The 79th BAFTA Film Awards took place tonight (February 22) at London’s Royal Festival Hall – check out all of the winners below.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s political comedy-thriller One Battle After Another went into the night leading the nominations, with a total of 14 nods. Ryan Coogler’s vampire hit Sinners followed with 13, while Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet and Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme each sat on 11 nominations.
In the end, it was One Battle After Another that also walked away with the most prizes, taking a total of six: Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (for Sean Penn), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
It was also a huge night for the British indie drama I Swear, which caused a major shock by winning Best Actor for its lead actor Robert Aramayo, who also took home the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Aramayo beat out A-listers such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet to win Best Actor, registering one of the biggest upsets in BAFTA history.
I Swear, which also won for Best Casting, tells the story of John Davidson, a Scottish man with severe Tourette’s syndrome, who learns to live with the condition and grows confidence, and eventually becomes a leading campaigner, advocate and educator on the syndrome.
Jessie Buckley took home Best Actress for her turn in Hamnet, which also won Best British Film, while Wunmi Mosaku was a surprise winner in Best Supporting Actress for Sinners, which also won Best Screenplay and Best Score.
The ceremony also saw the singing stars of KPop Demon Hunters, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, perform ‘Golden’, while Jessie Ware covered Barbra Streisand during the ‘In Memoriam’ segment.
Last year, The Brutalist and Conclave were the big winners, taking four BAFTAs each, with the former winning Best Director and Best Actor and the latter taking Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay.
BEST FILM
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Sentimental Value
Sinners
DIRECTOR
Yorgos Lanthimos – Bugonia
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – WINNER
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo – I Swear – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’Zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners – WINNER
Carey Mullian – The Ballad Of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Emily Watson – Hamnet
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Peter Mullan – I Swear
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another – WINNER
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
28 Years Later
The Ballad Of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
Die My Love
H Is For Hawk
Hamnet – WINNER
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer – The Ceremony
Akinola Davies Je, Wale Davies – My Father’s Shadow – WINNER
Harry Lighton – Pillion
Myrid Carten – A Want In Her
Cal McMau, Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran – Wasteman
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners – WINNER
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad Of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Pillion
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Arco
Boong – WINNER
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2
FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value – WINNER
Sirat
The Voice Of Hind Rijab
DOCUMENTARY
2000 Meters To Andriikva
Apocalypse In The Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr. Nobody Against Putin – WINNER
The Perfect Neighbor
ANIMATED FILM
Elio
Little Amélie
Zootropolis 2 – WINNER
CASTING
I Swear – WINNER
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Sinners
Train Dreams
ORIGINAL SCORE
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners – WINNER
Bugonia
Frankenstein
COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein – WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
EDITING
A House Of Dynamite
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another – WINNER
Sinners
MAKE UP & HAIR
Frankenstein – WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein – WINNER
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinner
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire And Ash – WINNER
F1
Frankenstein
How To Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
SOUND
F1 – WINNER
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
EE Rising Star Award
Robert Aramayo – WINNER
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
BAFTA Fellowship
Donna Langley (Chairwoman of Universal Pictures)
BAFTA Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema
Claire Binns (Creative Director of Picturehouse)
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