62nd British Academy Film Awards

62nd British Academy Film Awards
62nd British Academy Film Awards
Date	8 February 2009
Site	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Hosted by	Jonathan Ross
Highlights
Best Film	Slumdog Millionaire
Best British Film	Man on Wire
Best Actor	Mickey Rourke; The Wrestler
Best Actress	Kate Winslet; The Reader
Most awards	Slumdog Millionaire (7)
Most nominations	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire (11)
	← 61st; BAFTA Awards; 63rd →;

The 62nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 8 February 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2008. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2008.

The nominees were announced on 15 January 2009.^[1] Two films received the most nominations in eleven categories; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. The Dark Knight followed with nine.^[2] Slumdog Millionaire took home the most awards with seven.

Jonathan Ross hosted the ceremony for the third consecutive year.

^ "Baftas 2009: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "Film Nominations in 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

[Nominations-1] "Baftas 2009: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[2] "Film Nominations in 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

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