LONDON — Coming-of-age drama “Boyhood” scooped three prizes including best film and director at Britain’s biggest film awards on Sunday, while “The Grand Budapest Hotel” took five gongs but missed out on the most prestigious awards.
“The Theory of Everything” garnered three awards including leading actor at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards hosted by comedian Stephen Fry, but “The Imitation Game” failed to convert any of its nine nominations.
Richard Linklater won the director award for “Boyhood”, which he filmed over a 12-year period using the same cast. Patricia Arquette, who won the supporting actress award for her role as a single mother, said Linklater had “made an ordinary story extraordinary”.
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The BAFTAs are the major awards in the British film industry, and are among a series of such events culminating in the Oscars, the top prizes in the movie world, due to be handed out in Los Angeles on Feb. 22.
(Editing by Eric Walsh)
