‘Slumdog’ Takes Home Seven at the BAFTAs while Winslet Continues Her Streak

The 2009 BAFTA Award winners have been announced and once again Slumdog Millionaire has taken on all comers and come out ahead with seven awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

On the acting side Kate Winslet has once again taken home hardware winning Best Actress for her performance in The Reader while Mickey Rourke won on the Leading Actor side beating Sean Penn among others for his performance in The Wrestler. Heath Ledger was awarded for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight and Penelope Cruz won for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

The acting awards are a big deal for those predicting the 2009 Oscar winners as last year all four acting winners at the BAFTAs went on to take home the Oscar, which included Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton. It also means good news for Danny Boyle as the Coens went on to take the Oscar after their BAFTA win.

However, there was a discrepancy last year as No Country for Old Men took home the Oscar, but Atonement won the BAFTA award. Of course many could chalk this up to the British Academy simply awarding a British film, but it is notable nonetheless.

You can check out the complete list of winners below and click here if you want to give the nominees another glance.

• Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colso

• Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

• Kate Winslet for The Reader

• Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

• Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

• Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle

• In Bruges, Martin McDonagh

• Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy

• Man on Wire, Simon Chinn / James Marsh

• I’ve Loved You So Long, Yves Marmion / Philippe Claudel

• WALL•E, Andrew Stanton

• Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle

• Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo

• The Duchess, Michael O’Connor

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jean Black / Colleen Callaghan

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Barba / Craig Barron / Nathan McGuinness / Edson Williams

• Slumdog Millionaire, Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom Sayers / Ian Tapp

• Slumdog Millionaire, A. R. Rahman

• STEVE McQUEEN Director/Writer – Hunger

• Noel Clarke