The best of Hollywood and the British film industry descended on London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday night to celebrate the biggest night in the British film industry’s calendar – the 69th British Academy Film Awards (aka the BAFTAs).
Hosted once again by Stephen Fry, the clear winner at this year’s awards was The Revenant. It won five awards in total, including three of the biggest awards – Best Actor (finally another step towards Oscar’s glory for Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Director (for Alejandro G Inarritu) and the highly coveted Best Picture.
Films I have reviewed recently also won awards – Spotlight for original screenplay, Amy for best documentary, Wild Tales for best foreign film, and Australia’s own Mad Max: Fury Road also scooped up an impressive four gongs for its costume, effects & design (but our Cate Blanchett missed out on a Best Actress win, loosing to Room‘s Brie Larson as expected all season).
Full list of winners below:
Best Film:
The Revenant
Outstanding British Film:
Brooklyn
Best Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Best Actress
Brie Larson – Room
Best Supporting Actor:
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress:
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Best Director:
Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Big Short
Best Original Screenplay:
Spotlight
Best Animated Film:
Inside Out
Best Documentary:
Amy
Best Foreign Film:
Wild Tales
Best Cinematography:
The Revenant
Best Costume Design:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Editing:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Make-up and Hair:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Music:
The Hateful Eight
Best Production Design:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Sound:
The Revenant
Best Special Effects:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
British Short Animation:
Edmond
British Short Film:
Operator
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer:
Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director) & Rupert Lloyd (producer) – Theeb
Rising Star Award:
John Boyega
