'Atonement' tops BAFTA Awards
Cotillard, Day-Lewis take best acting honors
"Atonement" won best film at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, and Daniel Day-Lewis took the best actor prize. But the home team didn't have it all their own way, with Joel and Ethan Coen named as best director, Marion Cotillard a visibly shocked winner for "La Vie En Rose."

Nominations list for BAFTA
'Atonement' leads race with 14 nods
“Atonement” is the frontrunner in the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards. Here is the full list:

'Atonement' leads BAFTA race
'No Country,' 'Blood' nab nine nods each
Hometown favorite "Atonement" is the front-runner in the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, grabbing 14 mentions, ahead of nine apiece for "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood."

Rising Star nominations announced
BAFTAs to go ahead as planned
Shia LaBeouf (“Transformers”), Ellen Page (“Juno”), Sienna Miller (“Stardust”), Sam Riley (“Control”) and Tang Wei (“Lust, Caution”) have been nominated for the Orange Rising Star prize at this year’s British Academy Film Awards.

'Atonement' leads BAFTA longlist
Working Title drama nabs 17 entries
Working Title's "Atonement" has taken a clear lead in the longlists for the British Academy Film Awards.

'Atonement' leads BAFTA longlist
Working Title drama nabs 17 entries
Working Title's "Atonement" has taken a clear lead in the longlists for the British Academy Film Awards.

Expired Oscar films enter BAFTA race
Some '06 pics remain eligible for U.K. glory
As the runners line up for the Feb. 10 British Academy Film Awards, a handful of movies already have a head start.

BAFTA screener piracy a concern
Cinea-less distribs look for alternative solutions
Oscar campaigners may have greeted the end of Cinea's encrypted screeners with an indifferent shrug, but for BAFTA, it's a much bigger deal.

'Harry Potter' chases kids' BAFTA
'Terabithia,' 'Happy Feet' also in the running
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” will slug it out with “Bridge to Terabithia,” “Flushed Away” and “Happy Feet” for best feature at the BAFTA children’s awards.

BAFTA honors 'Sims' creator
Will Wright to receive fellowship
BAFTA is to bestow its highest honor, the fellowship, on Yank vidgame pioneer Will Wright, the first time the org has given the award to someone from the games biz.

BAFTA renews Orange deal
Cell phone company sponsors awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts film awards will be sponsored by cell phone giant Orange for the 2008 and 2009 editions.

BAFTA picks awards date
Ceremony to be held Feb. 10
Next year's British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 10. That's effectively the same date, the second Sunday in February, as this year's ceremony, which took place Feb. 9.

BAFTA crowns 'Queen' best film
'Scotland,' 'Pan' nab three prizes each
"The Queen" was crowned best film at the Orange British Academy Film Awards and "United 93" helmer Paul Greengrass took director kudos in a night where the spoils were shared out. British, American and international fare was feted at the ceremony, held for the first time at London's Royal Opera House.

Rivals ponder 'Queen' coup
'King' and 'Royale' subjects stir the pot
With its 6,000 voting members split between Blighty, Los Angeles and New York, spanning the film biz, the TV industry and even videogamers, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts is a very broad church indeed.

Blighty films explore blight
Filmmakers turn away from escapism
If any filmmaker fits the description of a prophet without honor in his own country, it's Ken Loach. His "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" may have won the Palme d'Or, but it didn't manage to get a single BAFTA nomination in his own homeland