As awards season speeds towards its Oscar-shaped conclusion, the focus Sunday was instead right here in Blighty as the BAFTAs Film Awards ceremony garlanded various winners, including some very familiar faces from the last couple of months. 1917 was the big winner on the night, taking home seven (including Best Film and Best British Film, plus Sam Mendes as Director), ahead of Joker with three (Joaquin Phoenix once again dominating the Leading Actor category).
Also picking up another trophy? Judy's Renée Zellweger, who also seems a fair pick for Oscar glory next weekend. Parasite locked down Film Not In The English Language and Original Screenplay, while Jojo Rabbit's Taika Waititi nabbed Adapted Screenplay and brought the house down with his speech, which began thus: "Thanks very much, BAFTA. This is very, very cool for me. Coming from the colonies, we know it's been a hard week for you guys. It's very nice to take a little bit of your gold back home... Where it belongs."
The awards' lack of diversity was brought up several times, and there was even a Prince Harry gag from Brad Pitt – via Margot Robbie, who collected his Supporting Actor gong in his head – who admitted he wanted to call his award "Harry" so he could take it back to America.
BAFTA Film Awards Red Carpet 2020
Adam Driver and Joanne Tucker
Marriage Story's Adam Driver and his wife, actress Joanne Tucker
Dean Charles Chapman, George MacKay
1917 leading troopers Dean Charles Chapman and George MacKay
Jessie Buckley
Wild Rose's Jessie Buckley
Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson, who would go on to make a joke about Cats in the show itself.
Renée Zellweger
Judy star Renée Zellweger, who would win Leading Actress.
Sandy Powell
Costume designer Sandy Powell, nominated for The Irishman.
Florence Pugh
Little Women's Florence Pugh.
Quentin Tarantino
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino.
Sam Mendes
1917 director Sam Mendes, who went on to win the directing award as his film took seven trophies in total.
Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis, awarded Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema tonight.
Charlize Theron
Bombshell's Charlize Theron.
Daisy Ridley
Daisy Ridley.
Saiorse Ronan
Little Women's Saoirse Ronan, nominated for Leading Actress.
Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie, nominated twice for Supporting Actress tonight.
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson, nominated for Jojo Rabbit.
Taron Egerton
Taron Egerton, nominated for Rocketman.
The full list of winners is below.
BEST FILM
1917 – Winner
The Irishman
Joker
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood
Parasite
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
1917 – Winner
Bait
For Sama
Rocketman
Sorry We Missed You
The Two Popes
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Bait, Mark Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers) – Winner
For Sama, Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer), Edward Watts (Director)
Maiden, Alex Holmes (Director)
Only You, Harry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
Retablo, Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director) (Also written by Héctor Gálvez)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Parasite – Winner
The Farewell
For Sama
Pain And Glory
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
DOCUMENTARY
For Sama – Winner
American Factory
Apollo 11
Diego Maradonna
The Great Hack
ANIMATED FILM
Klaus – Winner
Frozen 2
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Toy Story 4
DIRECTOR
1917, Sam Mendes – Winner
The Irishman, Martin Scorsese
Joker, Todd Phillips
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
Parasite, Bong Joon-ho
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Parasite, Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho – Winner
Booksmart, Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
Knives Out, Rian Johnson
Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi – Winner
The Irishman, Steven Zaillian
Joker, Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Little Women, Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten
LEADING ACTRESS
Renée Zellweger, Judy – Winner
Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
LEADING ACTOR
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker – Winner
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laura Dern, Marriage Story – Winner
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Margot Robbie, Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Winner
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
AL Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
ORIGINAL SCORE
Joker, Hildur Guđnadóttir – Winner
1917, Thomas Newman
Jojo Rabbit, Michael Giacchino
Little Women, Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, John Williams
CASTING
Joker, Shayna Markowitz – Winner
Marriage Story, Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood, Victoria Thomas
The Personal History Of David Copperfield, Sarah Crowe
The Two Popes, Nina Gold
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917, Roger Deakins – Winner
The Irishman, Rodrigo Prieto
Joker, Lawrence Sher
Ford V Ferrari, Phedon Papamichael
The Lighthouse, Jarin Blaschke
EDITING
Ford V Ferrari (Le Mans '66'), Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker – Winner
The Irishman, Thelma Schoonmaker
Jojo Rabbit, Tom Eagles
Joker, Jeff Groth
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood, Fred Raskin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917, Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales – Winner
The Irishman, Bob Shaw, Regina Graves
Jojo Rabbit, Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková
Joker, Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood, Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
COSTUME DESIGN
Little Women, Jacqueline Durran – Winner
The Irishman, Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
Jojo Rabbit, Mayes C. Rubeo
Judy, Jany Temime
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood, Arianne Phillips
MAKE UP & HAIR
Bombshell, Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan – Winner
1917, Naomi Donne
Joker, Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
Judy, Jeremy Woodhead
Rocketman, Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
SOUND
1917, Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson – Winner
Joker, Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
Ford V Ferrari, David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
Rocketman, Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
1917, Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy – Winner
Avengers: Endgame, Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick
The Irishman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
The Lion King, Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Grandad Was A Romantic, Maryam Mohajer – Winner
In Her Boots, Kathrin Steinbacher
The Magic Boat, Naaman Azhari, Lilia Laurel
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone (If You're A Girl), Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva – Winner
Azaar, Myriam Raja, Nathanael Baring
Goldfish, Hector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill
Kamali, Sasha Rainbow, Rosalind Croad
The Trap, Lena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald
EE RISING STAR AWARD
Micheal Ward – Winner
Awkwafina
Kaitlyn Dever
Kelvin Harrison, Jr.
Jack Lowden