Baftas 2003

Oscar odds shorten on Kidman and Day-Lewis

Bookmakers respond to Bafta awards by cutting payouts in the event of an Oscar win

Staff and agencies

24, Feb, 2003 @3:24 PM

Britain's big Bafta night as The Hours has the edge on Hollywood blockbusters

The British film industry was given a much-needed boost last night when Stephen Daldry's The Hours won two awards at the Baftas, the UK's answer to the Oscars, against stiff competition from big budget Hollywood blockbusters such as Chicago and Gangs of New York.

Rebecca Allison

24, Feb, 2003 @3:24 PM

Kidman is the Baftas' leading lady

The expected two-horse race for awards at this year's Bafta ceremony failed to materialise last night when Chicago and Gangs of New York were edged aside at the star-studded event in Leicester Square.

Rebecca Allison

24, Feb, 2003 @3:24 PM

Bafta honour goes to film producers' independent hero

Saul Zaentz, the visionary independent film producer who made One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus and The English Patient, is to be honoured tonight with a British Academy Fellowship.

Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent

23, Feb, 2003 @3:24 PM

Bafta braced for anti-war protests tonight

Organisers of tonight's televised British Academy Film Awards are braced for the event to be overshadowed by celebrity attacks on British and American war plans.

Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent

23, Feb, 2003 @3:37 AM

Chris Morris: the movie

The last time he was in the news, it was for the 'paedophile special' of his TV series Brass Eye. Now he's made a film - just 15 minutes long - which is tipped to win a Bafta on Sunday. In a rare interview, Britain's greatest contemporary satirist talks to Xan Brooks about making the film, celebrities and why he won't be tackling the war on terror.

Xan Brooks

21, Feb, 2003 @10:40 AM