Alfonso Cuarón and "Gravity" continue their award sweep this season at the 2014 BAFTA Awards. The film starring Sandra Bullock won a total of six award including Best Director and Outstanding British Film. This last award created a bit of controversy on social media as the funding was from a major U.S. studio and the on-screen actors were American. "It is a British production shot in the UK," the Mexican 52-year-old director said. "I am a UK resident. About 98 per cent of the talent working on this film was from Britain. And almost half of the films I have made I made in the UK."
Cuarón furthered explained why his film can be considered British saying, "I’m happy for all the recognition that all these great British artists had in this awards ceremony,” Cuaron said backstage. “I don’t need to set the record straight. There are rules that make a film eligible for Best British Film. Gravity definitely has all the requirements, except a couple of Mexicans that came here — legally! — and a couple of American stars. It was shot in this country, developed in this country, and with cutting-edge technology developed by British artists. Having said that, the real question about BAFTAs, is why it needs a definition for Best Film? Why does there need to be be Best British Film? It should be Best Film and Best Non-British Film.”
David Heyman, producer of the sci-fi flick was under the weather and winning the accolade was "sure as hell is gonna make it better.” Emmanuel Lubezki won for his cinematography work in "Gravity" but was not at the gala and Cuarón accepted the award on his behalf. The film also picked up awards for Original Music, Sound and Special Visual Effects. "12 Years A Slave" won for Best Film, Cate Blanchett as Leading Actress for "Blue Jasmine," Leading Actor was won by Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years A Slave") while Jennifer Lawrence won for her work on "American Hustle" in the Supporting Actress category.
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