The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were presented over the weekend.
The BAFTA ceremony?was held virtually over two nights, with nominees joining in by video, due to the pandemic restrictions.?
It was however the night of ?Nomadland? as it swept the?BAFTA 2021 Awards?bagging four categories including best film, best actress and best director. Chloe Zhao’s US recession drama ?Nomadland? is about a community of van dwellers.
Below is the list of the nominees and the winner aswell.
Best Film
- “The Father”
- “The Mauritanian”
- “Nomadland”?*WINNER
- “Promising Young Woman”
- “The Trial of the Chicago 7
Director
- Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”)
- Shannon Murphy (“Babyteeth”)
- Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”)
- Chlo? Zhao (“Nomadland”) *WINNER
- Jasmila ?bani? (“Quo Vadis, Aida?”)
- Sarah Gavron (“Rocks”)
Outstanding British Film
- “Calm With Horses”
- “The Dig”
- “The Father”
- “His House”
- “Limbo”
- “The Mauritanian”
- “Mogul Mowgli”
- “Promising Young Woman”?*WINNER
- “Rocks”
- “Saint Maud”
Original Screenplay
- “Another Round”
- “Mank”
- “Promising Young Woman” *WINNER
- “Rocks”
- “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Adapted Screenplay
- Moira Buffini (“The Dig”)
- Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller (“The Father”)?*WINNER
- Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven (“The Mauritanian”)
- Chlo? Zhao (“Nomadland”)
- Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger”)
Leading Actress
- Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”)
- Radha Blank (“The Forty-Year-Old Version”)
- Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) *WINNER
- Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”)
- Wunmi Mosaku (“His House”)
- Alfre Woodard (“Clemency”)
Leading Actor
- Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”)
- Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
- Adarsh Gourav (“The White Tiger”)
- Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) *WINNER
- Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round”)
- Tahar Rahim (“The Mauritanian”)