The 76th BAFTA film awards are currently underway in London. Richard E. Grant is on hosting duties for the evening. I’ll be updating this page as the winners get announced.
During the ceremony, there was mass confusion as presenter Troy Kotsur’s sign language interpreter accidentally announced Carey Mulligan (“She Said”) as the winner for Supporting Actress instead of Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”). Whoops.
There are A LOT of BAFTA voters within the Academy, that’s why we keep a close eye on these awards.
With they said, we now know “All Quiet on the Western Front” will have a big backing from this voting bloc come Oscar night. The WWI epic just won Best Film and Best Director.
Austin Butler (“Elvis) and Cate Blanchett (“TÁR”) continued their infectious narratives by winning the main acting prizes. They are nowhere near locks to win the Oscar, but let’s just call them the de facto frontrunners.
Some other upsets tonight at the BAFTAS.
Edward Berger (“All Quiet on the Western Front”) bested The Daniels/Spielberg/McDonagh and won the Directing Prize. Berger didn’t even get an Oscar nomination. The Brits love this movie.
Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) won Best Supporting Actor over the heavily favored Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”). Not many EEAO fans within the UK branch of voters? Hmm ..
EEAO only won Best Editing tonight in London. The Brits are far less enthused by this film than their American counterparts. This could be a factor come the evening of March 12th.
The race for Best Supporting Actress finally has a pulse. Kerry Condon (“The Banshees Of Inisherin”) won over frontrunner Angela Bassett (“Wakanda Forever”). The MCU connection of Bassett’s role must have clearly turned off a few voters.
“The Banshees of Inisherin” won Best Original Screenplay over EEAO. Meanwhile, “All Quiet On The Western Front” won Adapted Screenplay.
Berger’s film also won Best Film Not in the English Language. It would be very hard to imagine ‘All Quiet’ not winning the International Film Oscar. Its fiercest competitor is probably Lukas Dhont’s “Close.”
The ‘Smile’ franchise has a new director. David Bruckner, who made “The Night House” and the 2022 “Hellraiser” reboot, has been hired to direct “Smile 3” for Paramount.