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!

 

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