Papal selection thriller \u201cConclave\u201d and period drama \u201cThe Brutalist\u201d were the big winners at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, winning four prizes each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cConclave\u201d, which had led nominations with 12 nods, won the night\u2019s most coveted award, best film, as well as outstanding British film, best adapted screenplay and best editing.
\u201cWe live in a time of a crisis of democracy and institutions that are usually used to bring us together are used to pull us apart,\u201d \u201cConclave\u201d director Edward Berger said in his acceptance speech for the outstanding British film award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd sometimes it\u2019s hard to keep the faith in that situation but that\u2019s why we make movies and that\u2019s why we made this movie.\u201d \u201cThe Brutalist\u201d, a three-and-a-half hour tale about a Hungarian immigrant architect trying to rebuild his life in the United States post-World War Two, had also been considered a frontrunner for best film. It won best director for Brady Corbet and best actor for its star, Adrien Brody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis film is really about this pursuit of leaving something meaningful and I think that is something we can all relate to,\u201d Brody said in his acceptance speech. \u201cThe Brutalist\u201d also won original score and cinematography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In one of the big surprises of the night, Mikey Madison won the leading actress category for portraying an exotic dancer who gets involved with a Russian oligarch\u2019s son in \u201cAnora\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many had considered the frontrunners to be Demi Moore, who has received multiple honours for her performance in body horror \u201cThe Substance\u201d, and Briton Marianne Jean-Baptiste, for her critically acclaimed portrayal of a woman struggling with depression in \u201cHard Truths\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI really wasn\u2019t expecting this,\u201d Madison said. \u201cI want to take to a moment to recognise the sex worker community \u2026 you deserve respect and human decency. I will always be your friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnora\u201d, considered a strong awards season contender after it and director Sean Baker triumphed at the Critics Choice Awards, as well as the Producers and Directors Guild of America Awards ahead of next month\u2019s Academy Awards, was also up for best film, as was Bob Dylan biopic \u201cA Complete Unknown\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saldana, Culkin win
Fellow best film nominee \u201cEmilia Perez\u201d, which mixes the diverse genres of musical and crime, triumphed in the film not in the English language category. \u201cThis is too nice, you shouldn\u2019t have done that,\u201d director Jacques Audiard said, accepting his award. \u201cThis award is not just for me but everyone who worked tirelessly on this film.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He thanked the film\u2019s cast members, including an absent Karla Sofia Gascon, who had been nominated for leading actress. Zoe Saldana won supporting actress for her portrayal of a lawyer who helps a Mexican cartel leader, played by Gascon, fake his death and transition from a man to a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEmilia Perez\u201d, had been an early awards frontrunner but its campaign lost steam following controversy surrounding Gascon, who has apologised for past social media posts denigrating Muslims and other groups and said she would go silent to help the movie ahead of the Oscars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the supporting actor category, Kieran Culkin won for dramedy \u201cA Real Pain\u201d. The movie also picked up best original screenplay for writer-director Jesse Eisenberg. Below is a list of the winners in the key categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papal selection thriller \u201cConclave\u201d and period drama \u201cThe Brutalist\u201d were the big winners at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, winning four prizes each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":471462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Best Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Outstanding British Film<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Leading actor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Leading Actress<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Supporting Actor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Supporting Actress<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Adated Screenplay<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Film not in English language<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Animated Film<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Documentary<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Original Score<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Children\u2019s and family film<\/li>\n\n\n\n
BAFTA Fellowship- Warwick Davis
EE Rising Star<\/li>\n\n\n\n
(Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"