And the winners are . . .

BRITAIN:  The winners from the Baftas

BEST FILM: Atonement

Also nominated: American Gangster,

The Lives of Others, No Country for Old Men,

There Will Be Blood

BEST BRITISH FILM: This is England

Also nominated: Atonement; The Bourne Ultimatum; Control; Eastern Promises

DIRECTOR: Joel Coen/ Ethan Coen

No Country For Old Men

Also nominated: Atonement - Joe Wright;

The Bourne Ultimatum - Paul Greengrass;

The Lives of Others - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

LEADING ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Also nominated: George Clooney - Michael Clayton; James McAvoy - Atonement; Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises; Ulrich Mühe - The Lives of Others

LEADING ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose

Also nominated: Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Julie Christie - Away From Her; Keira Knightley - Atonement;

Ellen Page - Juno

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Javier Bardem

No Country for Old Men

Also nominated: Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood; Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men; Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War; Tom Wilkins - Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS : Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Also nominated: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There; Kelly Macdonald - No Country for Old Men; Samantha Morton - Control;

Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Juno

(Diablo Cody)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Ronald Harwood)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

The Lives of Others

(Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian

Henckel von Donnersmarck)

ANIMATED FILM: Ratatouille (Brad Bird)

MUSIC: La Vie en Rose

(Christopher Gunning)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: No Country for Old

Men (Roger Deakins)

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