‘Nomadland’ triumphs at 2021 Baftas

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Bafta winners

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[Clockwise] Yuh-Jung Youn, Daniel Kaluuya, Chloe Zhao, Bukky Bakray

Nomadland was the big winner at the 2021 Bafta film awards, which were held across two nights (April 10-11) this year.

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The Searchlight Pictures production took home four awards in total, including best film, best director for Chloe Zhao, best actress for Frances McDormand and best cinematography for Joshua James Richards.

The wins cement Nomadland’s status as the Oscar best picture favourite, even though for the past six years the Bafta best film winner has not gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards. Nomadland also won top prizes at the DGA (for Zhao), PGA and Golden Globe awards.

The event saw Dermot O’Leary and Edith Bowman present from usual venue the Royal Albert Hall. However, due to Covid-19 restrictions an audience was not present and the winners received their awards virtually.

Nomadland had gone into the weekend with seven nominations, joint top with Rocks. Sarah Gavron’s coming-of-age drama only picked up one award, for Lucy Pardee in the casting category during Saturday’s ceremony. However Rocks lead Bukkay Bakray did win the EE rising star award, the only prize voted for by the public.

Accepting best film, Zhao said: “We would like to dedicate this award to the nomadic community who so generously welcomed us into their lives. They shared with us their dreams, their struggles and their deep sense of dignity.”

Other winners

Behind Nomadland the awards were spread evenly across several titles, with Promising Young Woman; The Father; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Sound Of Metal picking up two prizes each.

The Father saw Anthony Hopkins win best actor, with Yuh-Jung Youn picking up best supporting actress for Minari and Daniel Kaluuya awarded best supporting actor for Judas And The Black Messiah.

Accepting her award, Yuh-Jung Youn said: “Maybe I can express my deep condolence for your Duke of Edinburgh… Thank you so much for this award.” She also joked: “Every award is meaningful but this one, especially recognised by British people, known as very snobbish people, and they approve me as a good actress so I’m very, very privileged and happy.”

One category that often generates debate is outstanding British film, which was won by Emerald Fennell’s revenge drama Promising Young Woman. Fennell also won best adapted screenplay.

His House writer/director Remi Weekes picked up the outstanding British debut prize. He previously won best director at the Bifas.

Thomas Vinterberg accepting the Bafta for 'Another Round'

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Thomas Vinterberg accepting the Bafta for ‘Another Round’

Film not in the English language went to Thomas Vinterberg’s highly fancied Another Round, with Pixar’s Soul winning best animated feature, the first award announced on the night, as well as best score.

Vinterberg started his speech by joking: “I had a small suspicion you Brits might like a movie about drinking!”, before paying tribute to his late daughter Ida. “She was more enthusiastic about this project than anyone else has ever been,” he said.

Disney was the leading distributor with six awards (four for Nomadland, two for Soul), followed by Netflix’s five (two for Ma Rainey’s Rainey’s Black Bottom and one for Mank, My Octopus Teacher and His House).

As previously announced, Taiwanese director Ang Lee was honoured with a Bafta Fellowship, the body’s highest accolade, for outstanding and exceptional contribution to film.

UK actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke received the outstanding British contribution to cinema award during Saturday’s ceremony.

Bafta 2021 winners

Winners in bold

BEST FILM

The Father - Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt
The Mauritanian - Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin
Nomadland - Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances Mcdormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman - Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, Josey Mcnamara
The Trial Of The Chicago 7 - Stuart Besser, Marc Platt

DIRECTOR

Another Round - Thomas Vinterberg
Babyteeth - Shannon Murphy
Minari - Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
Quo Vadis, Aida? - Jasmila Žbanić
Rocks - Sarah Gavron

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

Calm With Horses - Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson, Joe Murtagh
The Dig - Simon Stone, Gabrielle Tana, Moira Buffini
The Father - Florian Zeller, Philippe Carcassone, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt, Christopher Hampton
His House - Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward Kings, Roy Lee
Limbo - Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont
The Mauritanian - Kevin Macdonald, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
Mogul Mowgli - Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Thomas Benski, Bennett Mcghee
Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey Mcnamara
Rocks - Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Faye Ward, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
Saint Maud - Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Another Round - Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Dear Comrades! - Andrei Konchalovsky, Alisher Usmanov
Les Misérables - Ladj Ly
Minari - Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh
Quo Vadis, Aida? - Jasmila Žbanić, Damir Ibrahimovich

LEADING ACTRESS

Bukky Bakray - Rocks
Radha Blank - The Forty-Year-Old Version
Vanessa Kirby - Pieces Of A Woman
Frances Mcdormand - Nomadland
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
Mads Mikkelsen - Another Round
Tahar Rahim - The Mauritanian

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Daniel Kaluuya - Judas And The Black Messiah
Barry Keoghan - Calm With Horses
Alan Kim - Minari
Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night In Miami…
Clarke Peters - Da 5 Bloods
Paul Raci - Sound Of Metal

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Niamh Algar - Calm With Horses
Kosar Ali - Rocks
Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Dominique Fishback - Judas And The Black Messiah
Ashley Madekwe - County Lines
Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Another Round - Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
Mank - Jack Fincher
Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell
Rocks - Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
The Trial Of The Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Dig - Moira Buffini
The Father - Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
The Mauritanian - Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
The White Tiger - Ramin Bahrani

DOCUMENTARY

Collective - Alexander Nanau
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet - Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey
The Dissident - Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen
My Octopus Teacher - Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster
The Social Dilemma - Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

His House - Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
Limbo - Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), Irune Gurtubai (Producer) [Also Produced By Angus Lamont]
Moffie - Jack Sidey (Writer/Producer) [Also Written By Oliver Hermanus And Produced By Eric Abraham]
Rocks - Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers)
Saint Maud - Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer) [Also Produced By Andrea Cornwell]

ANIMATED FILM

Onward - Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae
Soul - Pete Docter, Dana Murray
Wolfwalkers - Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young

RISING STAR AWARD

Bukky Bakray
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Morfydd Clark
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
Conrad Khan

ORIGINAL SCORE

Mank - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Minari - Emile Mosseri
News Of The World - James Newton Howard
Promising Young Woman - Anthony Willis
Soul - Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Judas And The Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt
Mank - Erik Messerschmidt
The Mauritanian - Alwin H. Küchler
News Of The World - Dariusz Wolski
Nomadland - Joshua James Richards

EDITING

The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman - Frédéric Thoraval
Sound Of Metal - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
The Trial Of The Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten

CASTING

Rocks - Lucy Pardee
Calm With Horses - Shaheen Baig
Judas And The Black Messiah - Alexa L. Fogel
Minari - Julia Kim
Promising Young Woman - Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu

COSTUME DESIGN

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Ann Roth
Ammonite - Michael O’Connor
The Dig - Alice Babidge
Emma - Alexandra Byrne
Mank - Trish Summerville

MAKE UP & HAIR

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
The Dig - Jenny Shircore
Hillbilly Elegy - Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle
Mank - Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
Pinocchio - Mark Coulier

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mank - Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
The Dig - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
The Father - Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
News Of The World - David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
Rebecca - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

SOUND

Sound Of Metal - Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc
Greyhound - Beau Borders, Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw, David Wyman
News Of The World - Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney
Nomadland - Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder
Soul - Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker

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