London: Chloe Zhao's drama "Nomadland" emerged as the top winner at the BAFTA Film Awards 2021 by bagging four major awards, i...
London: Chloe Zhao's drama "Nomadland" emerged as the top winner at the BAFTA Film Awards 2021 by bagging four major awards, including best film. The film's lead star Frances McDormand picked up the trophy for best actress while the best director award went to Zhao. The film was a winner in the cinematography category as well. "Nomadland" is one of the frontrunners for this month's Oscar awards, with six nominations including best picture, best director and best actress. Last month it won the Golden Globe awards for best drama film and best director.
The socially distanced ceremony was held at London's Royal
Albert Hall with awards presented on stage to an empty auditorium. Actors who
presented awards on stage includedg Hugh Grant, Richard E. Grant, Tom
Hiddleston and "Bridgerton" star Phoebe Dynevor. Hollywood star Renee
Zellweger made a virtual appearance from Los Angeles to present the leading
actor award. The ceremony was held over two days for the first time, with the technical
awards being presented on Saturday.
Emerald Fennell's #MeToo drama "Promising
Young Woman" bagged the outstanding British film award with Fennel also
winning in the screenplay category. The thriller is about a woman who avenges a
friend's rape by pretending to be drunk in bars and then turning the tables on
men who prey on her. The film has been nominated for Oscars for best director
and best original screenplay, while Mulligan is nominated for best actress.
The outstanding debut by a British writer,
director or producer went to Remi Weeks' "His House". Thomas Vinterberg's "Another Round" was the best film not in
the English language. "My
Octopus Teacher", a moving story about the bond shared between a diver and
an octopus, won the BAFTA in the documentary category.The animated film
BAFTA went to Pete Docter-Danna Murray's "Soul". The movie won a
second award in the original score category.
The Anthony Hopkins starrer "The Father" won the
best actor award for the veteran Welsh star. Aadarsh Gourav was also nominated in
the same category for his role in "The White Tiger".
"The Father" also won the adapted
screenplay BAFTA.
South Korea's veteran star Yuh-Jung Youn won the supporting
actress award for her role as the maternal grandmother in "Minari",
while Daniel Kaluuya was the winner in the supporting actor category for his
role as the fiery Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.
The Riz Ahmed-starrer "Sound of Metal” bagged two BAFTA
awards in the editing and sound categories. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", starring the late
Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis about a blues musician in 1920s Chicago, took home two technical
BAFTAs for costume design and make-up and hair.
David Fincher's period drama about the
screenwriter of "Citizen Kane" won an award in the production design
category, while Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" won in the special visual
effects category. British short animation BAFTA went
to "The Owl and the Pussycat" and the British short film award went
to "The Present".
The winning actors and filmmakers in dinner jackets and evening
dresses accepted awards on video calls from their living rooms and hotels, some
with family members in the background. (Agencies)
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