
Reese Witherspoon , Best Actress winner
Jake Gyllenhaal , Best Supporting Actor winner
Thandiwe Newton , Best Supporting Actress winner
Paul Haggis , Best Original Screenplay co-winner
James McAvoy , Orange Rising Star Award winner
BAFTA Fellowship
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Robert 'Chuck' Finch and Billy Merrell
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
^ Credited as Thandie Newton
Statistics
See also
References
External links
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