The British Academy of Film & Television Arts confirmed things we already knew and infused the Oscar race with a little more confusion than expected. Argo taking the prizes for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing have continued the film’s avalanche of late-season awards cementing its lead for this year’s Oscar. The same goes for Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway, but a handful of other categories got a bit more muddled including Emmanuelle Riva’s win over Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence and Christoph Waltz’s win over Robert De Niro and Tommy Lee Jones. These victories suggest the support for the perceived frontrunners may have waned and we could be in for a few rather unusual selections this year.

Award Tallies

(4) Les Misérables
(3) Argo
(2) Amour, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Skyfall
(1) Anna Karenina, Brave, The Impostor, Lincoln, The Making of Longbird, Searching for Sugar Man, Silver Linings Playbook, Swimmer

The Awards

Best Film

Argo

Best Animated Film

Brave

Best Director

Ben Affleck – Argo

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Best Actress

Emmanuelle Riva – Amour

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables

Best Original Screenplay

Django Unchained

Best Adapted Screenplay

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Music

Skyfall

Best Editing

Argo

Best Cinematography

Life of Pi

Best Production Design

Les Misérables

Best Costume Design

Anna Karenina

Best Makeup & Hair

Les Misérables

Best Sound

Les Misérables

Best Special Visual Effects

Life of Pi

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour

Best Documentary

Searching for Sugar Man

Best Short Animation

The Making of Longbird

Best Short Film

Swimmer

Best British Film

Skyfall

Best Rising Star

Juno Temple

Best Debut of a British Writer, Director or Producer

Bart Layton (writer) and Dimitri Doganis (producer) – The Imposter

British Academy of Film & Television Arts Data

Year Founded: 1947
First Awards: 1959 (54)