“Oppenheimer” was a big winner at the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards, which were presented Sunday at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England.
The Christopher Nolan-directed award season favorite led the nominees with 13 nods this year and won seven awards, including director, lead actor and the coveted best film award.
Winning his first-ever BAFTA, Nolan expressed his thanks to studio Universal, “for letting us take on something dark, and seeing the potential for that” during his acceptance speech.
“Poor Things” was the other stand-out winner of the ceremony with five wins, including Emma Stone’s award for lead actress.
“The Holdovers” star Da’Vine Joy Randolph continues to dominate the supporting actress category through this award season cycle. Thanking her co-star Paul Giamatti while accepting her BAFTA, Randolph said, “Gosh, I cry every time I say your name. You represent everything that is great and good in our craft.”
The chilling Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” by director Jonathan Glazer took home the prestigious award for outstanding British film, as well as best film not in the English language. The “Barbie” movie, “Saltburn,” “Maestro” and the Martin Scorsese-directed epic “Killers of the Flower Moon,” meanwhile, came away empty on Sunday.
Best Film
- “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “The Holdovers”
- “Killers of The Flower Moon”
- “Oppenheimer” – WINNER
- “Poor Things”
Outstanding British Film
- “All of Us Strangers”
- “How to Have Sex”
- “Napoleon”
- “The Old Oak”
- “Poor Things”
- “Rye Lane”
- “Saltburn”
- “Scrapper”
- “Wonka”
- “The Zone of Interest” - WINNER
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
- “Blue Bag Life”
- “Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
- “Earth Mama” - WINNER
- “How To Have Sex”
- “Is There Anybody Out There?”
Documentary
- “20 Days In Mariupol” - WINNER
- “American Symphony”
- “Beyond Utopia”
- “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
- “Wham!”
Animated Film
- “The Boy And The Heron” - WINNER
- “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget”
- “Elemental”
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
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