61st British Academy Film Awards 61st British Academy Film Awards The 61st British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 10 February 2008 and honoured the best films of 2007. "Atonement" won Best Film, while Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, won Best Director for "No Country for Old Men", which also went on to win Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for "There Will Be Blood", Marion Cotillard won Best Actress for "La Vie en Rose (La Môme)", and Tilda Swinton won Best Supporting Actress for "Michael Clayton".
80th Academy Awards 78th ceremony held in 2006. Two weeks earlier in a gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on February 9, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Alba. "No Country for Old Men" won the most awards of the ceremony with four including Best Picture. Other winners included "The Bourne Ultimatum" with three awards, "La Vie en Rose (La môme)" and "There Will Be Blood" with two awards, and "Atonement", "The Counterfeiters", "", "Freeheld", "The Golden Compass", "Juno", "Michael Clayton", "The Mozart of Pickpockets", "Once", "Peter and the Wolf", "Ratatouille", "", and