The 60th

British Academy Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...

, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 11 February 2007 and honoured the best films of

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

. '' The Queen'' won Best Film and Best Actress for

Helen Mirren Dame Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. ...

. Paul Greengrass won Best Director for '' United 93'', which also won Best Editing. Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for '' The Last King of Scotland'', which also won Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. The ceremony also featured the inaugural

BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film This is a list of the winners and nominees of the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Academy Award for Best Animated Feature * Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film * Annie Award ...

, which was awarded to '' Happy Feet'', directed by George Miller.

Winners and nominees

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Statistics

In Memoriam

* Jack Wild * Johnny Sekka *Teddy Joseph * Derek Bond * Philippe Noiret * Henry Bumstead * Shohei Imamura * Alida Valli *Garth Thomas * Gordon Parks * Carlo Ponti * Glenn Ford * Jack Palance * Patrick Allen * Peter Benchley *

June Allyson June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress, dancer, and singer. Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She sign ...

* Sven Nykvist * William Franklyn * Val Guest * Malcolm Arnold * Kenneth Griffith * Maureen Stapleton *

Peter Boyle Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. Known as a character actor, he played Frank Barone on the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' and the comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof ''Young Fra ...

Mitzi Cunliffe Mitzi Solomon Cunliffe (January 1, 1918 – December 30, 2006) was an American sculptor. She was most famous for designing the golden trophy in the shape of a theatrical mask that would go on to represent the British Academy of Film and Televisi ...

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New H ...

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This year's nominees
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