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The Hurt Locker stole the show at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards on Sunday night scooping up six trophies including Best Film and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow and Original Screenplay.

Accepting her award for Best Director, Bigelow said, "What an honor, especially to be in this room filled with so many incredibly talented people that I've admired and been inspired by for decades."

Newcomer Carey Mulligan from An Education won the Leading Actress award while Colin Firth took home the best leading actor award for A Single Man.

Firth paid tribute to Ford while picking up the trophy, saying, "I think an encounter with Tom Ford is to come away resuscitated, a little more worldly, better informed, better groomed, more fragrant and more nominated than one has ever been before. I've worked with a lot of great directors and he's definitely up there with the very best of them."

The list of winners is as follows:

Best Film - The Hurt Locker
Director - Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Leading Actor - Colin Firth, A Single Man
Leading Actress - Carey Mulligan, An Education
Outstanding debut by a U.K. filmmaker - Duncan Jones, Moon
Outstanding British Film - Fish Tank
Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress - Mo'nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Animated Film - Up
Adapted Screenplay - Up In The Air
Orange Rising Star Award - Kristen Stewart
Special Visual Effects - Avatar
Original Screenplay - The Hurt Locker
Production Design - Avatar
Film Not In The English Language - A Prophet
Sound - The Hurt Locker
Editing - The Hurt Locker
Cinematography - The Hurt Locker
Fellowship - Vanessa Redgrave
Morgan Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela in the film Invictus, a true story of how South Africa's underdog rugby team united a nation. Mandela is in his first term as he joins forces with the captain of the team, played by Matt Damon, as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

If sports aren’t your thing, here are the other films opening this weekend:

NEW IN THEATERS The Princess and the Frog Walt Disney presents an animated female twist on the traditional Frog Prince fairy tale, set in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Broken Embraces Penelope Cruz stars in a four-way tale of dangerous love, shot in the style of a hard-boiled 1950s American film noir.

The Lovely Bones Peter Jackson directs the tale of Susie Salmon, a murdered girl who watches over her family -- and her killer -- from heaven.

A Single Man After the sudden death of his partner, a man is determined to persist in his usual routine over the span of a single, ordinary day.

ALSO IN THEATERS The Twilight Saga: New Moon Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner star in the next chapter of the popular supernatural romance saga.

The Blind Side Sandra Bullock stars as a well-to-do suburban mom who forms an unlikely friendship with a struggling teen from a broken home.

2012 A group of survivors struggle to stay alive when a global cataclysm - predicted by the Mayan calendar - brings an end to the world.

Old Dogs Robin Williams and John Travolta are not-so-kid-savvy bachelors who are unexpectedly charged with the care of 7-year-old twins.

Disney's A Christmas Carol Jim Carrey is the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge in a new animated adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic holiday tale.
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