By Jennifer McShane
02nd Feb 2020
02nd Feb 2020
Once the BAFTAs rolled out the red carpet for its Hollywood stars, it was down to business, but there was no escaping movie industry’s diversity problem which lingered ominously in the background.
Among the winner’s highlights, British director Sam Mendes’ 1917 emerged victorious with seven awards while Joaquin Phoenix and Reneé Zellwegger both took home top honours for Best Actor and Best Actress for their performances in Joker and Judy respectively.
Laura Dern took home the Best Supporting Actress award – the same BAFTA award accepted by her mother, Diane Ladd, for her supporting role in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – for Marriage Story, while Parasite was the surprise winner for Best Original Screenplay, taking the winning streak from Quentin Tarantino, who has won for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood in that category in every award show prior.
Brad Pitt, however, won for his role in the film, with his co-star Margot Robbie accepting the award on his behalf.
Brad Pitt isn’t at the #Baftas but sent a message: “Hey Britain, heard you just became single – welcome to the club”
— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) February 2, 2020
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The #BaftasSoWhite controversy was noted by host Graham Norton, who was on sparkling form, but Phoenix was the first nominee to address it directly in this acceptance speech, saying he appreciated the win but felt conflicted accepting it, “because so many of my fellow actors that are deserving don’t have that same privilege.”
Joaquin Phoenix, winning Best Actor, is the first acting nominee to properly call out #BAFTASSoWhite tonight. He went in. It’s about “more than having sets that are multicultural. We have to do the hard work to truly understand systemic racism.” #Baftas
— Manori (@manori_r) February 2, 2020
“I think we send a very clear message to people of colour that you are not welcome here, people who have contributed so much to our medium and our industry,” he added.
Below is the list of winners:
BEST FILM
1917
Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
1917
Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BAIT
Mark Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PARASITE
Bong Joon Ho
DOCUMENTARY
FOR SAMA
Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
ANIMATED FILM
KLAUS
Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh
DIRECTOR
1917
Sam Mendes
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
PARASITE
Han Jin Won, Bong Joon Ho
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
JOJO RABBIT
Taika Waititi
LEADING ACTRESS
RENÉE ZELLWEGER
Judy
LEADING ACTOR
JOAQUIN PHOENIX
Joker
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURA DERN
Marriage Story
SUPPORTING ACTOR
BRAD PITT
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
ORIGINAL SCORE
JOKER
Hildur Guðnadóttir
CASTING
JOKER
Shayna Markowitz
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917
Roger Deakins
EDITING
FORD V FERRARI (LE MANS ’66)
Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917
Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales
COSTUME DESIGN
LITTLE WOMEN
Jacqueline Durran
MAKE UP & HAIR
BOMBSHELL
Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
SOUND
1917
Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
1917
Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC
Maryam Mohajer
BRITISH SHORT FILM
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL)
Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva
EE RISING STAR AWARD
Micheal Ward
Main photograph: @NetflixUK
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