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Daniel Day-Lewis, who won the best actor award at the Bafta ceremony in London last night, with other award winners (from left): Javier Bardem, best supporting actor; Tilda Swinton, best supporting actress; Marion Cotillard, best actress; and Sir Anthony Hopkins, who received the Academy Fellowship.

Daniel Day-Lewis, who won the best actor award at the Bafta ceremony in London last night, with other award winners (from left): Javier Bardem, best supporting actor; Tilda Swinton, best supporting actress; Marion Cotillard, best actress; and Sir Anthony Hopkins, who received the Academy Fellowship.

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Awards scattered near and far

Best actress winner Marion Cotillard on the red carpet.
Best actress winner Marion Cotillard on the red carpet.
Photograph: The Irish Times

Bafta awards

Atonement, Joe Wright's subtle adaptation of Ian McEwan's admired novel, had been nominated for a record 14 Baftas
La Vie En Rose, a French drama that follows the life of Edith Piaf, led the field with four wins
Among those disappointed in Team Atonement was young Saoirse Ronan, from Carlow, who had been nominated for best supporting actress, and Armagh's Séamus McGarvey, short-listed for best cinematography
Joel and Ethan Coen, the veteran directors of such classics as Blood Simple and Miller's Crossing
best director
chilling contemporary western No Country for Old Men