2008 BAFTA Award Winners

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See More... The 2008 BAFTA Awards have come and gone - and a little known French actress was the big surprise winner of a dazzling ceremony on Sunday night (February 10).

Marion Cotillard beat out British hopefuls Julie Christie and Keira Knightley to take the best actress award for her performance as singer Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose.

The complete list of BAFTA winners is as follows:

BEST FILM
Atonement – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster

BEST BRITISH FILM
This is England – Mark Herbert/Shane Meadows

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) – Control

DIRECTOR
No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno – Diablo Cody

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Lives of Others – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

ANIMATED FILM
Ratatoulle – Brad Bird

LEADING ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood

LEADING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

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