The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is the British equivalent of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and last night they celebrated the biggest night of the year with the 72nd BAFTA Awards (the British Oscars). Yorgos Lanthimos’ dark period comedy The Favourite dominated the evening, winning an impressive seven categories out of twelve nominations. Outside of those categories, recognition was mostly spread across different films and filmmakers.
See the full list of winners below…
BEST PICTURE
BlackKlansman
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma – WINNER
A Star Is Born
BEST DIRECTOR
BlackkKlansman – Spike Lee
Cold War – Pawel Pawlikowski
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron – WINNER
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Glenn Close – The Wife
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Olivia Colman – The Favourite – WINNER
Viola Davis – Widows
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Christian Bale – Vice
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody – WINNER
Steve Coogan – Stan & Ollie
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Claire Foy – First Man
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Margot Robbie – Mary Queen of Scots
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite – WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Mahershala Ali – Green Book – WINNER
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell – Vice
Timothee Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Cold War
The Favourite – WINNER
Green Book
Roma
Vice
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BlackKklansman – WINNER
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
BlackKklansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
A Star is Born – WINNER
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite – WINNER
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite – WINNER
Mary Queen of Scots
Stan & Ollie
Vice
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Favourite – WINNER
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – WINNER
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Free Solo— WINNER
McQueen
RBG
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers
BEST FILM EDITING
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
First Man
Roma
Vice – WINNER
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Capernaum
Cold War
Dogman
Roma– WINNER
Shoplifters
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther – WINNER
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
First Man
Ready Player One
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bohemian Rhapsody
Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
Roma – WINNER
BEST SOUND
Bohemian Rhapsody – WINNER
First Man
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
A Quiet Place
A Star Is Born
RISING STAR AWARD
Jessie Buckley
Cynthia Erivo
Barry Keoghan
Lakeith Stanfield
Letitia Wright – WINNER
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Beast
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite – WINNER
McQueen
Stan & Ollie
You Were Never Really Here
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Apostasy – Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)
Beast – Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer) – WINNER
A Cambodian Spring – Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)
Pili – Leanne Welham (Writer/Director), Sophie Harman (Producer)
Ray & Liz – Richard Billingham (Writer/Director), Jacqui Davies (Producer)
What do you make of this year’s BAFTA Awards winners? Are you shocked by any of the outcomes? Was there a particular film or filmmaker that you were rooting for? I want to hear from you, so hit me up in the comments below!