65th British Academy Film Awards
The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2011. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2011.

The nominations were announced on 17 January 2012 by actor Daniel Radcliffe and actress Holliday Grainger. The Artist won seven awards out of its twelve nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for The Iron Lady. Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor for Beginners and Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for The Help. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, directed by Tomas Alfredson, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2011. Director Martin Scorsese was given the BAFTA Fellowship and Sir John Hurt garnered the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.

Stephen Fry, who hosted from 2001 to 2006, returned to host the ceremony.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

 Martin Scorsese

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

 Sir John Hurt

Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Statistics

In Memoriam

 Jane Russell
 Bingham Ray
 Michael Gough
 Richard Leacock
 Shammi Kapoor
 Ken Russell
 Syd Cain
 Eva Monley
 Nicol Williamson
 Whitney Houston
 Theodoros Angelopoulos
 Laura Ziskin
 Arthur Laurents
 Hugh Martin
 Richard Pointing
 Ben Gazzara
 Shelagh Delaney
 Bubba Smith
 Steve Jobs
 Sidney Lumet
 Farley Granger
 John Mackenzie
 Michael Cacoyannis
 John Calley
 Bridget O'Connor
 Elizabeth Taylor

See also

 1st AACTA International Awards
 84th Academy Awards
 37th César Awards
 17th Critics' Choice Awards
 64th Directors Guild of America Awards
 25th European Film Awards
 69th Golden Globe Awards
 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards
 26th Goya Awards
 27th Independent Spirit Awards
 17th Lumières Awards
 2nd Magritte Awards
 23rd Producers Guild of America Awards
 16th Satellite Awards
 38th Saturn Awards
 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
 64th Writers Guild of America Awards

References

External links
 65th BAFTA Awards page

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2012 awards in the United Kingdom
2011 film awards
2012 in London
2012 in British cinema
Royal Opera House
February 2012 events in the United Kingdom