It won Best Film - presented by a Down Under double act of Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe - along with Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius, pictured above), Leading Actor (Jean Dujardin), Original Music, Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Costume Design.
The Leading Actress accolade went to Meryl Streep, who lost a shoe as she stepped on to the stage to pick up the prize for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. She revealed that her ancestors were - like Lady Thatcher herself - originally from Lincolnshire.
She said: "Half of me is Streep and the other half is Wilkinson from Lincolnshire so I come by it honestly, this part."
Stephen Fry hosted the evening, at which the first guest, Cuba Gooding Jr, opened with a brief tribute to Whitney Houston following the 48-year-old singer's sudden death the previous night.
Houston, whose new movie Sparkle is due out in October, was also featured in a video montage of those in the entertainment industry who died in the past 12 months. Her other screen credits included the films The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife as well as a TV musical of Cinderella.
The event, held at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, central London and officially known as the Orange British Academy Film Awards, is the biggest movie bash of the year in the UK and is seen as an accurate pointer for Oscars success.
There were no awards for The Descendants, and even its star George Clooney declared The Artist the best film as he spoke to reporters on his way in to the ceremony.
The award for Outstanding British Film was given to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Naomie Harris and Berenice Marlohe who will play Bond girls in the next 007 film, Skyfall.
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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