Touted as the one of the most influential awards events to impact the Oscars, this year’s BAFTA’s took place at the Royal Festival Hall in London. It was a busy weekend of tea parties, cocktail receptions and dinners, some hosted by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences at the Claridge’s Hotel, the National Gallery, or Soho House.

If BAFTA is a bellwether for the Academy Awards with its 6000+ members, thousands of whom are also voting members for the Oscars, so is the Directors Guild Awards held the night before. Four directors (Todd Field, Martin McDonagh, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) were nominated for BAFTA’s and DGA awards on the same evening. Some flew straight to London from LA for the latter awards event.

Luckily, this choice was not a dilemma for the 14 first time BAFTA nominees for acting, including Ana de Armas, Angela Bassett, Colin Farrell, Austin Butler, Brendan Fraser, Paul Mescal and Ke Huy Quan.

 

This was the 76^th BAFTA’s.

The film that came with the most nominations (14 in total) was the German Oscar entry, All Quiet on the Western Front, equaling Crouching Tiger, comparable to the number of nominations for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001). The big question was which movie would walk away with more BAFTA’s having 10 nominations each: the American Everything Everywhere All at Once, or the Irish The Banshees of Inisherin? Decorated with a Golden Globe win and a Screen Actors Guild nomination (SAG is also a very important predictor of the Oscar, given that actors comprise the bulk of Academy voters) BAFTA nominees Angela Bassett, Austin Butler, Colin Farrell, Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett walked the red carpet facing a tough competition among themselves as the BAFTA’s don’t have separate categories for Drama and Comedy/Musical.

Overheard on the red carpet, Jamie Lee Curtis praised Everywhere Everything All at Once costar Michelle Yeoh who “has never been nominated for anything in her life before”. Nominated for All Quiet on the Western Front director Felix Kammerer quipped he would like to shoot a movie in Hawaii next year. Taron Egerton said he “wanted to meet Cate Blanchett as she’s the most impressive person”.

The Woman King director, Gina Prince-Bythewood said, “the thing that’s most amazing is the little girls who dress up knowing they can be warriors as well”.  Danielle Deadwyler said she was happy “to be here to represent the team of Till, as we’re doing what she wanted in 1955”.

Sir Patrick Stewart mentioned that “one of the things I enjoy about these events is the surprises”. Michelle Yeoh remembered “while promoting the film youngsters came up to me and held my hand”. Viola Davis celebrated her 4^th BAFTA nomination saying, “it means so much because we produced the film that’s inspiring a whole generation of girls”. Colin Farrell’s worst memory of shooting The Banshees of Inisherin was “getting kicked by a donkey”. Bill Nighy still hasn’t seen Living “because I never watch anything I’m in”.

Brendan Fraser gave chocolate to the BBC reporter; Diego Luna was raving about Aftersun director Charlotte Wells who “was sitting next to me at the dinner last night”. Cate Blanchett was surprised to learn that she’s nominated for the 5^th time and laughed “if a sequel is in the works for TÁR I would be there”.

Brian Cox couldn’t share the storyline of the new season of Succession because “I’ve signed so many NDA’s that I absolutely can’t talk about it”. Nominee Eddie Redmayne appeared shirtless in his tuxedo, and Costume Designer Jenny Beavan came with a duster. They all wore a blue-ribbon badge honoring the Ukranian refugees.

On the heels of the DGA (won by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) the night before, right after Ariana DeBose rocked the room with a dynamic performance and Dame Helen Mirren remembered Queen Elisabeth II who “was all nations’ leading star”.

                                                             

Here are the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards winners (denoted in bold):

BEST FILM

WINNER – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Malte Grunert

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh

ELVIS Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang

TÁR Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan

 

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells, Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski

WINNER – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin

BRIAN AND CHARLES Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward

EMPIRE OF LIGHT Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand

LIVING Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly

SEE HOW THEY RUN Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell

THE SWIMMERS Sally El Hosaini, Tim Bevan, Tim Cole, Eric Fellner, Ali Jaafar, Jack Thorne

THE WONDER Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue

 

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

WINNER- AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)

BLUE JEAN Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hélène Sifre (Producer)

ELECTRIC MALADY Marie Lidén (Director)

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Katy Brand (Writer)

REBELLION Elena Sánchez Bellot (Director) Maia Kenworthy (Director) 

 

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

WINNER – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Malte Grunert

ARGENTINA, 1985 Santiago Mitre, Victoria Alonso, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak

CORSAGE Marie Kreutzer, Alexander Glehr

DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok

THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoi

 

DOCUMENTARY

ALL THAT BREATHES Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons

FIRE OF LOVE Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman

MOONAGE DAYDREAM Brett Morgen

WINNER – NAVALNY Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae

 

ANIMATED FILM

WINNER – GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Joel Crawford, Mark Swift

TURNING RED Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins

 

DIRECTOR

WINNER – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh

DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

TÁR Todd Field

THE WOMAN KING Gina Prince-Bythewood

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

WINNER – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

THE FABELMANS Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg

TÁR Todd Field

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Ruben Östlund

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

WINNER – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell

LIVING Kazuo Ishiguro

THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad

SHE SAID Rebecca Lenkiewicz

THE WHALE Samuel D. Hunter

 

LEADING ACTRESS

WINNER – CATE BLANCHETT Tár

VIOLA DAVIS The Woman King

DANIELLE DEADWYLER Till

ANA DE ARMAS Blonde

EMMA THOMPSON Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

MICHELLE YEOH Everything Everywhere All at Once

 

LEADING ACTOR

WINNER – AUSTIN BUTLER Elvis

COLIN FARRELL The Banshees of Inisherin

BRENDAN FRASER The Whale

DARYL McCORMACK Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

PAUL MESCAL Aftersun

BILL NIGHY Living

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ANGELA BASSETT Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

HONG CHAU The Whale

WINNER – KERRY CONDON The Banshees of Inisherin

DOLLY DE LEON Triangle of Sadness

JAMIE LEE CURTIS Everything Everywhere All At Once

CAREY MULLIGAN She Said

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

BRENDAN GLEESON The Banshees of Inisherin

WINNER – BARRY KEOGHAN The Banshees of Inisherin

KE HUY QUAN Everything Everywhere All At Once

EDDIE REDMAYNE The Good Nurse

ALBRECHT SCHUCH All Quiet on the Western Front

MICHEAL WARD Empire of Light

 

ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Volker Bertelmann

BABYLON Justin Hurwitz

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Carter Burwell

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Son Lux

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Alexandre Desplat

 

CASTING

AFTERSUN Lucy Pardee

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Simone Bär

WINNER – ELVIS Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Sarah Halley Finn

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Pauline Hansson

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT James Friend

THE BATMAN Greig Fraser

ELVIS Mandy Walker

EMPIRE OF LIGHT Roger Deakins

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Claudio Miranda

 

EDITING

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Sven Budelmann

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Mikkel E. G. Nielsen

ELVIS Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa

WINNER – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Paul Rogers

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Eddie Hamilton

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Christian M. Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper

WINNER – BABYLON Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino

THE BATMAN James Chinlund, Lee Sandales

ELVIS Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Curt Enderle, Guy Davis

 

COSTUME DESIGN

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lisy Christl

AMSTERDAM J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky

BABYLON Mary Zophres

WINNER – ELVIS Catherine Martin

MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS Jenny Beavan

 

MAKE UP & HAIR

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Heike Merker

THE BATMAN Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir

WINNER – ELVIS Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Laura Blount, Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin

THE WHALE Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot

 

SOUND

WINNER – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

ELVIS Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley

TÁR Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke 

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten

 

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller, Frank Petzold

WINNER – AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon

THE BATMAN Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Jeff Desom, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope

 

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

WINNER – THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella

MIDDLE WATCH John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy

YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian

 

BRITISH SHORT FILM

THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS Alex Kayode-Kay

BAZIGAGA Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail

BUS GIRL Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen

A DRIFTING UP Jacob Lee

WINNER- AN IRISH GOODBYE Tom Berkeley, Ross White

 

EE RISING STAR AWARD

AIMEE LOU WOOD

DARYL McCORMACK

WINNER – EMMA MACKEY

NAOMI ACKIE

SHEILA ATIM