The British Academy for Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) awards were presented in London’s Albert Hall over the weekend. Hollywood drama Nomdland went on to become the biggest winner of all.
Adarsh Gourav, who was nominated in the Best Actor category for his performance in The White Tiger lost to the legendary Anthony Hopkins, who bagged the award for his performance in The Father. It did come as a surprise as many thought Late Chadwick Boseman would have been more befitting for his stellar performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
The White Tiger’s writer-director, Ramin Bahrani was in contention in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, however, he could not make it to the podium as Florian Zellar & Christopher Hampton received the honours for The Father. Here is a list of all the winners of the coveted award-
Best Film- Nomadland:
- Outstanding British Film- Promising Young Woman
- Best Director- Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
- Original Screenplay- Promising Young Woman
- Adapted Screenplay- Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, The Father
- Leading Actress- Frances McDormand, Nomadland
- Leading Actor- Anthony Hopkins, The Father
- Supporting Actress- Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
- Supporting Actor- Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and The Black Messiah
- Outstanding Debut By British Writer, Director, & Producer- Remi Weekes, His House
- Film Not In English Language- Thomas Vinterberg & Sisse Graum Jorgensen, Another Round
- Documentary- Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed & Craig Foster, My Octopus Teacher
- Animated Film- Pete Docter & Dana Murray, Soul
- Original Score- Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Soul
- Casting- Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
- Editing- Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
- Production Design- Donald Graham Burt & Jan Pascale, Mank
- Costume Design- Ann Roth, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Makeup & Hair- Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera & Mia Neal, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Sound- Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés & Michelle Couttolenc, Sound of Metal
- Special Visual Effects- Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson & Andrew Lockley, Tenet
- British Short Animation- Mole Hill & Laura Duncalf, The Owl and the Pussycat
- British Short Film- Farah Nabulsi, The Present
- EE Rising Star Award- Bukky Bakray
