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The Favourite takes home seven awards at the BAFTAs

While not quite as popular as the Golden Globe or the Academy Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, also called the BAFTAs, are usually an entertaining show that honors the best movies of the previous year, though with a distinctly British flair. Outside of the general Best Actor and Best Actress awards, there are awards dedicated to what was the best British movie, who was the best British director, and which British short film was the most British. 

All joking aside, the awards last night were pretty much in line with what’s been happening this awards season. There weren’t many surprises last night outside of one or two unique blips, but the biggest story of the night was how The Favourite took home seven awards last night, most notably for Best British Picture and Best Actress, having Olivia Colman beat out current Oscar frontrunner Glenn Close, making that category the one to watch for the upcoming Academy Awards. 

In other news, Roma took home a healthy amount of awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron. While I may not have been a huge fan of the movie, it is a beautifully directed and well-shot movie and I can fully understand why it’s getting all of the praise this awards season. Rami Malek is shockingly continuing his acting domination as he picks up yet another award for Best Actor, making me wonder if I saw the same movie as everyone else. I mean, it was fine, but really? Was it THAT good?

Best Film

BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born

Outstanding British Film

Beast
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
McQueen
Stan & Ollie
You Were Never Really Here

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Apostasy, Daniel Kokotajlo
Beast, Michael Pearce, Lauren Dark
A Cambodian Spring,  Chris Kelly
Pili, Leanne Welham, Sophie Harman
Ray & Liz, Richard Billingham, Jacqui Davies

Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum
Cold War
Dogman
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Documentary

Free Solo
McQueen
RBG
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers

Best Animated Film

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse

Best Director

Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

Best Original Screenplay

Cold War
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born

Best Actress

Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Viola Davis, Widows

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Christian Bale, Vice
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Steve Coogan, Stan & Ollie
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Supporting Actor

Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy

Best Original Music

BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
A Star Is Born

Best Cinematography

Bohemian Rhapsody
Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
Roma

Best Editing

Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
First Man
Roma
Vice

Best Production Design

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Best Costume Design

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots

Best Makeup & Hair

Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Mary Queen of Scots
Stan & Ollie
Vice

Best Sound

Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Mission: Impossible — Fallout
A Quiet Place
A Star Is Born

Special Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
First Man
Ready Player One

Best Short Animated Film

I’m OK
Marfa
Roughhouse

Best Short Film

73 Cows
Bachelor, 38
The Blue Door
The Field
Wale

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