BAFTAs 2016: The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road sweep the awards

After the taster of the Golden Globes and with the anticipation of the Academy Awards ahead, the BAFTAs mark an incredible evening to celebrate the outstanding work of actors, filmmakers, and all those involved in the movie industry.

With The Revenant leading the pack nabbing the big winners including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director, the film is in great standing as we approach Oscars ceremony. Perhaps this will be Leonardo DiCaprio’s year to finally claim his first golden statuette. Amidst more Oscar buzz, composer Ennio Morricone won his fifth BAFTA for Best Original Score with hopes to finally win his first Academy Award for the same accolade after an astonishing six nominations.

Mad Max: Fury Road took the esteemed technical awards with no surprise, claiming Best Costume, Best Makeup and Hair, and Best Production Design. Stephen Fry was the ever-charismatic host amongst the romantic Valentine’s Day buzz, with real life couples Fassbender and Vikander and the unlikely Maggie Smith and DiCaprio on a “kiss cam”. The British Academy Film Awards was no less than a magical evening. Without further ado, here are the winners:

Best Film

The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Revenant
Spotlight

Outstanding British Film

45 Years
Amy
Brooklyn
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
The Lobster

Best Director

Adam McKay – The Big Short
Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
Todd Haynes – Carol
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant

Best Actress

Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Maggie Smith – The Lady in the Van
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best Actor

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Matt Damon – The Martian
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters – Brooklyn
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara – Carol

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro – Sicario
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

Best cinematography

Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best costume design

Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best makeup and hair

Brooklyn
Carol
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best documentary

Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
Listen to Me Marlon
Sherpa

Best original music

Bridge of Spies
The Hateful Eight
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best British short film

Elephant 
Mining Poems or Odes
Operator
Over 
Samuel-613

Best British short animation

Edmond
Manoman
Prologue

Best editing

The Big Short 
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

Best sound

Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best special visual effects

Ant-Man
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

EE Rising Star (voted for by the public)

Bel Powley
Brie Larson
Dakota Johnson
John Boyega
Taron Egerton

Best animated film

Inside Out
Minions
Shaun the Sheep the Movie

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Alex Garland (director, Ex Machina)
Debbie Tucker Green (writer/director, Second Coming)
Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director, Theeb), Rupert Lloyd (producer, Theeb)
Sean McAllister (director/producer, A Syrian Love Story), Elhum Shakerifar (producer, A Syrian Love Story)
Stephen Fingleton (writer/director, The Survivalist)

Best adapted screenplay

The Big Short 
Brooklyn
Carol 
Room
Steve Jobs

Best original screenplay

Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Spotlight

Outstanding British contribution to cinema

Angels Costumes

Best film not in the English language

The Assassin
Force Majeure
Theeb 
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

Best production design

Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Fellowship recipient

Sidney Poitier

Dominique Perrett