Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born', in the meantime, manages to snag Best Original Music for Lady GaGa's 'Shallow', and 'Black Panther' actress Letitia Wright takes home Rising Star Award.
- Feb 11, 2019
AceShowbiz - "The Favourite" and "Roma" were the big winners at the 2019 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) on Sunday night (10Feb19).
Period comedy-drama "The Favourite", which was the main contender going into the ceremony with 12 nominations, won seven BAFTAs at London's Royal Albert Hall including Outstanding British Film, Best Actress for Olivia Colman, Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz, Best Original Screenplay as well as costume and production design.
Mexican family drama "Roma" won the night's coveted Best Film prize, as well as Best Film Not in the English Language. Alfonso Cuaron also nabbed the accolades for Best Director and Best Cinematography.
Bradley Cooper had five nominations going into the ceremony, and he managed to convert that into one win for Best Original Music for his directorial debut "A Star Is Born", which he shares with his co-star Lady GaGa and their collaborator Lukas Nelson.
Other winners included awards favourite Mahershala Ali, who picked up another Best Supporting Actor prize for "Green Book"; Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott for Best Adapted Screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman", "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" for Best Animated Film, and "Free Solo" for Best Documentary.
"Black Panther" star Letitia Wright won the BAFTA's only public-voted prize, the EE Rising Star Award, beating the likes of Barry Keoghan, Jessie Buckley, Lakeith Stanfield and Cynthia Erivo.
- Best Film: "Roma"
- Outstanding British Film: "The Favourite"
- Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron - "Roma"
- Best Leading Actor: Rami Malek - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Best Leading Actress: Olivia Colman - "The Favourite"
- Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz - "The Favourite"
- Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali - "Green Book"
- EE Rising Star Award: Letitia Wright
- Best Original Screenplay: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara - "The Favourite"
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott - "BlacKkKlansman"
- Best Original Music: Bradley Cooper, Lady GaGa, and Lukas Nelson - "A Star Is Born"
- Best Animated Film: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"
- Best Documentary: "Free Solo"
- Best Film Not in the English Language: "Roma"
- Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: "Beast"
- Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuaron - "Roma"
- Best Special Visual Effects: Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick - "Black Panther"
- Best Production Design: Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton - "The Favourite"
- Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell - "The Favourite"
- Best Makeup and Hair: Nadia Stacey - "The Favourite"
- Best Sound: John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, and John Warhurst - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Best Editing: Hank Corwin - "Vice"
- Best Short Film: "73 Cows"
- Best Short Animation: "Roughhouse"
- BAFTA Fellowship: Thelma Schoonmaker
