Paul Thomas Anderson was named best director for “One Battle After Another.” He also walked away with the trophy for best adapted screenplay.
Robert Aaramayo took the best actor prize for the British indie film ‘I Swear’.
Jessie Buckley won the best actress prize for “Hamnet,” while Robert Aaramayo took the best actor prize for the British indie film “I Swear,” beating stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet.
Wunmi Mosaku walked away with the supporting actress award for “Sinners,” and Sean Penn won the supporting actor trophy for “One Battle After Another.”
Jessie Buckley poses with the award for leading actress for “Hamnet”.
“Sinners” writer-director Ryan Coogler also won the prize for best original screenplay.
The best film nominees included “One Battle After Another,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme,” “Sinners” and “Sentimental Value.”
Shakespearean family tragedy “Hamnet” was named best British film in a separate category. The film described as an emotionally rich story in an earthy English setting, has intense performances in Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's historical novel.
Alan McAlex, Farhan Akhtar, Lakshmipriya Devi, and Ritesh Sidhwani pose with the award for children's & family film for “Boong”.
Stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy, Glenn Close and Ethan Hawke were among those walking the red carpet outside London's Royal Festival Hall before a black-tie ceremony hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.
Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales also attended, three days after William's uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested by police and held for 11 hours over allegations he sent sensitive government information to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Prince of Wales presented this year’s BAFTA Fellowship to Dame Donna Langley, Chairman of NBC Universal Entertainment.
Among the biggest receptions from gathered fans was for Paddington, the puppet bear who stars in a musical stage adaption of the beloved children's classic.
Oscars bellwether
“One Battle” went into the ceremony with 14 nominations, including best picture and acting nods for five of its cast. “Sinners” was just behind with 13, while “Hamnet” and the ping-pong odyssey “Marty Supreme” each had 11 nominations.
Guillermo del Toro's reimagining of “Frankenstein” and Norwegian family drama “Sentimental Value” each got eight nominations.
“Frankenstein” took awards for production design, costume design and for the hair and makeup artists who spent 10 hours a day transforming Jacob Elordi into the movie's monstrous creature.
“Sentimental Value” won the prize for the best film not in English.
The ceremony was more glitz than gloom, though, including a performance by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami—the voices of animated band HUNTR/X in box office juggernaut “KPop Demon Hunters”—singing the movie hit “Golden.”
The British prizes, officially called the EE BAFTA Film Awards, often provide hints about who will win at Hollywood's Academy Awards, to be held this year on March 15. In the Oscar nominations, “Sinners” leads the race with a record 16 nominations, followed by “One Battle After Another” with 13.
Putin critic wins best documentary
The best-documentary prize went to “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” about a Russian teacher who documented the propaganda imposed on Russian schools after the invasion of Ukraine.
The film's American director David Borenstein said that teacher Pavel Talankin had shown that “whether it's in Russia or the streets of Minneapolis, we always face a moral choice," referring to the protests against U.S. immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
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