As the United States draws closer to the inevitable shit storm that will be Oscar, the UK celebrated its own filmic tastes last night at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards. Turns out they're pretty good!
Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite was the big winner with seven awards on the night, beating out even the Golden Globe-winning Bohemian Rhapsody in the Outstanding British Film category. Rami Malek continued on his path towards what looks like a clean sweep in the best leading actor category, however.
While Roma may have come second in awards, quantity wise, quality wise it took home the BAFTAs for Best Film, Director, Cinematography, and Film Not in the English Language. What's more, members of the British public were even treated to a televised presentation of Cuaron's cinematography award, something that cannot be said will be true for American audiences during the upcoming Academy Awards.
Also, a shout out is deserved for nominating Lynne Ramsey's incredible You Were Never Really Here for anything. That's all.
A full list of the awards are below:
BEST LEADING ACTOR
- Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
- Christian Bale (Vice)
- WINNER Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
- Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie)
- Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
- Glenn Close (The Wife)
- Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
- Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
- WINNER Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
- Viola Davis (Widows)
BEST DIRECTOR
- Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
- Paweł Pawlikowski (Cold War)
- Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
- WINNER Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
- Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
BEST FILM
- BlacKkKlansman
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- WINNER Roma
- A Star Is Born
"You Were Never Really Here"
Credit: Film4 Productions
COSTUME DESIGN
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- WINNER The Favourite
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Mary Queen of Scots
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- Capernaum
- Cold War
- Dogman
- WINNER Roma
- Shoplifters
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- Avengers: Infinity War
- WINNER Black Panther
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- First Man
- Ready Player One
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- Apostasy
- WINNER Beast
- A Cambodian Spring
- Pili
- Ray & Liz
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Cold War
- The Favourite
- First Man
- WINNER Roma
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
- WINNER Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
- Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
- Sam Rockwell (Vice)
- Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Cold War
- WINNER The Favourite
- Green Book
- Roma
- Vice
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
- BlacKkKlansman
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Isle of Dogs
- Mary Poppins Returns
- WINNER A Star Is Born
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- WINNER BlacKkKlansman
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- First Man
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Star Is Born
"Black Panther"
Credit: Marvel Studios
EE RISING STAR
- Barry Keoghan
- Cynthia Erivo
- Jessie Buckley
- Lakeith Stanfield
- WINNER Letitia Wright
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Amy Adams (Vice)
- Claire Foy (First Man)
- Emma Stone (The Favourite)
- Margot Robbie (Mary Queen of Scots)
- WINNER Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
MAKE UP & HAIR
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- WINNER The Favourite
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Stan & Ollie
- Vice
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- WINNER Free Solo
- McQueen
- RBG
- They Shall Not Grow Old
- Three Identical Strangers
EDITING
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- First Man
- Roma
- WINNER Vice
SOUND
- WINNER Bohemian Rhapsody
- First Man
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- A Quiet Place
- A Star Is Born
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- WINNER 73 Cows
- Bachelor
- The Blue Door
- The Field
- Wale
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- WINNER Roughhouse
- I'm OK
- Marfa
"Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse"
Credit: Sony Pictures
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- WINNER The Favourite
- First Man
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Roma
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- Beast
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- WINNER The Favourite
- McQueen
- Stan & Ollie
- You Were Never Really Here
BEST ANIMATED FILM
- Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- WINNER Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
