The New Zealand film industry will leave the Bafta awards empty-handed, after both films nominated at the British glamour event missed out on awards.
Silent movie The Artist was the big winner at the British Academy Film awards, taking seven prizes including best picture.
The Michel Hazanavicius directed film was the bookies' choice for the best picture award and took home the title with ease, while Jean Dujardin won the best actor award for his portrayal of George Valentin in the highly-lauded silent film.
The Artist also won trophies for screenplay, cinematography, music and costume design at Britain's equivalent of the Oscars. The movie is a strong favorite for the Hollywood Oscars on Feb. 26, with 10 nominations.
Meryl Streep was named best actress for playing former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
Sir Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg had a chance for best animated film with The Adventures of Tintin. Tintin won the Golden Globe for the same category but Bafta judges were more impressed by Johnny Depp film Rango.
Espionage thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was a double winner at the awards taking home two top honours.
The movie, starring Gary Oldman and John Hurt, was named the night's Outstanding British Film and its co-writers Peter Straughan and his late wife Bridget O'Connor won the best adapted screenplay prize.
Meanwhile, Hurt received the outstanding contribution to cinema award at the ceremony in London.
The best supporting actor and actress prizes went to Oscars favourites Christopher Plummer for Beginners and Octavia Spencer for The Help.
Motor racing biopic Senna, which chronicles the life and career of tragic formula one driver Ayrton Senna, was also among the night's big winners. It won the best documentary award as well as a best editing prize.
Martin Scorsese's Hugo was also a double winner, grabbing best production design and best sound honours.
Weta's Joe Letteri, Jamie Beard, Keith F Miller and Wayne Stables were nominated for special visual effects work on the motion-capture 3D animation of Tintin, while Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, and R Christopher White were also nominated for work on Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
The Adventures of Tintin picked up a Golden Globe for best animated feature film but has been snubbed in Oscar nominations this year. Weta Digital is in the running for the visual effects award with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The Oscars are held on February 26.
American-born Letteri is already a four-time Oscar winner for Avatar, King Kong and two films in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Weta was formed in 1993 by filmmakers including Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor and Jamie Selkirk. It later split into Weta Digital, which creates digital effects, and Weta Workshop, which creates physical effects.
Full list of winners:
Special Visual Effects - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Best Short Animation - A Morning Stroll
Best Short Film - Pitch Black Heist
Original Music - The Artist
Best Editing – Senna
Best Sound – Hugo
Best Costume Design - The Artist
Best Make-up and Hair - The Iron Lady
Best Cinematography - Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist
Best Foreign Language Film - The Skin I Live In
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer – Tyrannosaur
Best Production Design – Hugo
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Outstanding British Film - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Original Screenplay - The Artist
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema - John Hurt
Rising Star Award - Adam Deacon, Anuvahood
Best Documentary – Senna
Best Adapted Screenplay - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Best Animation – Rango
Best Director - The Artist
Best Actress - Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Actor - Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Film - The Artist
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