The 73rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 2 February 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2019. 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 2019.
The ceremony took place in the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Irish television comedian Graham Norton,[4] who had previously hosted the 2019 British Academy Television Awards. Viewing ratings for the ceremony fell to a twelve-year low, peaking at 3.5 million, though being the most-viewed show in the UK after 22:00.[8] The ratings drop may be a result of the broadcast delay, with many live news outlets publishing the results before they were televised and revealed on television.[8]
Discussions about the lack of diversity within the award nominations surrounded the ceremony, with the host referring to it as "the year when white men finally broke through". He also described eleven-time nominee Joker as "essentially the story of a white man who makes himself even whiter".[9][10]Best Director presenter (a category of all-male nominees) Rebel Wilson joked about the absence of females in the category, quipping: "Honestly, I just don't have the balls."[11]Best Actor in a Leading Role winner Joaquin Phoenix used his speech to comment on the "systemic racism" of the BAFTAs and acting industry in general.[12] Speaking ahead of the ceremony, BAFTA chairwoman Pippa Harris addressed her frustration in the lack of recognition for female directors, as well as the issues around diversity as a whole.[8] In his closing speech to the ceremony, BAFTA president Prince William had prepared a speech discussing the issue, saying that "a wide-ranging review of the whole awards process" was underway and that lack of diversity "simply cannot be right in this day and age".[13]
1917 was the night's biggest winner, winning seven prizes in total of its nine nominations, including Best Film and Best Director (Sam Mendes),[5] despite not having any acting nominees and thus becoming a favourite for the then upcoming 92nd Academy Awards; it lost to Parasite.[8] Mendes became the first British winner to win Best Director in eleven years.[8] Since votes for the Academy Awards must be registered two days after the BAFTA Awards, Screen Daily noted that 1917 would be a safe choice for Academy members, who are averse to streaming films based on 1917's marketing as a "must-see on the big screen".[8] This compares to the Netflix film The Irishman being the night's biggest loser, taking no awards despite ten nominations; Netflix productions in total received twenty-three nominations, winning only two: Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Laura Dern (Marriage Story) and Best Animated Film (Klaus).[8]Screen Daily also suggested that there is anecdotal evidence of Netflix not supporting its nominees as much as it did last year for Roma (2018).[8] The writers of Screen Daily additionally suggested that there was some controversy surrounding the British identity of some films nominated for Outstanding British Film; 1917 is financed by the US, and Retablo is a Peruvian film co-produced with Norway and Germany, whose Peruvian director—Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio—only lives in London.[8] The ceremony also marked the first year since the 30th British Academy Film Awards (1977) in which there were no British acting winners.[8]
Wins marking diversity were Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Bait, a film described by its writer-director as "a black and white, 16-millimetre, hand-processed, post-synced film in Academy ratio about Cornish fishing people";[8]Best Documentary for For Sama, a personal story of bombings at a Syrian hospital made by the family involved, with them using their speech to "implore the UK not to ignore the ongoing plight of the people of the Syrian city of Idlib";[8] and the Rising Star Award for Micheal Ward, star of Rapman's Blue Story (which received no nominations), who used his speech to say that he "feels like we're going in the right direction" in terms of diversity.[8]
Best Actress in a Leading Role winner Renée Zellweger noted in the press room that she felt like part of "the British gang";[14] after accepting her award, Hugh Grant had taken to the stage to present, quipping "well done Jones" as Zellweger left, a reference to their roles in the British film Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).[15] Later in the press room, the young Sama Al-Kateab, who had been held by her parents on stage while accepting Best Documentary, was allowed to roam and took to running the length of the stage and playing with microphones.[14] With his fifth win for Best Cinematography for 1917, Roger Deakins becomes the most-decorated BAFTA winner in the category. Collecting his BAFTA, he said: "I think it was George Orwell that said all films are special but some films are more special than others, and for me this was a really special film." The recent Brexit was also mentioned, appearing in Brad Pitt's acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Supporting Role delivered by co-star Margot Robbie; Pitt's speech also noted that he would name his award "Harry" because he's going to take it to the United States.[16]
^ ab"The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2020". The Guardian. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^"Bafta film awards 2020: Joker leads nominations amid diversity row". BBC News. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^Ritman, Alex (7 August 2019). "BAFTA Adding Casting Category to 2020 Film, TV Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ ab"Graham Norton announced as host for EE British Academy Film Awards in 2020" (Press release). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^"Andy Serkis to be honoured at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema" (Press release). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ abcdefghijklmTutt, Louise; Parfitt, Orlando; Rosser, Michael (3 February 2020). "Baftas 2020: the key talking points". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^Loughrey, Clarisse (2 February 2020). "Baftas 2020: Graham Norton jokes about diversity controversy in opening monologue". The Independent. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^Edwards, Chris (2 February 2020). "Graham Norton mocks Joker, The Irishman, Cats and himself in opening BAFTA monologue". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^"Rebel Wilson's Baftas speech praised for 'single-handedly breathing life' into awards". The Guardian. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^Shoard, Catherine (2 February 2020). "Joaquin Phoenix's attack on Baftas for 'systemic racism' hailed by film industry". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^Rose, Steve (3 February 2020). "Prince William's ticking off means Bafta must get serious about diversity". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ abBushby, Helen (3 February 2020). "Bafta Film Awards 2020: 10 things we learned at the ceremony". BBC News. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^de Casparis, Lena (3 February 2020). "Renée Zellweger And Hugh Grant Had The Most Adorable 'Bridget Jones' Reunion At The BAFTAs". Elle. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^Arsenault, Bridget (3 February 2020). "Brad Pitt's "Megxit" Joke Got an Awkward Laugh From Prince William at the BAFTAs". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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The 73rd British Academy Film Awards more commonly known as the BAFTAs were held on 2 February 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall in London honouring the best national and foreign films of 2019 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 2019 73rd British Academy Film AwardsDate2 February 2020SiteRoyal Albert Hall LondonHosted byGraham NortonHighlightsBest Film1917Best British Film1917Best ActorJoaquin PhoenixJokerBest ActressRenee ZellwegerJudyMost awards1917 7 Most nominationsJoker 11 72nd BAFTA Awards 74th The nominees were announced on 7 January 2020 1 The psychological thriller Joker received the most nominations in eleven categories The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood followed with ten apiece 2 The ceremony also marked the introduction of the BAFTA Award for Best Casting 3 Shayna Markowitz won for Joker The ceremony was hosted by Graham Norton who also hosts the BAFTA TV Awards replacing Joanna Lumley following her two years of service as host 4 Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 BAFTA Fellowship 1 2 Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema 1 3 Awards 2 Statistics 3 Ceremony information 4 In Memoriam 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksWinners and nominees edit nbsp Sam Mendes Best Film co winner Best Director winner and Outstanding British Film co winner nbsp Joaquin Phoenix Best Actor winner nbsp Renee Zellweger Best Actress winner nbsp Brad Pitt Best Supporting Actor winner nbsp Laura Dern Best Supporting Actress winner nbsp Bong Joon ho Best Original Screenplay co winner and Best Film Not in the English Language winner nbsp Taika Waititi Best Adapted Screenplay winner nbsp Roger Deakins Best Cinematography winner nbsp Waad Al Kateab Best Documentary co winner nbsp Hildur Gudnadottir Best Original Music winner nbsp Rachael Tate Best Sound co winner nbsp Micheal Ward EE Rising Star Award winnerThe nominees were announced on 7 January 2020 1 The winners were announced on 2 February 2020 5 BAFTA Fellowship edit Main article BAFTA Fellowship Kathleen Kennedy 6 Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema edit Main article BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award Andy Serkis 7 Awards edit Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface Best Film 1917 Pippa Harris Callum McDougall Sam Mendes and Jayne Ann Tenggren The Irishman Robert De Niro Jane Rosenthal Martin Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff Joker Bradley Cooper Todd Phillips and Emma Tillinger Koskoff Once Upon a Time in Hollywood David Heyman Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino Parasite Bong Joon ho and Kwak Sin ae Best Direction Sam Mendes 1917 Bong Joon ho Parasite Martin Scorsese The Irishman Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Todd Phillips JokerBest Actor in a Leading Role Joaquin Phoenix Joker as Arthur Fleck Joker Adam Driver Marriage Story as Charlie Barber Jonathan Pryce The Two Popes as Pope Francis Leonardo DiCaprio Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton Taron Egerton Rocketman as Elton John Best Actress in a Leading Role Renee Zellweger Judy as Judy Garland Charlize Theron Bombshell as Megyn Kelly Jessie Buckley Wild Rose as Rose Lynn Harlan Saoirse Ronan Little Women as Josephine Jo March Scarlett Johansson Marriage Story as Nicole BarberBest Actor in a Supporting Role Brad Pitt Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth Al Pacino The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa Anthony Hopkins The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI Joe Pesci The Irishman as Russell Bufalino Tom Hanks A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers Best Actress in a Supporting Role Laura Dern Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw Florence Pugh Little Women as Amy March Margot Robbie Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil Margot Robbie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Sharon Tate Scarlett Johansson Jojo Rabbit as RosieBest Original Screenplay Parasite Bong Joon ho and Han Jin won Booksmart Susanna Fogel Emily Halpern Sarah Haskins and Katie Silberman Knives Out Rian Johnson Marriage Story Noah Baumbach Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino Best Adapted Screenplay Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi The Irishman Steven Zaillian Joker Todd Phillips and Scott Silver Little Women Greta Gerwig The Two Popes Anthony McCartenBest Casting Joker Shayna Markowitz Marriage Story Douglas Aibel and Francine Maisler Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Victoria Thomas The Personal History of David Copperfield Sarah Crowe The Two Popes Javier Braier Barbara Giordani Nina Gold Francesco Vedovati and Gabriel Villegas Best Cinematography 1917 Roger Deakins Ford v Ferrari Phedon Papamichael The Irishman Rodrigo Prieto Joker Lawrence Sher The Lighthouse Jarin BlaschkeBest Costume Design Little Women Jacqueline Durran The Irishman Christopher Peterson and Sandy Powell Jojo Rabbit Mayes C Rubeo Judy Jany Temime Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Arianne Phillips Best Editing Ford v Ferrari Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker The Irishman Thelma Schoonmaker Jojo Rabbit Tom Eagles Joker Jeff Groth Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Fred RaskinBest Makeup and Hair Bombshell Vivian Baker Kazu Hiro and Anne Morgan 1917 Naomi Donne and Tristan Versluis Joker Kay Georgiou and Nicki Ledermann Judy Jeremy Woodhead Rocketman Lizzie Yianni Georgiou Barrie Gower and Tapio Salmi Best Original Music Joker Hildur Gudnadottir 1917 Thomas Newman Jojo Rabbit Michael Giacchino Little Women Alexandre Desplat Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker John WilliamsBest Production Design 1917 Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales The Irishman Bob Shaw and Regina Graves Jojo Rabbit Ra Vincent and Nora Sopkova Joker Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh Best Sound 1917 Scott Millan Oliver Tarney Rachael Tate Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson Ford v Ferrari David Giammarco Paul Massey Steven A Morrow and Donald Sylvester Joker Tod A Maitland Alan Robert Murray Tom Ozanich and Dean A Zupancic Rocketman Matthew Collinge John Hayes Mike Prestwood Smith and Danny Sheehan Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker David Acord Andy Nelson Christopher Scarabosio Stuart Wilson and Matthew WoodBest Special Visual Effects 1917 Greg Butler Guillaume Rocheron and Dominic Tuohy Avengers Endgame Matt Aitken Dan DeLeeuw Russell Earl and Dan Sudick The Irishman Ivan Busquets Leandro Estebecorena Stephane Grabli and Pablo Helman The Lion King Andrew R Jones Robert Legato Elliot Newman and Adam Valdez Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Roger Guyett Paul Kavanagh Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy Best Animated Film Klaus Sergio Pablos and Jinko Gotoh Frozen II Chris Buck Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho A Shaun the Sheep Movie Farmageddon Will Becher Richard Phelan and Paul Kewley Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley and Mark NielsenBest Documentary For Sama Waad Al Kateab and Edward Watts American Factory Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia James Gay Rees and Paul Martin The Great Hack Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim Best Film Not in the English Language Parasite Bong Joon ho The Farewell Lulu Wang and Daniele Melia For Sama Waad Al Kateab and Edward Watts Pain and Glory Pedro Almodovar and Agustin Almodovar Portrait of a Lady on Fire Celine Sciamma and Benedicte CouvreurBest British Short Animation Grandad Was a Romantic Maryam Mohajer In Her Boots Kathrin Steinbacher The Magic Boat Naaman Azhari and Lilia Laurel Best British Short Film Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone If You re a Girl Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva Azaar Myriam Raja and Nathanael Baring Goldfish Hector Dockrill Harri Kamalanathan Benedict Turnbull and Laura Dockrill Kamali Sasha Rainbow and Rosalind Croad The Trap Lena Headey and Anthony FitzgeraldOutstanding British Film 1917 Sam Mendes Pippa Harris Callum McDougall Jayne Ann Tenggren and Krysty Wilson Cairns Bait Mark Jenkin Kate Byers and Linn Waite For Sama Waad Al Kateab and Edward Watts Rocketman Dexter Fletcher Adam Bohling David Furnish David Reid Matthew Vaughn and Lee Hall Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach Rebecca O Brien and Paul Laverty The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles Jonathan Eirich Dan Lin Tracey Seaward and Anthony McCarten Outstanding Debut by a British Writer Director or Producer Bait Mark Jenkin Writer Director Kate Byers and Linn Waite Producer For Sama Waad Al Kateab Director Producer and Edward Watts Director Maiden Alex Holmes Director Only You Harry Wootliff Writer Director Retablo Alvaro Delgado Aparicio Writer Director Rising Star Award Micheal Ward Awkwafina Jack Lowden Kaitlyn Dever Kelvin Harrison Jr Statistics editFilms that received multiple nominations Nominations Film11 Joker10 The IrishmanOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood9 19176 Jojo Rabbit5 Little WomenMarriage StoryThe Two Popes4 For SamaParasiteRocketman3 BombshellFord v FerrariJudyStar Wars The Rise of Skywalker2 BaitFilms that received multiple awards Awards Film7 19173 Joker2 ParasiteCeremony information editThe ceremony took place in the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Irish television comedian Graham Norton 4 who had previously hosted the 2019 British Academy Television Awards Viewing ratings for the ceremony fell to a twelve year low peaking at 3 5 million though being the most viewed show in the UK after 22 00 8 The ratings drop may be a result of the broadcast delay with many live news outlets publishing the results before they were televised and revealed on television 8 Discussions about the lack of diversity within the award nominations surrounded the ceremony with the host referring to it as the year when white men finally broke through He also described eleven time nominee Joker as essentially the story of a white man who makes himself even whiter 9 10 Best Director presenter a category of all male nominees Rebel Wilson joked about the absence of females in the category quipping Honestly I just don t have the balls 11 Best Actor in a Leading Role winner Joaquin Phoenix used his speech to comment on the systemic racism of the BAFTAs and acting industry in general 12 Speaking ahead of the ceremony BAFTA chairwoman Pippa Harris addressed her frustration in the lack of recognition for female directors as well as the issues around diversity as a whole 8 In his closing speech to the ceremony BAFTA president Prince William had prepared a speech discussing the issue saying that a wide ranging review of the whole awards process was underway and that lack of diversity simply cannot be right in this day and age 13 1917 was the night s biggest winner winning seven prizes in total of its nine nominations including Best Film and Best Director Sam Mendes 5 despite not having any acting nominees and thus becoming a favourite for the then upcoming 92nd Academy Awards it lost to Parasite 8 Mendes became the first British winner to win Best Director in eleven years 8 Since votes for the Academy Awards must be registered two days after the BAFTA Awards Screen Daily noted that 1917 would be a safe choice for Academy members who are averse to streaming films based on 1917 s marketing as a must see on the big screen 8 This compares to the Netflix film The Irishman being the night s biggest loser taking no awards despite ten nominations Netflix productions in total received twenty three nominations winning only two Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Laura Dern Marriage Story and Best Animated Film Klaus 8 Screen Daily also suggested that there is anecdotal evidence of Netflix not supporting its nominees as much as it did last year for Roma 2018 8 The writers of Screen Daily additionally suggested that there was some controversy surrounding the British identity of some films nominated for Outstanding British Film 1917 is financed by the US and Retablo is a Peruvian film co produced with Norway and Germany whose Peruvian director Alvaro Delgado Aparicio only lives in London 8 The ceremony also marked the first year since the 30th British Academy Film Awards 1977 in which there were no British acting winners 8 Wins marking diversity were Outstanding Debut by a British Writer Director or Producer for Bait a film described by its writer director as a black and white 16 millimetre hand processed post synced film in Academy ratio about Cornish fishing people 8 Best Documentary for For Sama a personal story of bombings at a Syrian hospital made by the family involved with them using their speech to implore the UK not to ignore the ongoing plight of the people of the Syrian city of Idlib 8 and the Rising Star Award for Micheal Ward star of Rapman s Blue Story which received no nominations who used his speech to say that he feels like we re going in the right direction in terms of diversity 8 Best Actress in a Leading Role winner Renee Zellweger noted in the press room that she felt like part of the British gang 14 after accepting her award Hugh Grant had taken to the stage to present quipping well done Jones as Zellweger left a reference to their roles in the British film Bridget Jones s Diary 2001 15 Later in the press room the young Sama Al Kateab who had been held by her parents on stage while accepting Best Documentary was allowed to roam and took to running the length of the stage and playing with microphones 14 With his fifth win for Best Cinematography for 1917 Roger Deakins becomes the most decorated BAFTA winner in the category Collecting his BAFTA he said I think it was George Orwell that said all films are special but some films are more special than others and for me this was a really special film The recent Brexit was also mentioned appearing in Brad Pitt s acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Supporting Role delivered by co star Margot Robbie Pitt s speech also noted that he would name his award Harry because he s going to take it to the United States 16 In Memoriam editRutger Hauer Terry Rawlings Lawrence G Paull Bibi Andersson John Sargent Terry Jones Richard Williams John Singleton Peter Fonda Robert Evans Stanley Donen Robert Forster Nigel Goldsack Agnes Varda Michelle Guish Nik Powell Franco Zeffirelli Valentina Cortese Buck Henry Danny Aiello Anna Karina Gerry Lewis Peter Mayhew Norman Garwood Sue Lyon Freddie Jones Doris DaySee also edit9th AACTA International Awards 92nd Academy Awards 45th Cesar Awards 25th Critics Choice Awards 72nd Directors Guild of America Awards 33rd European Film Awards 77th Golden Globe Awards 40th Golden Raspberry Awards 34th Goya Awards 35th Independent Spirit Awards 25th Lumieres Awards 10th Magritte Awards 7th Platino Awards 31st Producers Guild of America Awards 24th Satellite Awards 46th Saturn Awards 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards 72nd Writers Guild of America AwardsReferences edit a b The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2020 The Guardian 7 January 2020 Retrieved 7 January 2020 Bafta film awards 2020 Joker leads nominations amid diversity row BBC News 8 January 2020 Retrieved 8 January 2020 Ritman Alex 7 August 2019 BAFTA Adding Casting Category to 2020 Film TV Awards The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 7 August 2019 a b Graham Norton announced as host for EE British Academy Film Awards in 2020 Press release British Academy of Film and Television Arts 22 November 2019 Retrieved 22 November 2019 a b 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards The Winners British Academy of Film and Television Arts 2 February 2020 Retrieved 2 February 2020 Kathleen Kennedy to receive BAFTA Fellowship Press release British Academy of Film and Television Arts 6 December 2019 Retrieved 6 December 2019 Andy Serkis to be honoured at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Press release British Academy of Film and Television Arts 23 January 2020 Retrieved 23 January 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Tutt Louise Parfitt Orlando Rosser Michael 3 February 2020 Baftas 2020 the key talking points Screen Daily Retrieved 3 February 2020 Loughrey Clarisse 2 February 2020 Baftas 2020 Graham Norton jokes about diversity controversy in opening monologue The Independent Retrieved 2 February 2020 Edwards Chris 2 February 2020 Graham Norton mocks Joker The Irishman Cats and himself in opening BAFTA monologue Digital Spy Retrieved 2 February 2020 Rebel Wilson s Baftas speech praised for single handedly breathing life into awards The Guardian 2 February 2020 Retrieved 2 February 2020 Shoard Catherine 2 February 2020 Joaquin Phoenix s attack on Baftas for systemic racism hailed by film industry The Guardian Retrieved 2 February 2020 Rose Steve 3 February 2020 Prince William s ticking off means Bafta must get serious about diversity The Guardian Retrieved 3 February 2020 a b Bushby Helen 3 February 2020 Bafta Film Awards 2020 10 things we learned at the ceremony BBC News Retrieved 3 February 2020 de Casparis Lena 3 February 2020 Renee Zellweger And Hugh Grant Had The Most Adorable Bridget Jones Reunion At The BAFTAs Elle Retrieved 3 February 2020 Arsenault Bridget 3 February 2020 Brad Pitt s Megxit Joke Got an Awkward Laugh From Prince William at the BAFTAs Vanity Fair Retrieved 3 February 2020 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 73rd British Academy Film Awards amp oldid 1146118885, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
