2024 BAFTA Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ wins 7 including Best Picture, ‘Poor Things’ takes 5

The 2024 British Academy Film Awards were held on Sunday, February 18 at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The 77th annual BAFTAS hosted by David Tennant may well serve as a preview of the Oscars in three weeks time. Final voting for the 96th annual Academy Awards kicks off in four days, on February 22.

“Oppenheimer” leads at these important precursor prizes with a lucky 13 bids. “Poor Things” follows with 11 while “The Zone of Interest” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” both have nine nominations. “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Holdovers,” and “Maestro” each earned a lucky seven. bids

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Among those taking to the stage to present the BAFTA Awards winners were: Adjoa Andoh, Andrew Scott, Bryce Dallas Howard, Callum Turner, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daisy Edgar Jones, Daryl McCormack, David Beckham, Deepika Padukone, Dua Lipa, Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Himesh Patel, Hugh Grant, Idris Elba, Indira Varma, James Martin, Jack O’Connell, Keegan-Michael Key, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lily Collins, Marisa Abela, Rebecca Ferguson, Sheila Atim, Taylor Russell.

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5:00 pm: David Tennant opens the evening with a fun-filled spoof of his pandemic TV hit “Staged.” His on-screen nemesis (and real-life pal) Michael Sheen saddles him with his pooch, Bark Ruffalo, only to be found sitting in the audience. Tennant then delivered a sassy monologue, including a shout-out to Cate Blanchett, who was sitting next to BAFTA patron, Prince William.

5:05 pm: A quick cut montage of the year in film revisited some of our favorite movie moments.

5:10 pm: Andy Serkis presents the first award of the night, Best Original Screenplay, to our predicted winner “Anatomy of a Fall.”

5:20 pm: Lily Collins and Colman Domingo announced that the winner of Best Visual Effects was, in a big upset, “Poor Things” over frontrunner “The Creator.”

5:30 pm: “All of Us Strangers” co-stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal reunited to reveal that the Best Animated Feature was “The Boy and the Heron.” Our odds had favored “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” which dominated the Annie Awards on Saturday.

5:40 pm: Football legend David Beckham presented the prize for Best British Debut to the team behind “Earth Mama.”

5:45 pm: One of the leading lights of film in India, Deepika Padukone, dazzled the crowd before announcing that “The Zone of Interest” had won Best Film Not in the English Language. We had predicted “Anatomy of a Fall” would win.

5:50 pm: Having pairs of presenters hand out pairs of prizes really moves the show along. Daisy Edgar Jones and Daryl McCormack first announce the winner of Best Casting. In an upset, “The Holdovers” won over “All of Us Strangers.” They then revealed that the winner of Best Film Editing was, as expected, “Oppenheimer” cutter Jennifer Lame.

5:55 pm: Next up, Sheila Atim and Callum Turner present Best Cinematography to “Oppenheimer” lenser Hoyte van Hoytema, who we had tipped to take this prize. Expect to hear that film title a lot tonight as we expect it to dominate.

6:00 pm: Another duo, Bryce Dallas Howard and Kingsley Ben Adir, reveal a big upset in Best Adapted Screenplay, with Cord Jefferson winning for his film debut, “American Fiction.” We had expected “Poor Things” scribe Tony McNamara would win this bookend to his 2019 prize for “The Favourite.”

6:05 pm: Gillian Anderson was on hand to give the Best Supporting Actor trophy to Robert Downey, Jr. for his scene-stealing turn in “Oppenheimer.” No surprise that he won and that he delivered a charming speech, noting that this film was “a last ditch effort to resurrect his dwindling credibility.”

6:10 pm: Chiwetel Ejiofor revealed that the Best Supporting Actress winner was, as predicted, Da’Vine Joy Randolph for her heart-breaking role in “The Holdovers.” She won this crowd over, starting with the presenter: “You are so handsome. I was really hoping you were gonna be here and it was so worth it.” She then acknowledged the “singular talent” Alexander Payne before turning to her leading man, Paul Giamatti: “I cry every time I say your name, you represent everything that is good and true about this craft. I am proud to call you a friend and thank you for never wavering and being you.”

6:15 pm: Taylor Russell presented the prize for Best Documentary Feature to “20 Days In Mariupol,” the only BAFTA nominee that contends at the Oscars.

6:20 pm: Marisa Abela and Himesh Patel announce that Ludwig Göransson has scored his first BAFTA for Best Original Score for “Oppenheimer.” He was snubbed here five years ago for his breakthrough work on “Black Panther,” which won him an Oscar.

6:25 pm: They then reveal that “The Zone of Interest” has pulled off another surprise, winning Best Sound over “Oppenheimer.”

6:30 pm: Keegan-Michael Key announced that the “Poor Things” team had, as we predicted, won Best Production Design.

6:35 pm: A break from the competitive categories with Adjoa Andoh presenting the Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema award to film curator June Givanni.

6:45 pm: James Martin and Indira Varma hand out a pair of home-grown awards. Not surprisingly for a country in which no one lives more than 70 miles from the coast, the winners share an aquatic theme. The Best British Short Film is “Jellyfish and Lobster” while the Best British Animated Short is “Crab Day.”

6:55 pm: “Ted Lasso” standout player Hannah Waddingham sang a heart-wrenching version of “Time After Time” during the “In Memoriam” tribute.

7:00 pm: Dua Lipa delivered news of another upset with “The Zone of Interest” winning Best British Film over “Poor Things.” (Eighteen awards in and the show just started streaming on BritBox and airing on the BBC.)

7:05 pm: Emma Corrin announced that the winner of Best Costume Design was, as we predicted, Holly Waddington for “Poor Things.”

7:10 pm: Alison Oliver and Archie Madekwe reveal that “Poor Things” just won its fourth award of the night for Best Makeup and Hair. That was a surprise as we had this prize going to “Maestro,” which is expected to clean up at the guild awards later tonight.

7:15 pm: “Oppenheimer” just pulled ahead with Christopher Nolan picking up the Best Director prize from Hugh Grant. Nolan recalled that his “mum and dad dragged him to Royal Festival Hall for a bit of culture.”

7:20 pm: Producer David Heyman delivers a heartfelt tribute to BAFTA Fellowship recipient Samantha Morton, who featured in his screen version of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

7:30 pm: Two previous Rising Star winners – Emma Mackey and Jack O’Connell – pass the torch along to Mia McKenna-Bruce, who won at the BIFAs for her star turn in “How to Have Sex.”

7:35 pm: Cate Blanchett brings the “Oppenheimer” haul up to an even half dozen when she announces Cillian Murphy as the winner of Best Actor. He wins over the crowd with the shout-out to his co-stars, whom he affectionately refers to as his “Oppenhomies.”

7:40 pm: Idris Elba reveals that “Poor Things” is up to five awards with Best Actress going to Emma Stone. She won this same race seven years ago for “La La Land.”

7:45 pm: Best Picture presenter Michael J. Fox receives a standing ovation before announcing the winner: “Oppenheimer.” It ended up with a lucky seven BAFTA Awards.

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