The Hurt Locker' sweeps board at the BAFTAs

Uma Thurman via last.fm

US director Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war movie ''The Hurt Locker'' swept the board at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), winning the best film and director awards and leaving ex-husband James Cameron almost empty-handed.

Bigelow picked up six gongs out of eight she was nominated for, and was the first woman to win the best director award for her movie portraying elite soldiers tasked with defusing bombs in the heat of combat.
Collecting her best film award from US actor Dustin Hoffman, she said the prize was "beyond our wildest imagination."
"This is so unbelievable, we're just so deeply honoured and humbled," she said last night.
"The Hurt Locker" also picked up gongs for original screenplay, cinematography, editing and sound at the glittering event, which attracted stars including Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Uma Thurman.