Best of BAFTAs 2020

Bong Joon Ho with his award for Film Not in the English Language for ‘Parasite’.

1917, Sam Mendes’s visually extravagant World War I drama that takes viewers into the chaos of the trenches was the big winner at the British Academy Film Awards recently, taking seven awards, including best film. Mendes was also named best director at the event. Better known as the BAFTAs, the programme is Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars. Here is a list of winners in the other key categories:

Best Actress

Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best Actor

Joaquin Phoenix - Joker

Best Casting

Joker

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

Micheal Ward

Best Film not in the English language

Parasite

Best Special Visual Effects

1917

The team of ‘1917’ with their award for Best Film.

Best Supporting Actor

Brad Pitt-Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Original Screenplay

Parasite –Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho

Best Documentary

For Sama

Outstanding Debut by a British writer, director or producer

Bait – Mark Jenkin (writer/director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (producers)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi

Best Supporting Actress

Laura Dern -Marriage Story

Best Cinematography

1917

Best Editing

Le Mans ’66

Best Costume Design

Little Women

Best Production Design

Joaquin Phoenix with his Best Actor award for ‘Joker’.   

1917

Best Sound

1917

Best Original Score

Joker

Best British Short Film

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

Best British Short Animation

Grandad Was a Romantic

Best Makeup and Hair

Bombshell

Best Animated film

Klaus

Oustanding British film

1917

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Andy Serkis

Bafta Fellowship

Kathleen Kennedy

Source: Reuters