59th British Academy Film Awards

The 59th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 February 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2005. 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 2005.

Brokeback Mountain won Best Film, Best Director for Ang Lee, Best Supporting Actor for Jake Gyllenhaal, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for Walk the Line. The Constant Gardener received the most nominations with 10; the film only received one award: Best Editing for Claire Simpson. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, directed by Nick Park and Steve Box, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2005.

Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony for the fifth consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Fellowship

David Puttnam

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Robert 'Chuck' Finch and Billy Merrell

Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Brokeback Mountain – Diana Ossana and James Schamus Capote – Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven The Constant Gardener – Simon Channing Williams Crash – Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle and Bob Yari Good Night, and Good Luck – Grant Heslov | valign="top" width="50%" | Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain Bennett Miller – Capote Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck Paul Haggis – Crash Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote as Truman Capote David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line as Johnny Cash Ralph Fiennes – The Constant Gardener as Justin Quayle Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter Cash Charlize Theron – North Country as Josey Aimes Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents as Laura Henderson Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener as Tessa Abbott-Quayle Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha as Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist Don Cheadle – Crash as Detective Graham Waters George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck as Fred W. Friendly George Clooney – Syriana as Bob Barnes Matt Dillon – Crash as Sergeant John Ryan Thandiwe Newton – Crash as Christine Thayer Brenda Blethyn – Pride & Prejudice as Mrs. Bennet Catherine Keener – Capote as Nelle Harper Lee Frances McDormand – North Country as Glory Dodge Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain as Alma Beers Del Mar Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco Cinderella Man – Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman Good Night, and Good Luck – George Clooney and Grant Heslov Hotel Rwanda – Keir Pearson and Terry George Mrs Henderson Presents – Martin Sherman Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Capote – Dan Futterman The Constant Gardener – Jeffrey Caine A History of Violence – Josh Olson Pride & Prejudice – Deborah Moggach |- | valign="top" width="50%" | Memoirs of a Geisha – Dion Beebe Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto The Constant Gardener – César Charlone Crash – J. Michael Muro March of the Penguins – Laurent Chalet and Jerome Maison | valign="top" width="50%" | Memoirs of a Geisha – Colleen Atwood Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Gabriella Pescucci The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Isis Mussenden Mrs Henderson Presents – Sandy Powell Pride & Prejudice – Jacqueline Durran |- | valign="top" width="50%" | The Constant Gardener – Claire Simpson Brokeback Mountain – Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor Crash – Hughes Winborne Good Night, and Good Luck – Stephen Mirrione March of the Penguins – Sabine Emiliani | valign="top" width="50%" | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero and Nikki Gooley Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Peter Owen and Ivana Primorac Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Eithné Fennell Memoirs of a Geisha – Noriko Watanabe, Kate Biscoe, Lyndell Quiyou and Kelvin R. Trahan Pride & Prejudice – Fae Hammand |- | valign="top" width="50%" | Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla The Constant Gardener – Alberto Iglesias Mrs Henderson Presents – George Fenton Walk the Line – T Bone Burnett | valign="top" width="50%" | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Stuart Craig Batman Begins – Nathan Crowley Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Alex McDowell King Kong – Grant Major Memoirs of a Geisha – John Myhre |- | valign="top" width="50%" | Walk the Line – Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester Batman Begins – David Evans, Stefan Henrix and Peter Lindsay The Constant Gardener – Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson, Mike Prestwood Smith and Sven Taits Crash – Richard Van Dyke, Sandy Gendler, Adam Jenkins and Marc Fishman King Kong – Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn | valign="top" width="50%" | King Kong – Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul and Richard Taylor Batman Begins – Janek Sirrs, Dan Glass, Chris Corbould and Paul Franklin Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Nick Davis, Jon Thum, Chas Jarrett and Joss Williams The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Jim Mitchell, John Richardson, Tim Webber and Tim Alexander |- | valign="top" width="50%" | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Claire Jennings, David Sproxton, Nick Park, Steve Box, Mark Burton and Bob Baker A Cock and Bull Story – Andrew Eaton, Michael Winterbottom and Frank Cottrell-Boyce The Constant Gardener – Simon Channing Williams, Fernando Meirelles and Jeffrey Caine Festival – Christopher Young and Annie Griffin Pride & Prejudice – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Joe Wright and Deborah Moggach | valign="top" width="50%" | Pride & Prejudice – Joe Wright (Director) Everything – Richard Hawkins (Director) Festival – Annie Griffin (Writer/Director) Shooting Dogs – David Belton (Producer) Tsotsi – Peter Fudakowski (Producer) |- | valign="top" width="50%" | Fallen Art – Jarek Sawko, Piotr Sikora and Tomasz Bagiński Film Noir – Osbert Parker Kamiya's Correspondence – Sumito Sakakibara The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello – Anthony Lucas, Julia Lucas and Mark Shirrefs Rabbit – Run Wrake | valign="top" width="50%" | Antonio's Breakfast – Howard Stogdon, Amber Templemore-Finlayson and Daniel Mulloy Call Register – Kit Hawkins, Adam Tudhope and Ed Roe Heavy Metal Drummer – Amanda Boyle and Luke Morris Toby MacDonald Heydar, an Afghan in Tehran – Homayoun Assadian and Babak Jalali Lucky – Bex Hopkins and Avie Luthra |- | valign="top" width="50%" | The Beat That My Heart Skipped'' – Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard Joyeux Noël – Christophe Rossignon and Christian Carion Kung Fu Hustle – Stephen Chow, Chui Po Chu and Jeffrey Lau Le Grand Voyage – Humbert Balsan and Ismaël Ferroukhi Tsotsi'' – Peter Fudakowski and Gavin Hood James McAvoy Chiwetel Ejiofor Gael García Bernal Michelle Williams Rachel McAdams

Statistics

+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 10 The Constant Gardener 9 Brokeback Mountain Crash 6 Good Night, and Good Luck Memoirs of a Geisha Pride & Prejudice 5 Capote 4 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mrs Henderson Presents Walk the Line 3 Batman Begins The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire King Kong 2 Festival March of the Penguins North Country Tsotsi

+ Films that received multiple awards Awards Film 4 Brokeback Mountain 3 Memoirs of a Geisha 2 Crash Walk the Line

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