Oi, what’s all this then? Why, it’s the BAFTA Film Awards, governor! The awards ceremony that was handing out masks lengthy earlier than it was cool (as a result of that’s what the trophy seems like, you see) is again, and its voters actually appreciated Edward Berger’s new adaptation of All Quiet On The Western Front. How a lot did they prefer it? Deadline says they appreciated it so a lot that it received seven golden masks, together with Best Film, Best Director, Best Film Not In The English Language, Best Cinematography, and Best Adapted Screenplay. That’s not all of the large ones, however it’s undoubtedly most of the large ones.
Martin McDonagh’s Banshees Of Inisherin received a number of of the opposite huge ones, together with Best Supporting Actress for Kerry Condon, Best Supporting Actor for Barry Keoghan, Best Original Screenplay, and Outstanding British Film. Elvis additionally took dwelling a number of wins, particularly Make Up & Hair, Casting, Costume Design, and Leading Actor for Austin Butler (simply wait till they make a biopic about Cliff Richard, who got here up after we did a Google seek for “British Elvis”).
Some different notable wins embrace Cate Blanchett getting Leading Actress for TÁR, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio received Best Animated Film, and Charlotte Wells received Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director, Or Producer for Aftersun. You can head over to Deadline to see the complete checklist of winners from the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards, which additionally covers the handful we didn’t point out—like Best Production Design, Best British Short Animation, Best British Short Film, and Best Documentary. Also, for anybody who caught the DGAs and needs to understand how effectively the BAFTAs predict the Oscars, the reply appears to be that they… typically do. They are typically related, however not essentially immediately aligned, which isn’t a lot assist should you’re placing cash on this stuff.
