Bafta Awards 2014: The Results

Last night, the great and the good of the British film industry – not to mention a healthy selection of Hollywood's finest – were in attendance for this year's EE BAFTA Awards. Winners included Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity, who gave a speech acknowledging the support he had received from his peers in Britain: "I consider myself a part of the British film industry," said the Mexican filmmaker, who has lived in London for 13 years. "I guess I make a good case for curbing immigration!"

He also used his speech to decry the "upstairs downstairs distinctions" between technical and artistic workers in cinema, dedicating his win to the "downstairs" workers. Gravity, which was shot in the UK, took home a total of six awards, for best director, for outstanding British film, best original music, best sound, best special visual effects, and best cinematography. 

Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave took home the big prize for best film, beating American Hustle, Gravity, Captain Phillips and Philomena. Director McQueen used his speech to draw attention to the plight of those still in slavery in modern times, saying: "There are 21 million people in slavery now as we sit here. I just hope that 150 years from now our ambivalence will not allow another filmmaker to make this film." Its star, Chiwetel Ejiofor, also took home the gold for best actor. American Hustle was recognised in the award for best original screenplay, while the award for best adapted screenplay went to Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Philomena.

Cate Blanchett took home the best actress for her role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine. She dedicated her award to the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman, saying: "You raised the bar and all we can do in your absence is to continue raising it." She added: "Phil, buddy, this is for you, you bastard. I hope you're proud." Newcomer Barkhad Abdi took home the best supporting actor gong for his role in Paul Greengrass's pirate drama Captain Phillips, while Jennifer Lawrence won the best supporting actress award for her role in American Hustle.

Joshua Oppenheimer's hallucinatory, harrowing film The Act of Killing won best documentary, while Disney's Frozen won best animated film. Baz Luhrmann's sumptuous The Great Gatsby won awards for production design and costume design, while Helen Mirren was given the BAFTA Fellowship. Quoting Shakespeare's The Tempest in her speech, she said, "we are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep. My little life is rounded with this honour." Total Film has a full list of last night's winners.