65th British Academy Film Awards

The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2011. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2011.

The nominations were announced on 17 January 2012 by actor Daniel Radcliffe and actress Holliday Grainger. 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.

Stephen Fry, who hosted from 2001 to 2006, returned to host the ceremony.

BAFTA Fellowship

 * Martin Scorsese

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

 * Sir John Hurt

Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

In Memoriam

 * Jane Russell
 * Bingham Ray
 * Michael Gough
 * Richard Leacock
 * Shammi Kapoor
 * Ken Russell
 * Syd Cain
 * Eva Monley
 * Nicol Williamson
 * Whitney Houston
 * Theodoros Angelopoulos
 * Laura Ziskin
 * Arthur Laurents
 * Hugh Martin
 * Richard Pointing
 * Ben Gazzara
 * Shelagh Delaney
 * Bubba Smith
 * Steve Jobs
 * Sidney Lumet
 * Farley Granger
 * John Mackenzie
 * Michael Cacoyannis
 * John Calley
 * Bridget O'Connor
 * Elizabeth Taylor