'The Revenant' Wins Best Film at the BAFTA Awards
By Alex Ritman
The Revenant emerged as the main victor in an otherwise spread-out BAFTA honors night that saw 14 films emerge with awards.
The film scooped the best film, best director and best actor awards, alongside best sound and best cinematography. Mad Max: Fury Road earned four awards, while Carol, which had led the nominations, was among the few titles shut out entirely.
Stephen Fry was, again, the evening’s main host, but the other presenters included Tom Cruise, Idris Elba (who missed out on a best supporting actor to Mark Rylance) and Cuba Gooding Jr. There were several comedic digs at the Oscars diversity debate throughout, including ones from Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen. The evening also saw Sidney Poitier receive the BFI Fellowship, but the iconic actor was too ill to attend so accepted the award in a video.
In honor of the evening clashing with Valentine’s Day, BAFTA set up a “Kiss Cam,” which was aimed at real-life couples, including Fassbender and Vikander, and less likely pairings, such as Maggie Smith and DiCaprio. “This year, the stars have colluded and collided in such a way to make the BAFTAs coincide with Valentine’s Day,” said Fry. “Love between two women, love between Roman catholic priests … and… their lawyers.”
See the winners list below:
Film
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant (WINNER)
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Matt Damon – The Martian
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Best Actress
Brie Larson – Room (WINNER) `
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Maggie Smith – Lady in the Van
Best Director
The Revenant – Alejandro G. Inarritu (WINNER)
The Big Short – Adam McKay
Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg
Carol – Todd Haynes
The Martian – Ridley Scott
Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies (WINNER)
Benicio Del Toro – Sicario
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs (WINNER)
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Rooney Mara – Carol
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters – Brooklyn
Film Not in the English Language
Wild Tales – Damian Szifron (WINNER)
Force Majeure – Ruben Ostlund
The Assassin – Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Theeb – Naji Abu Nowar, Rupert Lloyd
Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako
Documentary
Amy – Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees (WINNER)
Cartel Land – Matthew Heineman, Tom Yellin
He Named Me Malala – Davis Guggenheim, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Listen to Me Marlon – Stevan Riley, John Battsek, George Chignell, R.J. Cutler
Sherpa – Jennifer Peedom, Bridget Ikin, John Smithson
Animated Film
Inside Out – Pete Docter - WINNER
Minions – Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Original Screenplay
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer (WINNER)
Bridge of Spies – Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
Inside Out – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph (WINNER)
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
Carol – Phyllis Nagy
Room – Emma Donoghue
Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
Cinematography
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki (WINNER)
Bridge of Spies – Janusz Kaminski
Carol – Ed Lachman
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
Sicario – Roger Deakins
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer in 2016
Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) Rupert Lloyd (Producer) – Theeb (WINNER)
Alex Garland (Director) – Ex Machina
Debbie Tucker Green (Writer/Director) – Second Coming
Sean McAllister (Director/Producer), Elhum Shakerifar (Producer) – A Syrian Love Story
Stephen Fingleton (Writer/Director) – The Survivalist
Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan - (WINNER)
Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol – Sandy Powell
Cinderella – Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
Production Design
Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson (WINNER)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales
Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
Special Visual Effects
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, PaulKavanagh, Neal Scanlan (WINNER)
Ant-Man – Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke
Ex Machina – Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, AndrewWhitehurst
Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams
The Martian – Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
Sound
The Revenant – Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom (WINNER)
Bridge of Spies – Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, GaryRydstrom
Mad Max: Fury Road – Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, BenOsmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White
The Martian – Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – David Acord, Andy Nelson, ChristopherScarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson
Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel (WINNER)
The Big Short – Hank Corwin
Bridge of Spies – Michael Kahn
The Martian – Pietro Scalia
The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione
Make-Up and Hair
Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin (WINNER)
Brooklyn – Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
Carol – Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan
The Danish Girl – Jan Sewell
The Revenant – Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini
Outstanding British Film in 2016
Brooklyn – John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby(WINNER)
45 Years – Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher
Amy – Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
The Danish Girl – Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, GailMutrux, Lucinda Coxon
Ex Machina – Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday,Efthimis Filippou
(Photo: 20th Century Fox)
