69th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 14 February 2016 |
Site | Royal Opera House, London |
Hosted by | Stephen Fry |
Highlights | |
Best Film | The Revenant |
Best British Film | Brooklyn |
Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant |
Best Actress | Brie Larson Room |
Most awards | The Revenant (5) |
Most nominations | Bridge of Spies and Carol (9) |
The 69th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 14 February 2016 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2015.[1] 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 2015.[2]
The nominations were announced on 8 January 2016 by Stephen Fry and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Bridge of Spies and Carol received the most nominations at nine each.[3][4] Despite leading the field in nominations, Carol failed to win any awards and Bridge of Spies won just one; Mark Rylance for Best Supporting Actor.
The Revenant won the most awards at the ceremony with five, including Best Film, Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, and Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki. Brie Larson won Best Actress for Room and Kate Winslet won Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs. Mad Max: Fury Road won four awards; Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hair, and Best Production Design. Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2015. Sidney Poitier was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for his contribution to cinema.[5]
The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One and was watched by 4.5 million viewers, down from 4.9 million in 2015 and the lowest television audience since 2010.[6]
Winners and nominees
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The nominees were announced on 8 January 2016.[3][4] The winners were announced on 14 February 2016.[4][7]
BAFTA Fellowship
[edit]Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
[edit]Ceremony information
[edit]The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One at 9 p.m. GMT, around two hours later than the actual ceremony. For the eleventh time, Stephen Fry acted as the host. The ceremony commenced with a segment commemorating the year in film, which was accompanied by the song "Heroes" by David Bowie, who had died the previous month. Highlighting that the ceremony was being held on Valentine's Day, the ceremony showed a kiss cam where random celebrities such as Dame Maggie Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio were persuaded by Fry to kiss each other.[10] Fry also received a number of negative comments after he said of Best Costume Design winner Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road) as "Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to an awards ceremony dressed as a bag lady". He subsequently deleted his Twitter account following criticism of his joke.[11]
A number of presenters referred to the lack of diversity at the Academy Awards. Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen both made jokes referring to the controversy.[12] Sidney Poitier was not present to collect his fellowship due to ill health.[5] Jamie Foxx and Poitier's daughter, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, presented the award to him in person at his home in Los Angeles. Noel Clarke, Lulu, and Oprah Winfrey paid tribute to him in a filmed segment.
The In Memoriam section featured Alan Rickman, Melissa Mathison, Andrew Lesnie, Maureen O'Hara, Gayle Griffiths, Haskell Wexler, Colin Welland, James Horner, David Bowie, Ron Moody, June Randall, Julie Harris, Frank Finlay, Philip French, Vilmos Zsigmond, Albert Maysles, Richard Johnson, Wes Craven, Jacques Rivette, Penelope Houston, Tommie Manderson, Christopher Wood, Saeed Jaffrey, Sheila Sim and Sir Christopher Lee.
Statistics
[edit]Nominations | Film |
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9 | Bridge of Spies |
Carol | |
8 | The Revenant |
7 | Mad Max: Fury Road |
6 | Brooklyn |
The Martian | |
5 | The Big Short |
The Danish Girl | |
Ex Machina | |
4 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
3 | The Hateful Eight |
Sicario | |
Spotlight | |
Steve Jobs | |
2 | Amy |
Inside Out | |
Room | |
Theeb |
Awards | Film |
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5 | The Revenant |
4 | Mad Max: Fury Road |
In Memoriam
[edit]- Alan Rickman
- Melissa Mathison
- Andrew Lesnie
- Maureen O'Hara
- Omar Sharif
- Gayle Griffiths
- Haskell Wexler
- Colin Welland
- James Horner
- David Bowie
- Ron Moody
- June Randall
- Julie Harris
- Frank Finlay
- Philip French
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Albert Maysles
- Richard Johnson
- Wes Craven
- Jacques Rivette
- Penelope Houston
- Tommie Manderson
- Christopher Wood
- Saeed Jaffrey
- Sheila Sim
- Christopher Lee
See also
[edit]- 5th AACTA International Awards
- 88th Academy Awards
- 41st César Awards
- 21st Critics' Choice Awards
- 68th Directors Guild of America Awards
- 29th European Film Awards
- 73rd Golden Globe Awards
- 36th Golden Raspberry Awards
- 30th Goya Awards
- 31st Independent Spirit Awards
- 21st Lumières Awards
- 6th Magritte Awards
- 3rd Platino Awards
- 27th Producers Guild of America Awards
- 20th Satellite Awards
- 42nd Saturn Awards
- 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 68th Writers Guild of America Awards
References
[edit]- ^ "EE British Academy Film Awards: Key Dates and Rules Published". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "EE British Academy Film Awards information". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ a b Barraclough, Leo (5 August 2015). "BAFTA Reveals Key Dates for Film Awards to Be Held in 2016". Variety. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ a b c "Bafta Film Awards 2016: Winners". BBC News. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ a b Lodderhose, Diana (14 February 2016). "'The Revenant,' Leonardo DiCaprio Dominate BAFTA Awards". Variety. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Revoir, Paul (15 February 2016). "Bafta ceremony pulls in lowest TV audience in six years". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Brown, Mark; Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (14 February 2016). "Baftas 2016: The Revenant and Mad Max maul competition as Carol snubbed". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Sidney Poitier to be Honoured with BAFTA Fellowship". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Angels Costumes to Receive the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ Lee, Benjamin; Bradshaw, Peter; Beech, Peter; Shoard, Catherine (15 February 2016). "Baftas 2016: 10 things we learned". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Lee, Benjamin (14 February 2016). "Stephen Fry hits back at criticism of Baftas 'bag lady' joke: 'She got it. Derrr'". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Loughrey, Clarisse (15 February 2016). "BAFTAs 2016: Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen's speeches tackle diversity debate". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.