At a BAFTA Awards where there was no clear frontrunner going into the ceremony, British Academy voters chose to largely share the spoils when it came to handing out honors.
But only one could win the top prize of best film, and this year that went to “Conclave,” which had entered the night with the most number of nominations (11). Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller wound up tying with Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” with four BAFTA wins each. Of its four, the 3.5-hour American epic won leading actor for Adrien Brody and director for Corbet.
Meanwhile, there was a surprise when Mikey Madison was named leading actress for “Anora” (one of two wins for Sean Baker’s sex worker comedy), with “The Substance” star Demi Moore’s seem by many as a sure bet. Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror instead took home one award, for makeup and hairstyling.
Elsewhere, Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Pérez,” Jon M. Chu’s hit musical adaptation “Wicked,” Jesse Eisenberg’s travel comedy “A Real Pain,” Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi sequel “Dune: Part Two” and Aardman’s stop-motion feature “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” each got two BAFTA awards. The one major snub of the night was James Mangold’s much adored Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” which didn’t manage to land any of its six nominations.
The event was somewhat light on politics, with host David Tennant being the only one to mention U.S. president Donald Trump (although he did so three times in his opening monologue, suggesting that “it’s like Beetlejuice — I’ve summoned him). Most of this section was, however, cut from the BBC’s broadcast of the ceremony.
And there was little in the way of controversy, despite Audiard thanking his “Emilia Peréz” star Karla Sofia Gascón in his acceptance speech for film not in the English language. Gascón was nominated for leading actress, but wasn’t in attendance at London’s Royal Festival Hall following the scandal that erupted over her historic racist tweets.
Taking place in the lead-up to the Oscars on March 2, the BAFTAs can often be an accurate predictor of who goes home with the gold in the States. See all the winner’s from tonight’s ceremony below.
BEST FILM
“Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown” — Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
“Conclave” — Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman (WINNER)
“Emilia Pérez”
LEADING ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”
Mikey Madison, “Anora” (WINNER)
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Saoirse Ronan, “The Outrun”
LEADING ACTOR
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Hugh Grant, “Heretic”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Last Showgirl”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” (WINNER)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” (WINNER)
Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
DIRECTOR
“Anora” — Sean Baker
“The Brutalist” — Brady Corbet (WINNER)
“Conclave” — Edward Berger
“Dune: Part Two” — Denis Villeneuve
“Emilia Pérez” — Jacques Audiard
“The Substance” — Coralie Fargeat
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Anora” — written by Sean Baker
“The Brutalist” — written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
“Kneecap” — written by Rich Peppiatt, story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
“A Real Pain” — written by Jesse Eisenberg (WINNER)
“The Substance” — written by Coralie Fargeat
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“A Complete Unknown” — screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
“Conclave” — screenplay by Peter Straughan (WINNER)
“Emilia Pérez” — screenplay by Jacques Audiard
“Nickel Boys” — screenplay by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
“Sing Sing” — screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“Bird” — Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
“Blitz” — Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
“Conclave” — Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan (WINNER)
“Gladiator II” — Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig
“Hard Truths” — Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
“Kneecap” — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
“Lee” — Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs
“Love Lies Bleeding” — Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska
“The Outrun” — Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot
“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“Hoard” — Luna Carmoon (Director, writer)
“Kneecap” — Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer) (WINNER)
“Monkey Man” — Dev Patel (Director)
“Santosh” — Sandhya Suri (Director, writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer), also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge
“Sister Midnight” — Karan Kandhari (Director, writer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“All We Imagine as Light” — Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
“Emilia Pérez” — Jacques Audiard (WINNER)
“I’m Still Here” (“Ainda Estou Aqui”) — Walter Salles
“Kneecap” — Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” — Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei
DOCUMENTARY
“Black Box Diaries” — Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
“Daughters” — Natalie Rae, Angela Patton
“No Other Land” — Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” — Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford (WINNER)
“Will & Harper” — Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum
ANIMATED FILM
“Flow” — Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
“Inside Out 2” — Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek (WINNER)
“The Wild Robot” — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
“Flow” — Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
“Kensuke’s Kingdom” — Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek (WINNER)
“The Wild Robot” — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
CASTING
“Anora” — Sean Baker, Samantha Quan (WINNER)
“The Apprentice” — Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
“A Complete Unknown” — Yesi Ramirez
“Conclave” — Nina Gold, Martin Ware
“Kneecap” — Carla Stronge
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Brutalist” — Lol Crawley (WINNER)
“Conclave” — Stéphane Fontaine
“Dune: Part Two” — Greig Fraser
“Emilia Pérez” — Paul Guilhaume
“Nosferatu” — Jarin Blaschke
EDITING
“Anora” — Sean Baker
“Conclave” — Nick Emerson (WINNER)
“Dune: Part Two” — Joe Walker
“Emilia Pérez”– Juliette Welfling
“Kneecap” — Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill
COSTUME DESIGN
“Blitz” — Jacqueline Durran
“A Complete Unknown” — Arianne Phillips
“Conclave” — Lisy Christl
“Nosferatu” — Linda Muir
“Wicked” — Paul Tazewell (WINNER)
MAKE UP & HAIR
“Dune: Part Two” — Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr
“Emilia Pérez” — Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti
“Nosferatu” — David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
“The Substance” — Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli (WINNER)
“Wicked” — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
“The Brutalist” — Daniel Blumberg (WINNER)
“Conclave” — Volker Bertelmann
“Emilia Pérez” — Camille, Clément Ducol
“Nosferatu” — Robin Carolan
“The Wild Robot” — Kris Bowers
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“The Brutalist” — Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
“Conclave” — Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
“Dune: Part Two” — Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
“Nosferatu” — Craig Lathrop
“Wicked” — Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales (WINNER)
SOUND
“Blitz” — John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
“Dune: Part Two” — Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King (WINNER)
“Gladiator II” — Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan
“The Substance” — Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard
“Wicked” — Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Better Man” — Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
“Dune: Part Two” — Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe (WINNER)
“Gladiator II” — Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” — Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
“Wicked” — Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“Adiós” — José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
“Mog’s Christmas” — Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
“Wander to Wonder” — Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart (WINNER)
BRITISH SHORT FILM
“The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing” — Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
“Marion” — Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
“Milk” — Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
“Rock, Paper, Scissors” — Franz Böhm, Ivan, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer (WINNER)
“Stomach Bug” — Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson (WINNER)
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan
From Variety US