65th British Academy Film Awards "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. 65th British Academy Film Awards The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly
70th British Academy Film Awards Original Music. Both "Manchester by the Sea" and "Lion" won two awards each. Casey Affleck won Best Actor in a Leading Role and Kenneth Lonergan won Best Original Screenplay for "Manchester by the Sea", while Dev Patel won Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Luke Davies won Best Adapted Screenplay for "Lion". Additionally, Viola Davis won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in "Fences" and Mel Brooks was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for his contribution to cinema. The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One at 9 p.m. UTC, around two hours later than the actual ceremony.