At tonight’s EE British Academy Film Awards, The Favourite was named Outstanding British Film, with Olivia Colman receiving the BAFTA for Leading Actress, Rachel Weisz taking Supporting Actress and Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara winning Original Screenplay. Sandy Powell won Costume Design,Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton won Production Design and Nadia Stacey won Make Up & Hair.
Roma won four awards: Best Film, Director, Cinematography and Film Not in the English Language. Alfonso Cuarón won in each of these categories.
Rami Malik won Leading Actor for his performance as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody; the film also won the award for Sound.
Supporting Actor went to Mahershala Ali for his performance in Green Book.
BlacKkKlansman won Adapted Screenplay. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse took the award for Animated Film, and Documentary was won by Free Solo.
A Star Is Born won Original Music and Vice took the BAFTA for Editing. Black Panther received the BAFTA for Special Visual Effects.
Writer/Director Michael Pearce and Producer Lauren Dark received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Beast.
73 Cows won the British Short Film award, while the BAFTA for British Short Animation was won by Roughhouse.
The Special Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was presented to Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, a producing partnership who have created some of the most iconic British films of recent years, including The Crying Game, Company of Wolves, Little Voice, Scandal, Carol and Colette.
The Fellowship, the highest honour the Academy can bestow, was presented to editor Thelma Schoonmaker by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, President of BAFTA, and Cate Blanchett.
The EE Rising Star Award, voted for by the public, went to Letitia Wright.
The ceremony, which was hosted by Joanna Lumley, was held at London’s Royal Albert Hall and featured performances by Cirque du Soleil and Jess Gillam.
Here’s a complete category-by-category listing of winners:
BEST FILM
ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BEAST Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
DOCUMENTARY
FREE SOLO Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
ANIMATED FILM
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord
DIRECTOR
ROMA Alfonso Cuarón
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE FAVOURITE Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BLACKkKLANSMAN Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott
LEADING ACTRESS
OLIVIA COLMAN The Favourite
LEADING ACTOR
RAMI MALEK Bohemian Rhapsody
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
RACHEL WEISZ The Favourite
SUPPORTING ACTOR
MAHERSHALA ALI Green Book
ORIGINAL MUSIC
A STAR IS BORN Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ROMA Alfonso Cuarón
EDITING
VICE Hank Corwin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE FAVOURITE Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
COSTUME DESIGN
THE FAVOURITE Sandy Powell
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE FAVOURITE Nadia Stacey
SOUND
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, John Warhurst
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BLACK PANTHER Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
ROUGHHOUSE Jonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom
BRITISH SHORT FILM
73 COWS Alex Lockwood
EE RISING STAR AWARD
LETITIA WRIGHT
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley
Academy Fellowship
Thelma Schoonmaker
As part of BAFTA’s year-round programme of learning events and initiatives, over 80 of this year’s nominees took part in more than 14 ‘BAFTA Film: The Sessions’ on Saturday 9 February. The Sessions saw the nominees discuss their craft in interviews that will be available online on BAFTA Guru in the coming days.
In addition, the nominated short films are now available to view in Curzon cinemas around the country and online at www.curzonhomecinema.com.
Other year-round film activity includes initiatives such as our new talent activity and scholarships programme, BAFTA Crew and BAFTA Elevate as well as masterclasses, the David Lean Lecture delivered by a leading film director and 'A Life in Pictures'.
To access the best creative minds in film, games and TV production, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.
About BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a world-leading independent arts charity that brings the very best work in film, games and television to public attention and supports the growth of creative talent in the UK and internationally. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – which includes workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the UK, USA and Asia – BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.
