The EE British Academy Film Awards—or the BAFTAs—were held this weekend, and our Best Picture Oscar frontrunner was pretty much solidified.Alfonso Cuaron’s masterful Netflix dramaRomatook home four awards in total: Best Picture, Director, Film Not in the English Language, and Cinematography. Seven of the last 10 Best Film BAFTA winners have gone on to win Best Picture at the Oscars, and the success ofRomacould very well signal a very good night for the film at the Academy Awards.
The Favourite, unsurprisingly, took home the most awards of the night with seven in total, including a Best Actress win forOlivia Colmanthat further muddies one of the toughest categories to predict this year.Yorgos Lanthimos’ darkly comedic film also scored the Best British Film Award, which some thought might go toBohemian Rhapsody. Instead, theQueenbiopic only took two BAFTA awards: Best Actor forRami Malekand Best Sound. Combined with his SAG and Globes wins, it very much looks like theMr. Robotactor is well on his way to winning his first Oscar.
Some look to the BAFTA Awards (also referred to as the “British Oscars”) to clarify some key Oscar races because the BAFTA voting procedures mimic those that the Academy uses. There’s no voter overlap, but the BAFTA Awards show us how a large group of diverse industry professionals (i.e. not the random assemblage of folks that make up the Globes) weighs in on the year’s best in film.
Check out the full list of BAFTA Awards winners below, which also includes a Best Animated Film win forSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Best Adapted Screenplay forBlacKkKlansman, and Best Original Music forA Star Is Born.
BLACKkKLANSMANJason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele
THE FAVOURITECeci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday
GREEN BOOKJim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler
ROMAAlfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
A STAR IS BORNBradley Cooper, Bill Gerber, Lynette Howell Taylor
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BEASTMichael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana MacKinnon
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODYGraham King, Anthony McCarten
THE FAVOURITEYorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
McQUEENIan Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Andee Ryder, Nick Taussig
STAN & OLLIEJon S. Baird, Faye Ward, Jeff Pope
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERELynne Ramsay, Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, James Wilson
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
APOSTASYDaniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)
BEASTMichael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)
A CAMBODIAN SPRINGChris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)
PILILeanne Welham (Writer/Director), Sophie Harman (Producer)
RAY & LIZRichard Billingham (Writer/Director), Jacqui Davies (Producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CAPERNAUMNadine Labaki, Khaled Mouzanar
COLD WARPaweł Pawlikowski, Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczyńska
DOGMANMatteo Garrone
SHOPLIFTERSHirokazu Kore-eda, Kaoru Matsuzaki
DOCUMENTARY
FREE SOLOElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, Evan Hayes
McQUEENIan Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
RBGJulie Cohen, Betsy West
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLDPeter Jackson, Clare Olssen
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERSTim Wardle, Grace Hughes-Hallett, Becky Read
ANIMATED FILM
INCREDIBLES 2Brad Bird, John Walker
ISLE OF DOGSWes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSEBob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord
BLACKkKLANSMANSpike Lee
COLD WARPaweł Pawlikowski
THE FAVOURITEYorgos Lanthimos
ROMAAlfonso Cuarón
A STAR IS BORNBradley Cooper
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
COLD WARJanusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski
THE FAVOURITEDeborah Davis, Tony McNamara
GREEN BOOKBrian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga
VICEAdam McKay
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BLACKkKLANSMANSpike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
FIRST MANJosh Singer
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALKBarry Jenkins
A STAR IS BORNBradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth
LEADING ACTRESS
GLENN CLOSEThe Wife
LADY GAGAA Star Is Born
MELISSA McCARTHYCan You Ever Forgive Me?
OLIVIA COLMANThe Favourite
VIOLA DAVISWidows
LEADING ACTOR
BRADLEY COOPERA Star Is Born
CHRISTIAN BALEVice
RAMI MALEKBohemian Rhapsody
STEVE COOGANStan & Ollie
VIGGO MORTENSENGreen Book
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMSVice
CLAIRE FOYFirst Man
EMMA STONEThe Favourite
MARGOT ROBBIEMary Queen of Scots
RACHEL WEISZThe Favourite
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ADAM DRIVERBlacKkKlansman
MAHERSHALA ALIGreen Book
RICHARD E. GRANTCan You Ever Forgive Me?
SAM ROCKWELLVice
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMETBeautiful Boy
ORIGINAL MUSIC
BLACKkKLANSMANTerence Blanchard
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALKNicholas Britell
ISLE OF DOGSAlexandre Desplat
MARY POPPINS RETURNSMarc Shaiman
A STAR IS BORNBradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson
CINEMATOGRAPHY
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODYNewton Thomas Sigel
COLD WARŁukasz Żal
THE FAVOURITERobbie Ryan
FIRST MANLinus Sandgren
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODYJohn Ottman
THE FAVOURITEYorgos Mavropsaridis
FIRST MANTom Cross
ROMAAlfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough
VICEHank Corwin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALDStuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
THE FAVOURITEFiona Crombie, Alice Felton
FIRST MANNathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
MARY POPPINS RETURNSJohn Myhre, Gordon Sim
ROMAEugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enríquez
COSTUME DESIGN
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGSMary Zophres
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODYJulian Day
THE FAVOURITESandy Powell
MARY POPPINS RETURNSSandy Powell
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTSAlexandra Byrne
MAKE UP & HAIR
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODYMark Coulier, Jan Sewell
THE FAVOURITENadia Stacey
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTSJenny Shircore
STAN & OLLIEMark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead, Josh Weston
VICEKate Biscoe, Greg Cannom, Patricia DeHaney, Chris Gallaher
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODYJohn Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, John Warhurst
FIRST MANMary H. Ellis, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUTGilbert Lake, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith
A QUIET PLACEErik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van der Ryn
A STAR IS BORNSteve Morrow, Alan Robert Murray, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVENGERS: INFINITY WARDan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick
BLACK PANTHERGeoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALDTim Burke, Andy Kind, Christian Manz, David Watkins
FIRST MANIan Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, J.D. Schwalm
READY PLAYER ONEMatthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, David Shirk
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
I’M OKElizabeth Hobbs, Abigail Addison, Jelena Popović
MARFAGreg McLeod, Myles McLeod
ROUGHHOUSEJonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom
BRITISH SHORT FILM
73 COWSAlex Lockwood
BACHELOR, 38Angela Clarke
THE BLUE DOORBen Clark, Megan Pugh, Paul Taylor
THE FIELDSandhya Suri, Thomas Bidegain, Balthazar de Ganay
WALEBarnaby Blackburn, Sophie Alexander, Catherine Slater, Edward Speleers
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