The 60th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 11 February 2007 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2006. 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 2006.

The nominees were announced on 12 January 2007. ^[1] The Queen won Best Film and Best Actress for Helen Mirren. Paul Greengrass won Best Director for United 93, which also won Best Editing. Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for The Last King of Scotland, which also won Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. The ceremony also featured the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, which was awarded to Happy Feet, directed by George Miller. ^[2]

Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the second time.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

• Anne V. Coates and Richard Curtis

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

• Nick Daubeny

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

In Memoriam

See also

References

External links

• This year's nominees Archived 2007-01-24 at the Wayback Machine