A well-known British film set in space, with two American leads and a Mexican director, led the pack with 11 nominations going into the evening. It also led the way out, converting six of those 11 nominations into gongs.
Several awards in, it seemed the voters would do anything other than back British at their own awards, with early wins for Gravity, Frozen, American Hustle and Mrs Luhrman taking two gongs for The Great Gatsby.
