'Hurt Locker' wins big at BAFTA Awards

LONDON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- "The Hurt Locker" was named best film Sunday and won five other prizes when the British Academy of Film and Television Arts handed out its annual BAFTA Awards.

Kathryn Bigelow won the directing award and Mark Boal won for best original screenplay for the story of an elite U.S. military bomb squad in Iraq. "The Hurt Locker" also won for editing, cinematography and sound.

"Avatar" and "Up" each won two awards. "Avatar" -- director James Cameron's futuristic tale of a battle between corporate-military forces and an indigenous people -- won for production design and special visual effects. Disney-Pixar's "Up" won for best animated film and music.

Colin Firth won the best actor award for "A Single Man" and Carey Mulligan won best actress for "An Education." Christopher Waltz won the supporting actor prize for "Inglourious Basterds" and Mo'Nique was named best supporting actress for "Precious."

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner won for best adapted screenplay for "Up in the Air," based on the Walter Kirn novel about a man who specializes in executing employee layoffs.

"Fish Tank" was named best British film. "The Prophet" was named best film not in the English language.

"Young Victoria" won for best costume design and for makeup and hair.