1:13pm UK, Monday February 16, 2004

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has won best film at this year's Baftas on another night of disappointment for Cold Mountain.

LOTR director Peter Jackson

Cold Mountain had led the field with 13 nominations but picked up only two - Best Aupporting Actress for Renee Zellweger and an award for Best Score.

Instead it was The Lord of the Rings and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which were the big winners, with four Bafta awards each.

The Lord of the Rings also won the Orange Film of the Year, which is voted by the general public.

Peter Weir won Best Director for Master and Commander, an epic set on the high seas during the Napoleonic wars.

Bill Murray won Best Actor and Scarlett Johansson won Best Actress, both for Lost in Translation.

Nineteen-year-old newcomer Johannson had also been nominated for Girl With a Pearl Earring, a rare double in Bafta history.

Bill Nighy won Best Supporting Actor for his role in British hit Love Actually.

Touching the Void, a documentary about a true life mountaineering drama, won outstanding British Film of the Year.

Best non-English film was In This World, a film by 24 Hour Party People director Michael Winterbottom.

The film tells the story of two young Afghan refugees and their perilous journey to Britain as asylum seekers.