Oh, what a night! Slumdog, as expected, cleaned up in pretty much every category (7 BAFTAs in total). There were a couple of surprises, though, with the elegant I've Loved you So Long besting Waltz with Bashir to Best Foreign Film (perhaps the Iranian animation didn't quite feel British enough - Phillipe Claudel's beautiful drama was definitely more accessible). Hunger, of course, got the Carl Foreman for Best Debut, but lost out to Man on Wire in the Outstanding British Film chase - making up for the lack of a documentary category.

Everything else went according to plan, except for The Duchess picking up Best Costume (good for them), and Noel Clarke winning the public's affections as their Rising Star. And a special mention must go to Penelope Cruz, who, after missing out on a Best Actress for Volver thanks to Her Majesty Helen Mirren, got a much-deserved gong for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Tributes to the late filmmakers of the past year, from Anthony Minghella and Harold Pinter to Charlton Heston and Paul Newman, were capped off with a posthumous Supporting Actor win for Heath Ledger. But perhaps nothing summed up the evening quite like Mickey Rourke's acceptance speech, when he thanked Aronofsky for giving him a chance after he 'fucked up' his career. Nice one, Mickey.

But what you're wondering is how many we got right in our predictions, right? 17 out of 22 ain't bad - not including Fellowship, for example, which went to the legend that is Terry Gilliam. 

BEST FILM

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
• FROST/NIXON – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
• MILK – Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
• THE READER – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• HUNGER – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh
• IN BRUGES – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
• MAMMA MIA! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson
• MAN ON WIRE – Simon Chinn, James Marsh
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film

• SIMON CHINN (Producer) – Man On Wire
• JUDY CRAYMER (Producer) – Mamma Mia!
• GARTH JENNINGS (Writer) – Son of Rambow
• STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) – Hunger
• SOLON PAPADOPOULOS, ROY BOULTER (Producers) – Of Time And The City

DIRECTOR

• CHANGELING – Clint Eastwood
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – David Fincher
• FROST/NIXON – Ron Howard
• THE READER – Stephen Daldry
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• BURN AFTER READING – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
• CHANGELING – Joe Michael Straczynski
• I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Philippe Claudel
• IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh
• MILK – Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Roth
• FROST/NIXON – Peter Morgan
• THE READER – David Hare
• REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Justin Haythe
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX – Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel
• GOMORRAH – Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone
• I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
• PERSEPOLIS – Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
• WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli, Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM

• PERSEPOLIS – Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
• WALL•E – Andrew Stanton
• WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Ari Folman

LEADING ACTOR

• FRANK LANGELLA – Frost/Nixon
• DEV PATEL – Slumdog Millionaire
• SEAN PENN – Milk
• BRAD PITT – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS

• ANGELINA JOLIE – Changeling
• KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – I’ve Loved You So Long
• MERYL STREEP – Doubt
• KATE WINSLET – The Reader
• KATE WINSLET – Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• ROBERT DOWNEY JR. – Tropic Thunder
• BRENDAN GLEESON – In Bruges
• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Doubt
• HEATH LEDGER – The Dark Knight
• BRAD PITT – Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• AMY ADAMS – Doubt
• PENÉLOPE CRUZ – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• FREIDA PINTO – Slumdog Millionaire
• TILDA SWINTON – Burn After Reading
• MARISA TOMEI – The Wrestler

MUSIC

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Alexandre Desplat
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
• MAMMA MIA! – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A. R. Rahman
• WALL•E – Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• CHANGELING – Tom Stern
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Claudio Miranda
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Wally Pfister
• THE READER – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Anthony Dod Mantle

EDITING

• CHANGELING – Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Lee Smith
• FROST/NIXON – Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
• IN BRUGES – Jon Gregory
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Chris Dickens

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• CHANGELING – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
• REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Mark Digby, Michelle Day

COSTUME DESIGN

• CHANGELING – Deborah Hopper
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jacqueline West
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Lindy Hemming
• THE DUCHESS – Michael O'Connor
• REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Albert Wolsky

SOUND

• CHANGELING – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
• QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
• SLUMDOG MILLIONARE – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
• WALL•E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, – Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
• INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL – Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser, Steve Rawlins
• IRON MAN – Hal Hickel, Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
• QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug

MAKE UP & HAIR

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
• THE DARK KNIGHT – Peter Robb-King
• THE DUCHESS – Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
• FROST/NIXON – Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
• MILK – Steven E. Anderson, Michael White

SHORT ANIMATION

• CODSWALLOP – Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
• VARMINTS – Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
• WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH – Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker

SHORT FILM

• KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER – Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
• LOVE YOU MORE – Caroline Harvey, Anthony Minghella, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
• RALPH – Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
• SEPTEMBER – Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell
• VOYAGE D’AFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP) – Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD

• MICHAEL CERA
• NOEL CLARKE
• MICHAEL FASSBENDER
• REBECCA HALL
• TOBY KEBBELL

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA

• PINEWOOD STUDIOS AND SHEPPERTON STUDIOS

ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP

• TERRY GILLIAM