The 74th edition of British Academy Film Awards often called BAFTA or Bafta in short, took place, virtually in London’s Royal Albert Hall. The awards, the British counterpart of the Oscars, felicitate the best in both national and international cinema.
The award ceremony continued for over two nights on April 10 and 11. Eight of the 25 winners were revealed on April 10. Winners in the rest of the categories were unveiled on April 11. Nomadland, The Father, Promising Young Woman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and so on made it big and took home maximum Bafta trophies.
The list of the winners are :
Best Film:
Nomadland
Outstanding British Film:
Promising Young Woman
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer:
His House, Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
Best Film Not In the English Language:
Another Round
Best Documentary:
My Octopus Teacher
Best Animated Film:
Soul
Best Director:
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Best Original Screenplay:
Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Father, Christopher Hampton, and Florian Zeller
Best Leading Actress:
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best Leading Actor:
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Best Supporting Actress:
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Supporting Actor:
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Original Score:
Soul, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Casting:
Rocks
Best Cinematography:
Nomadland
Bafta Academy Fellowship:
Ang Lee
EE Rising Star award:
Bukky Bakray
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director, or producer:
His House, Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
Editing:
Sound of Metal, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Production Design:
Mank, Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
Costume Design:
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ann Roth
Makeup & Hair:
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
Sound:
Sound of Metal, Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc
Special Visual Effects:
Tenet, Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
British Short Animation:
The Owl and The Pussycat, Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
British Short Film:
The Present, Farah Nabulsi
Text by: Sreyoshi Sil, IBTN9
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