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72nd British Academy Film Awards

2019 film award ceremony From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 72nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 10 February 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2018. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2018.

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The nominees were announced on 9 January 2019 by actor Will Poulter and actress Hayley Squires.[1] The period comedy-drama The Favourite received the most nominations: twelve across eleven categories.[2]

English actress Joanna Lumley hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.[3]

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Winners and nominees

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Alfonso Cuarón, Best Film co-winner, Best Director winner, Best Cinematography winner and Best Film Not in the English Language co-winner
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Rami Malek, Best Actor winner
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Olivia Colman, Best Actress winner
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Mahershala Ali, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Rachel Weisz, Best Supporting Actress winner
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Spike Lee, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner
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Bradley Cooper, Best Original Music co-winner
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Lady Gaga, Best Original Music co-winner
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Lukas Nelson, Best Original Music co-winner
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Sandy Powell, Best Costume Design winner
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Letitia Wright, EE Rising Star Award winner

The nominees were announced on 9 January 2019.[4] The winners were announced on 10 February 2019.[5][6]

On 6 February 2019, BAFTA announced they had suspended Bryan Singer's name from Bohemian Rhapsody's nomination for Outstanding British Film following accusations against Singer concerning sexual abuse.[7][8]

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

  • Roughhouse – Jonathan Hodgson and Richard Van Den Boom
  • 73 Cows – Alex Lockwood
    • Bachelor – Angela Clarke
    • The Blue Door – Ben Clark, Megan Pugh and Paul Taylor
    • The Field – Sandhya Suri, Thomas Bidegain and Balthazar de Ganay
    • Wale – Barnaby Blackburn, Sophie Alexander, Catherine Slater and Ed Speleers
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Ceremony information

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The ceremony took place at the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by English actress Joanna Lumley for the second consecutive year.[3] In a reference to the controversy surrounding Kevin Hart's removal as host of the 91st Academy Awards, Lumley said that she suspects she probably would not have been hosting the ceremony if she were on Twitter.[11] It opened with a performance from Cirque du Soleil for the third consecutive year and was broadcast after a short delay on BBC One.[3][12]

The period comedy-drama The Favourite received the most nominations with twelve and won seven, including Outstanding British Film, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Olivia Colman, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Rachel Weisz.[5][13] Roma won four awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón.[5] Rami Malek won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Bohemian Rhapsody, thanking Freddie Mercury in his acceptance speech.[5][14]

The In Memoriam section paid tribute to those who had died during the previous year, including Albert Finney, William Goldman, Penny Marshall, Burt Reynolds and Nicolas Roeg. The segment was accompanied by saxophonist Jess Gillam, who performed "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story", the title song from the film Love Story, as composed by Francis Lai, who also was featured in the tribute.[15] Thelma Schoonmaker won the BAFTA Fellowship, presented by Cate Blanchett and Prince William. She joined the fellowship along with her late husband Michael Powell and long-term collaborator Martin Scorsese.[9] Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley won the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award for their contributions to Number 9 Films.[10]

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