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The 74th British Academy Film and Television Awards was held as a virtual event following the pandemic. The event commenced with a moving tone in regards to HRH Prince Philip’s demise. Prince Philip was the first president of the academy and was honoured with a tribute at the beginning of the ceremony. Keeping in mind its past #BAFTAsSoWhite controversy, the panel has vowed for a more diverse nomination and inclusion of people of colour.
The Top awards of the event were claimed by the movie ‘Nomadland’ with four awards including its talented director, Ms. Chloé Zhao, who is now the first woman of colour to have won this award. India’s Adarsh Gourav lost the Best Actor award to Anthony Hopkins for playing a man grappling with dementia in ‘The Father’, whereas Frances McDormand was awarded as the best actress. The event was not short of glitz and glamour and included presenters like Hugh Grant, Tom Hiddleston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
Here’s the List of BAFTA 2021 Winners:
Best Film: Nomadland
Best Actor: Sir Anthony Hopkins for The Father
Outstanding British Film: Promising Young Woman
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: His House, Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
Best Film Not In the English Language: Another Round
Best Documentary: My Octopus Teacher
Best Animated Film: Soul
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Best Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Father, Christopher Hampton, and Florian Zeller
Best Leading Actor: Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Best Leading Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Original Score: Soul, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross
Best Casting: Rocks
Best Cinematography: Nomadland
Bafta Academy Fellowship: Ang Lee
EE Rising Star award: Bukky Bakray
Editing: Sound of Metal, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Production Design: Mank, Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
Costume Design: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ann Roth
Makeup & Hair: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
Sound: Sound of Metal, Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc
Special Visual Effects: Tenet, Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
British Short Animation: The Owl and The Pussycat, Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
British Short Film: The Present, Farah Nabulsi
