BAFTA: Oppenheimer continues to dominate the award season, whereas Poor Things catches up

The British Academy has chosen its winners for this yr, and as all the time, there are all the time a couple of surprises which have shifted gears forward of the Oscar voting. Still, the BAFTAs this yr have been a mixture of predictable winners and protected acceptance speeches, and if something is clear- it’s that the darkish horse of this awards season is Jonathan Glazer’s chilling drama The Zone of Interest. An in depth BAFTA report card selects the noteworthy turns. (Also learn: BAFTAs full record of winners: Oppenheimer is Best Film, Cillian Murphy Best Actor)

Oppenheimer and Poor Things won multiple BAFTAs this year.
Oppenheimer and Poor Things gained a number of BAFTAs this yr.

Oppenheimer retains stronghold with a number of wins

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has emerged because the undisputed lead on the awards season. The biopic drama gained seven awards, together with the largest one for the evening- Best Picture, together with Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Best Leading Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Cinematography for Hoyte von Hoytema, Best Editing for Jennifer Lane, and Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson.

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Cillian Murphy’s BAFTA win locations him at a slight higher hand than fellow nominee Paul Giamatti for his work in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers. Both Cillian and Paul gained within the Drama and Comedy classes on the Golden Globes, whereas Paul triumphed on the Critics Choice. With Oppenheimer’s large sweep on the BAFTAs, Cillian now wants a SAG win to get him to the gold statuette with none competitors.

Poor Things positive factors momentum

Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things had a lift on the BAFTAs, profitable 5 awards, together with one of the key wins- Best Lead Actress for Emma Stone. This was her second win within the class, having gained in 2017 for her function in La La Land. The different nominees have been Fantasia Barrino in The Color Purple, Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall, Vivian Oparah in Rye Lane, Carey Mulligan in Maestro and Margot Robbie in Barbie. Many anticipated a shock win for both Sandra or Carey since Lily Gladstone was snubbed. So, Emma’s triumph within the class, weeks after her Critics Choice award win over Lily, retains her within the lead on the Oscars subsequent month.

Meanwhile, Poor Things had a powerful maintain on the technical classes, profitable Best Costume Design for Holly Waddington, Make Up & Hair for Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston, Best Production Design for James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek; and one for Best Special Visual Effects. This meant a dry day for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which went house empty handed after it misplaced within the ones the place it may have probably snagged in a win- significantly for Production Design and Costume Design.

The Zone of Interest and American Fiction

Every yr, there are one or two surprising curve balls in key classes on the BAFTA awards that throw gentle on the way it will play out on the Oscars. Remember the assist for All Quiet on the Western Front final yr over Everything Everywhere All At Once? The struggle drama went on to win 4 Oscars a couple of weeks later. The identical surge had risen for CODA, which gained Best Adapted Screenplay over The Power of the Dog. The outcome on the Oscars? CODA gained Best Picture over The Power of the Dog together with the writing award.

This yr, the winds are in favour for Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, which gained the Best Adapted Screenplay award over Oppenheimer. The Brits didn’t even longlist the satire within the Best Film class. Moreover, Jeffrey Wright and Sterling Ok. Brown have been shut out from the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor races. The Academy most popular American Fiction in all of those three classes, so a BAFTA win now bodes very effectively for the movie.

On the opposite hand, it was Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, which definitely had the BAFTAs voting physique sufficient to award the Auschwitz Drama for Outstanding British Film, Film not within the English Language (offered by Deepika Padukone), and Best Sound for Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers. If the Academy is paying consideration, The Zone of Interest may win multiple Oscar, which is anticipated to reach within the non-English language movie class.

So far, the BAFTAs have carried out fairly satisfactorily in its decisions. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are subsequent, and the awards race will obtain its final dose of favourites earlier than the Oscar voting begins in full swing.

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