'The Revenant' won a total of five awards including the coveted Best Film, Best Actor for its star Leonardo DiCaprio and Best Director for Alejandro G. Inarritu.
- Feb 15, 2016
AceShowbiz - "The Revenant" dominated the full winner list of the 69th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. The Leonardo DiCaprio-led movie came out as winner in a total of five categories, including the prestigious Best Film in which it was nominated alongside "The Big Short", "Bridge of Spies", "Carol" and "Spotlight".
DiCaprio was awarded the Best Actor trophy for his role in the film, besting fellow nominees like Bryan Cranston ("Trumbo"), Eddie Redmayne ("The Danish Girl"), Matt Damon ("The Martian") and Michael Fassbender ("Steve Jobs"). Alejandro G. Inarritu, the "Revenant" helmer, was named the Best Director.
"Mad Max: Fury Road" was the next biggest BAFTA Award winner as it collected four trophies for Hair and Make Up, Editing, Costume Design and Production Design.
The 2016 BAFTA Awards took place in London on Sunday, February 14 at the Royal Opera House. Other winners of the event included Brie Larson who took home the Best Acress Award for her role in "Room", Kate Winslet who won Supporting Actress for her work in "Steve Jobs", Mark Rylance who claimed the Supporting Actor title for his appearance in "Bridge of Spies". The Rising Star Award went to John Boyega, whose film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" ruled the Visual Effects category.
Among other films in the winner list are "Inside Out", which won the Best Animated Film, and the Amy Winehouse biopic "Amy" that nabbed the Best Documentary gong. Meanwhile, "Carol" walked home empty-handed despite leading the BAFTA nominees with nine nods.
- BEST FILM: "The Revenant"
- BEST ACTRESS: Brie Larson - "Room"
- BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Revenant"
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kate Winslet - "Steve Jobs"
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mark Rylance - "Bridge of Spies"
- DIRECTOR: Alejandro G. Inarritu - "The Revenant"
- THE EE RISING STAR AWARD: John Boyega
- OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: "Brooklyn"
- FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: "Wild Tales"
- DOCUMENTARY: "Amy"
- ANIMATED FILM: "Inside Out"
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki - "The Revenant"
- MUSIC: Ennio Morricone - "The Hateful Eight"
- OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER: Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director), Rupert Lloyd (Producer) - "Theeb"
- ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer - "Spotlight"
- ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Adam McKay, Charles Randolp - "The Big Short"
- EDITING: Margaret Sixel - "Mad Max: Fury Road"
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: "Mad Max: Fury Road" (Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson)
- COSTUME DESIGN: Mad Max: Fury Road" (Jenny Beavan)
- MAKE UP & HAIR: "Mad Max: Fury Road" (Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin)
- SOUND: "The Revenant" (Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montano, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom)
- SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan)
