BRITAIN: Ang Lee's film Brokeback Mountain picked up four Baftas last night, including best film and best director. Jake Gyllenhall won best supporting actor, while the fourth award, for best adapted screenplay, was a particular boost for Lee.
The Constant Gardener, starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, had been tipped to win the most awards but only picked up the award for editing.
Philip Seymour Hoffman won best actor for his portrayal of the writer in Capote.
The best actress award went to Reese Witherspoon for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line. It also won the best sound award.
After Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha was the most successful with three wins: cinematography, costume design and music. Crash won two awards.
Best British film of the year was the Aardman-animated Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit.
David Puttnam received Bafta's Fellowship, following Chaplin, Hitchcock, Spielberg and Kubrick. In a 30-year career, he has produced films including The Killing Fields, Chariots of Fire and Bugsy Malone.
King Kong won for visual effects, Harry Potter for production design and Narnia for makeup and hair. De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arreté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) won best film not in English.