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PAGE16 BERLIN • LOSANGELES • MILAN • FOYER • CANNES • TOKYO • LONDON DIARY
The Orange British Academy
Film Awards
Now in his fifth decade of screen, stage and TV acting, Albert Finney, a Best Supporting Actor nomi- nee for Erin Brockovich, received a
BAFTA Fellowship from fellow thesp Dame Maggie Smith.
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eventual winner – Polish writer-direc- tor Pawel Pawlikowski, best known for offbeat documentaries.
Last Resort, his brilliant but bleak new feature about asylum-seek- ing, was unveiled to the public for the first time a fortnight after the BAFTAs.
“It’s thrilling to be valued by your peers,” beamed top casting director Mary Selway after being pre- sented The Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. There were on-screen testi- monials by Ralph Fiennes, Sydney Pollack, George Lucas, John Hurt and Richard E Grant for Selway, whose four-decade career includes films like Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Out Of Africa, Withnail & I, Notting Hill and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.
Ruling the evening with a rod of gossamer and many big laughs – including his hilarious commentary later for bus passengers en route to the awards’ feast at the Grosvenor House – was the event’s host, actor- writer Stephen Fry.
Guest presenters included Tom Hanks, Christina Ricci, Sir Elton John, Goldie Hawn, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Hilary Swank, Annette Bening, Roger Moore, Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffud, Geoffrey Rush, Robert Altman, Jimi Mistry, Amanda Donohoe and Hugh Laurie.
The prestigious event, held on Sunday February 25, was present- ed live on Sky One with edited highlights the following night on BBC1 TV. ■ Quentin Falk
PHOTOS: 1. Simon Relph and Cultural Secretary Chris Smith. 2. BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry with nominee Geoffrey Rush. 3. Ang Lee, winner of the David Lean Award for Direction and Kate Winslet. 4. Almost Famous winners for Sound. 5. Partygoer Richard Blackwood. 6. The Odeon lights up. 7. That red carpet feeling; Inset: Kate Winslet and fans. MAIN PHOTOS BY SYLVAINE POITAU. STAGE SET PHOTO BY MIKE HOGAN.