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- ‘Conclave,’ ‘Anora’ and ‘The Brutalist’ won big at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards
- ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘A Real Pain’ also did well.
- The awards were handed out on February 16th in London.
The BAFTA Film Awards have been handed out this evening at a ceremony held at the Royal Festival Hall in London, hosted once more by former ‘Doctor Who’ actor David Tennant.
Dropping references to the current political climate and less pointed jokes at the expense of stars in the audience (he warned the assembled crowd that there would be no intermission as with ‘The Brutalist’ and to keep their speeches the opposite of their movies –– short.
‘Conclave,’ ‘Anora’ and ‘The Brutalist’ won multiple awards, the former nabbing Best Original Screenplay, British film and the big trophy, Best Film, while the latter scored Best Director, Leading Actor (for Adrien Brody) Score and more. ‘Anora,’ meanwhile, saw lead Mikey Madison took the stage for ‘Anora.’
The likes of ‘Wicked’ and ‘Dune: Part Two’ mostly made do with technical awards, including Production Design, Costume, Sound and Visual Effects.
XBfOVvaBHpE472vRjA6LC2As for Supporting Actor, that might as well be renamed The Kieran Culkin award given how many trophies the ‘A Real Pain’ actor has won this season. If there is a lock for an Oscar, he’s surely it.
And despite the recent social media controversy surrounding lead Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Pérez’ went home with several awards, including Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldana and Film Not in the English Language.
There was brief confusion for fellow ‘Pérez’ actors Saldana and Selena Gomez, who stumbled over who had won the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, Producer, ultimately given to ‘Kneecap’ filmmaker Rich Peppiatt.
Documentary ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,’ despite missing out on an Oscar nomination, won its BAFTA category.
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Here’s the full list of winners:
BEST FILM
- ‘Anora’
- ‘The Brutalist’
- ‘A Complete Unknown’
- ‘Conclave’ – Winner
- ‘Emilia Pérez’
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- ‘Bird’
- ‘Blitz’
- ‘Conclave’ – WINNER
- ‘Gladiator II’
- ‘Hard Truths’
- ‘Kneecap’
- ‘Lee’
- ‘Love Lies Bleeding’
- ‘The Outrun’
- ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- ‘Hoard,’ Luna Carmoon (Director, Writer)
- ‘Kneecap,’ Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer) – WINNER
- ‘Monkey Man,’ Dev Patel (Director)
- ‘Santosh,’ Sandhya Suri (Director, Writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer) [also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge]
- ‘Sister Midnight,’ Karan Kandhari (Director, Writer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- ‘All We Imagine as Light’
- ‘Emilia Pérez’ – WINNER
- ‘I’m Still Here’
- ‘Kneecap’
- ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
DOCUMENTARY
- ‘Black Box Diaries’
- ‘Daughters’
- ‘No Other Land’
- ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeves Story‘ – WINNER
- ‘Will & Harper’
ANIMATED FILM
- ‘Flow’
- ‘Inside Out 2’
- ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ – WINNER
- ‘The Wild Robot’
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
- ‘Flow’
- ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’
- ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ – WINNER
- ‘The Wild Robot’
DIRECTOR
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Brady Corbet – WINNER
- ‘Conclave,’ Edward Berger
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Denis Villeneuve
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Jacques Audiard
- ‘The Substance,’ Coralie Fargeat
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
- ‘Kneecap,’ Writer Rich Peppiatt, Story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
- ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg – WINNER
- ‘The Substance,’ Coralie Fargeat
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ James Mangold and Jay Cocks
- ‘Conclave,’ Peter Straughan – WINNER
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Jacques Audiard
- ‘Nickel Boys,’ RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
- ‘Sing Sing,’ Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story by Clint Bentley,
Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
LEADING ACTRESS
- Cynthia Erivo, ‘Wicked’
- Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, ‘Hard Truths’
- Mikey Madison, ‘Anora’ – WINNER
- Demi Moore, ‘The Substance’
- Saoirse Ronan, ‘The Outrun’
LEADING ACTOR
- Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’ – WINNER
- Timothée Chalamet, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Colman Domingo, ‘Sing Sing’
- Ralph Fiennes, ‘Conclave’
- Hugh Grant, ‘Heretic’
- Sebastian Stan, ‘The Apprentice’
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Selena Gomez, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Ariana Grande, ‘Wicked’
- Felicity Jones, ‘The Brutalist’
- Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘The Last Showgirl’
- Isabella Rossellini, ‘Conclave’
- Zoe Saldaña, ‘Emilia Pérez’ – WINNER
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Yura Borisov, ‘Anora’
- Kieran Culkin, ‘A Real Pain’ – WINNER
- Clarence Maclin, ‘Sing Sing’
- Edward Norton, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Guy Pearce, ‘The Brutalist’
- Jeremy Strong, ‘The Apprentice’
CASTING
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker, Samantha Quan – WINNER
- ‘The Apprentice,’ Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Yesi Ramirez
- ‘Conclave,’ Nina Gold, Martin Ware
- ‘Kneecap,’ Carla Stronge
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Lol Crawley – WINNER
- ‘Conclave,’ Stéphane Fontaine
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Greig Fraser
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Paul Guilhaume
- ‘Nosferatu,’ Jarin Blaschke
EDITING
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
- ‘Conclave,’ Nick Emerson – WINNER
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Joe Walker
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Juliette Welfling
- ‘Kneecap,’ Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill
COSTUME DESIGN
- ‘Blitz,’ Jacqueline Durran
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Arianne Phillips
- ‘Conclave,’ Lisy Christl
- ‘Nosferatu,’ Linda Muir
- ‘Wicked,’ Paul Tazewell – WINNER
MAKE-UP & HAIR
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti
- ‘Nosferatu,’ David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
- ‘The Substance,’ Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli – WINNER
- ‘Wicked,’ Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Daniel Blumberg – WINNER
- ‘Conclave,’ Volker Bertelmann
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Camille, Clément Ducol
- ‘Nosferatu,’ Robin Carolan
- ‘The Wild Robot,’ Kris Bowers
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
- ‘Conclave,’ Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
- ‘Nosferatu,’ Craig Lathrop
- ‘Wicked,’ Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – WINNER
SOUND
- ‘Blitz,’ John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King – WINNER
- ‘Gladiator II,’ Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey, Danny Sheehan
- ‘The Substance,’ Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard
- ‘Wicked,’ Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- ‘Better Man,’ Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe – WINNER
- ‘Gladiator II,’ Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
- ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
- ‘Wicked,’ Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- ‘Adiós,’ José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
- ‘Mog’s Christmas,’ Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
- ‘Wander to Wonder,’ Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart – WINNER
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- ‘The Flowers Stand, Silently Witnessing,’ Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
- ‘Marion,’ Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
- ‘Milk,’ Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
- ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors,’ Franz Böhm, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer – WINNER
- ‘Stomach Bug,’ Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
- Marisa Abela
- Jharrel Jerome
- David Jonsson – WINNER
- Mikey Madison
- Nabhaan Rizwan
