Boyhood, which starred Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane has won the Bafta best film award and best director for Richard Linklater.
Eddie Redmayne was given the leading actor honour for his role in The Theory of Everything which was also named outstanding British film.
Eddie Redmayne has won the Leading Actor Bafta for his performance as Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything.
Accepting his best actor award, Redmayne recalled the "incredibly unfortunate" night he had to flee a previous Bafta ceremony to be sick with food poisoning.
He said: "It was one of the worst nights of my life. This is one of the best."
He thanked his own family, his "professional family" on the film and the Hawkings "for their trust in us, their generosity and their kindness".
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