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1917 was the big winner of the last night's BAFTAs

Did the British Academy awards confirm Oscar favourites?

By Lana Mihailović

04-02-2020

"The glamour, the excitement, the length." –were the words used by the host Graham Norton to usher us into the last night's BAFTAs. The award ceremony is the final predictor of the Oscars, but surprises were few if any, and only confirmed the established frontrunners list for the LA ceremony that will be held on February 10th.

The Academy members gave the acting awards to Renee Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, and Brad Pitt – all of them have also won Golden Globes and SAG awards for this year’s performances. And while Once Upon a Time… and The Irishman picked up 10 nominations each, they were pretty much ignored by the British voters.

1917 was the winner of the evening. Sam Mendes’ WWI drama won 7 awards, out of 9 nominations, including the one for Best Film and Outstanding British Film, as well as the award given out for the best director. The team behind Parasite was honored in the category dedicated to films that are not in the English language, while the winning animated film was Klaus – the English-language Spanish comedy that tells its version of the Santa Claus origin.

Look below for the full list of nominees and winners.

Best film

WINNER: 1917
The Irishman
Joker
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
Parasite

Outstanding British film

WINNER: 1917
Bait
For Sama
Rocketman
Sorry We Missed You
The Two Popes

Leading actress

Jessie Buckley - Wild Rose
Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan - Little Women
Charlize Theron - Bombshell
WINNER: Renée Zellweger - Judy

Leading actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
Adam Driver - Marriage Story
Taron Egerton - Rocketman
WINNER: Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes

Supporting actress

WINNER: Laura Dern - Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson - Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh - Little Women
Margot Robbie - Bombshell
Margot Robbie - Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood

Supporting actor

Tom Hanks - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins - The Two Popes
Al Pacino - The Irishman
Joe Pesci - The Irishman
WINNER: Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Director

WINNER: Sam Mendes - 1917
Martin Scorsese - The Irishman
Todd Phillips - Joker
Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood
Bong Joon-Ho - Parasite

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

Awkwafina
Jack Lowden
Kaitlyn Dever
Kelvin Harrison Jr
WINNER: Micheal Ward

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

WINNER: Bait - Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite
For Sama - Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Maiden - Alex Holmes
Only You - Harry Wootliff
Retablo - Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio

Film not in the English language

The Farewell
For Sama
Pain and Glory
WINNER: Parasite
Portrait of a Lady On Fire

Documentary

American Factory
Apollo 11
Diego Maradona
WINNER: For Sama
The Great Hack

Animated film

Frozen 2
WINNER: Klaus
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Toy Story 4

Original screenplay

Booksmart - Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
Knives Out - Rian Johnson
Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino
WINNER: Parasite - Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho

Adapted screenplay

The Irishman - Steven Zaillian
WINNER: Jojo Rabbit - Taika Waititi
Joker - Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Little Women - Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes - Anthony McCarten

Original score

1917 - Thomas Newman
Jojo Rabbit - Michael Giacchino
WINNER: Joker - Hildur Gudnadottir
Little Women - Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - John Williams

Cinematography

WINNER: 1917 - Roger Deakins
The Irishman - Rodrigo Prieto
Joker - Lawrence Sher
Le Mans '66 - Phedon Papamichael
The Lighthouse - Jarin Blaschke

Costume design

The Irishman - Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
Jojo Rabbit - Mayes C Rubeo
Judy - Jany Temime
WINNER: Little Women - Jacqueline Durrant
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood - Arianne Phillips

Editing

The Irishman - Thelma Schoonmaker
Jojo Rabbit - Tom Eagles
Joker - Jeff Groth
WINNER: Le Mans '66 - Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood - Fred Raskin

Production design

WINNER: 1917 - Lee Sandales
The Irishman - Bob Shaw, Regina Graves
Jojo Rabbit - Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková
Joker - Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran
Once upon a Time… In Hollywood - Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh

Make-up and hair

1917 - Naomi Donne
WINNER: Bombshell - Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
Joker - Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
Judy - Jeremy Woodhead
Rocketman - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

Sound

WINNER: 1917 - Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson
Joker - Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
Le Mans '66 - David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
Rocketman - Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood

Best special visual effects

WINNER: 1917 - Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
Avengers: Endgame - Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick
The Irishman - Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
The Lion King - Andrew R Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy