The EE British Academy Film Awards—or BAFTAs—were held this past weekend, and it was nearly a clean sweep forSam Mendes’ one-shot World War I drama1917, which won all but two awards it was nominated for. That included Best Film, Best Director, and of course Best Cinematography, but the film’s success in other below-the-line categories like Best Production Design, Sound, and Special Visual Effects has many wondering if we just got a preview ofwhat Oscars night might have in storeon Sunday, February 9th.
Mendes’ technically stunning film was a late-comer to this year’s awards season, but that has actually worked in its favor as the Oscars are operating on an extremely shortened schedule this year. The window of time between nominations and the actual ceremony is shorter than usual, which means there’s less time for a new narrative to take hold.
1917won thePGAandDGAawards, which are usually solid predictors of success in the Best Picture and Best Director categories at the Oscars, and its BAFTAs domination lends further credence to the theory that this is the one to beat on Sunday night. Thereisa possibility that something likeParasiteorJojo Rabbitcould play the spoiler, and indeed those two films somewhat surprised this past weekend by taking screenplay wins from both the BAFTAs and the Writers Guild Awards over competitors likeOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodandThe Irishman, respectively.
The Oscars voting body is decidedly more diverse than the BAFTAs, and a film like1917—a triumphant WWI story from the British POV—is basically BAFTAs bait, so I think the love will be spread around a bit more during Sunday’s Oscars. Still, there’s every reason to believe1917is your frontrunner to take both Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars, in addition to other technical awards.
Elsewhere at the BAFTAs, the acting categories continued to be downright boring as the same four people have won basically every award under the sun.Joaquin Phoenix,Renee Zellweger,Brad Pitt, andLaura Dernwill repeat at the Oscars, otherwise one of the biggest upsets in history will have occurred.Jokertook home Best Original Score, whileFord v Ferrariwon Best Editing, andKlausandFor Samawon the Animated Feature and Documentary Feature awards, respectively.
Check out the full list of BAFTAs winners below:
FELLOWSHIP
KATHLEEN KENNEDY
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
ANDY SERKIS
1917Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren
THE IRISHMANRobert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
JOKERBradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOODDavid Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
PARASITEBong Joon Ho, KwakSin Ae
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
1917Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
BAITMark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite
FOR SAMAWaad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
ROCKETMANDexter Fletcher, Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Lee Hall
SORRY WE MISSED YOUKen Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
THE TWO POPESFernando Meirelles,Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin, Tracey Seaward, Anthony McCarten
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BAITMark Jenkin(Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers)
FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer),Edward Watts (Director)
MAIDENAlex Holmes (Director)
ONLY YOUHarry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
RETABLOÁlvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director)*
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE FAREWELLLulu Wang, Daniele Melia
FOR SAMAWaad al-Kateab,Edward Watts
PAIN AND GLORYPedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
PARASITEBong Joon Ho
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRECéline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
DOCUMENTARY
AMERICAN FACTORYSteven Bognar, Julia Reichert
APOLLO 11Todd Douglas Miller
DIEGO MARADONAAsif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin
THE GREAT HACKKarim Amer, Jehane Noujaim
ANIMATED FILM
FROZEN 2Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho
KLAUSSergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh
A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDONWill Becher, Richard Phelan, Paul Kewley
TOY STORY 4Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen
1917Sam Mendes
THE IRISHMANMartin Scorsese
JOKERTodd Phillips
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOODQuentin Tarantino
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BOOKSMARTSusanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
KNIVES OUTRian Johnson
MARRIAGE STORYNoah Baumbach
PARASITEHan Jin Won, Bong Joon Ho
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE IRISHMANSteven Zaillian
JOJO RABBITTaika Waititi
JOKERTodd Phillips, Scott Silver
LITTLE WOMENGreta Gerwig
THE TWO POPESAnthony McCarten
LEADING ACTRESS
JESSIE BUCKLEYWild Rose
SCARLETT JOHANSSONMarriage Story
SAOIRSE RONANLittle Women
CHARLIZE THERONBombshell
RENÉE ZELLWEGERJudy
LEADING ACTOR
LEONARDO DICAPRIOOnce Upon a Time… In Hollywood
ADAM DRIVERMarriage Story
TARON EGERTONRocketman
JOAQUIN PHOENIXJoker
JONATHAN PRYCEThe Two Popes
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURA DERNMarriage Story
SCARLETT JOHANSSONJojo Rabbit
FLORENCE PUGHLittle Women
MARGOT ROBBIEBombshell
MARGOT ROBBIEOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood
SUPPORTING ACTOR
TOM HANKSA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
ANTHONY HOPKINSThe Two Popes
AL PACINOThe Irishman
JOE PESCIThe Irishman
BRAD PITTOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood
ORIGINAL SCORE
1917Thomas Newman
JOJO RABBITMichael Giacchino
JOKERHildur Guðnadóttir
LITTLE WOMENAlexandre Desplat
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKERJohn Williams
JOKERShayna Markowitz
MARRIAGE STORYDouglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOODVictoria Thomas
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELDSarah Crowe
THE TWO POPESJavier Braier, Barbara Giordani, Nina Gold, Francesco Vedovati, Gabriel Villegas
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917Roger Deakins
THE IRISHMANRodrigo Prieto
JOKERLawrence Sher
LE MANS ’66Phedon Papamichael
THE LIGHTHOUSEJarin Blaschke
THE IRISHMANThelma Schoonmaker
JOJO RABBITTom Eagles
JOKERJeff Groth
LE MANS ’66Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOODFred Raskin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales
THE IRISHMANBob Shaw, Regina Graves
JOJO RABBITRa Vincent, Nora Sopková
JOKERMark Friedberg, Kris Moran
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOODBarbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
COSTUME DESIGN
THE IRISHMANChristopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
JOJO RABBITMayes C. Rubeo
JUDYJany Temime
LITTLE WOMENJacqueline Durran
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOODArianne Phillips
MAKE UP & HAIR
1917Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis
BOMBSHELLVivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
JOKERKay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
JUDYJeremy Woodhead
ROCKETMANLizzie Yianni Georgiou, Barrie Gower, Tapio Salmi
1917 Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson
JOKERTod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
LE MANS ’66David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
ROCKETMANMatthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKERDavid Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
1917Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
AVENGERS: ENDGAME Matt Aitken,Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, Dan Sudick
THE IRISHMANIvan Busquets,Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
THE LION KINGAndrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKERRoger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTICMaryam Mohajer
IN HER BOOTSKathrin Steinbacher
THE MAGIC BOATNaaman Azhari, Lilia Laurel
BRITISH SHORT FILM
AZAARMyriam Raja, Nathanael Baring
GOLDFISHHector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill
KAMALISasha Rainbow, Rosalind Croad
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL)Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva
THE TRAPLena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
KAITLYN DEVER
KELVIN HARRISON JR.
JACK LOWDEN
MICHEAL WARD
