The EE BAFTA Film Awards took place at the Royal Festival Hall in London, with David Tennant returning as the host for the evening.
During his monologue, Tennant entertained the audience with jokes about Trump, celebrity gags, and even had some stars singing The Proclaimers’ hit “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).” However, there was no cameo from Peter Mullan, which may have disappointed fans of the Empire Podcast.
Tennant humorously warned the audience that there would be no intermission like in the nominated film The Brutalist, and advised winners to keep their speeches short and sweet, contrasting them with their films.
A surprise performance of Take That’s “Greatest Day” added to the night’s entertainment, with the band’s presence on the soundtracks of Better Man and Anora likely contributing to the decision.
Among the winners, Conclave had a successful night, taking home awards for Best Film, Best British Film, Editing, and another Adapted Screenplay trophy for writer Peter Straughan. A Real Pain also received recognition, winning Original Screenplay for writer/director/star Jesse Eisenberg and another Supporting Acting award for Kieran Culkin.
Despite social media controversy surrounding lead actress Karla SofÃa Gascón from Emilia Pérez (who was absent), the film still managed to secure awards, including Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Film Not In The English Language. Director Jacques Audiard acknowledged Gascón and the rest of the cast in his acceptance speech.
Technical awards were dominated by Wicked, while Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl triumphed in the Family Film and Animated Film categories.
Here is the complete list of winners from the EE BAFTA Film Awards:
BEST FILM
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Edward Berger – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
LEADING ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
LEADING ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla SofÃa Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – 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
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
Kneecap
A Real Pain
The Substance
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Bird
Blitz
Conclave
Gladiator II
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Lee
Love Lies Bleeding
The Outrun
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
OUTSTANDING BRITISH DEBUT
Luna Carmoon – Hoard
Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap
Dev Patel – Monkey Man
Sandhya Suri, James Bowsher, Balthazar De Ganay – Santosh
Karan Kandhari – Sister Midnight
CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY FILM
Flow
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
DOCUMENTARY
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke
Credit: www.empireonline.com
