BAFTA/ Brian Ritchie Find out more about the Best Film category in 2014, which was won by 12 Years A Slave.
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WINNER: 12 Years A Slave
 BAFTA/ Brian RitchieDirector; Steve McQueen
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 BAFTA/ Brian RitchieLeading Actor; Chiwetel Ejiofor
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!!!Best Film Press Conference Interview Transcript at the EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 (149.4 KB)
12 Years A Slave
The true story of Solomon Northrup, a free man who was kidnapped and forced into slavery on cotton plantations.
This is McQueen’s third feature film. He won the Outstanding Debut category for his first feature, in 2008. was also nominated for Outstanding British Film, as was his second feature, , in 2012. He is also nominated for Director and Adapted Screenplay for . Prior to moving to features, McQueen was a successful video artist, and won the Turner Prize in 1999.
Best known as an actor, Pitt has been nominated for Leading Actor twice (for and ) and once for Supporting Actor (for ), but he was also nominated for Best Film in 2009 as the producer of .
Katagas’s previous films include and ; and both previously produced and .
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A comedy about a pair of con artists who are forced by an FBI agent into participating in a elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians.
Roven’s previous credits include Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, , and ; Suckle’s include and . Ellison was nominated for Best Film for last year, and also produced this year; her other credits include and .
Gordon also produced David O Russell’s previous film ; his other credits include Executive Producer on , , and .
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Captain Phillips
Rudin has been nominated for Best Film five times (for , , , and ); he was also nominated for Outstanding British Film for and , and for a the Feature category at the 2010 British Academy Children’s Awards for .
Brunetti and De Luca were both also nominated for Best Film for .
Previous nominations:
- Brunetti & De Luca
- Rudin Includes 1 British Academy Children’s Award nomination
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Gravity
Gravity is the story of an astronaut’s struggle for survival when her shuttle is destroyed by space debris.
Cuarón won the Film Not in the English Language category for in 2007, and the Feature Film category at the 2004 Children’s Awards for in 2004. He was also nominated for Outstanding British Film for , and for Film Not in the English Language and Original Screenplay for in 2003.
Heyman produced the films, for which he was nominated twice in this category and six times in the feature category at the British Academy Children’s Awards (winning twice). He was also nominated for a British Academy Television Award for producing the David Hare drama .
Gravity is also nominated for Outstanding British Film. Alfonso Cuaron is also nominated for Original Screenplay, Editing, Director and Best Film.
No film in 3D has yet won for Best Film. 3D films have won BAFTAs in other other categories including Cuarón Includes a British Academy Children’s Awards win
- Heyman Includes six British Academy Children’s Award nominations (2 wins) and a British Academy Television Award nomination
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Philomena
The true story of a woman who set out to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption, aided by investigative journalist Martin Sixsmith (played by Coogan in the film).
Seaward won this category for , for which she was also nominated for Outstanding British Film. She was also nominated for Outstanding British film for .
Coogan has a number of Television Award nominations (and three wins) for his character Alan Partridge, and also won for his performance in The Trip in 2011. He was nominated for Outstanding Debut at the Film Awards for writing , in which he also starred; his other film roles include , , , , and this year’s .
Tana’s other credits include , and (nominated this year for Costume Design).
is also nominated for Outstanding British Film. Coogan is also nominated for Adapted Screenplay.
