Last year BAFTA AWARDS were extremely predictable, especially in the craft categories. They foreseen the effects of the international voting blocks at Oscar. But last year there was unity over geography. “Oppenheimer” Took seven wins and also continued seven Oscars. The way to read this year’s profits is to distinguish the local favorites from those who are likely to repeat at Oscars, where the winners must collect both the state and foreign support.
Big BAFTA WINNERS, British film “Conclave“Had 12 BAFTA nominations versus eight Oscar nods and won four including best film. “The audience around the world embraced the film in a big way,” says director Edward Berger. With mainstream appeal, “Conclave” will be a strong challenger in three Oscar categories, including image, editing and adapted script for Peter Straughan, who also won both Golden Globe and Critics Selection Awards. But Britain’s beloved Ralph Fiennes lost best actors to the American Adrien Brody (“Brutalist“), Which will probably repeat at Oscars. “This movie is about leaving something meaningful and I’m sure you can relate to it,” Brody told the audience when his Oscar drives Fiennes and Timothée Charamet Soberly looked at.
“The Brutalist” also took the best director for Brady Corbet, Cinematography and Score, who could repeat on Oscar Night, but lost original script to surprise the winner, multihyfenate Jesse Eisenberg, for “A Real Pain”, who continued to support its support actors sveper For Kieran Culkin. (WGA Award in this category went to “Aor. “) Best production design did not go to” The Brutalist “but” Wicked “, which also took costume design, which should repeat at Oscars.
While “Anora” did not continue its last winning lineLost best film, director and original script, won the rough comedy best casting and in a big twist, best actress for American Breakout Mikey Mike and beat Favorite Demi Moore for “The Substance”, whose body horror movie won the expected makeup and hairstyle price. We have a two -way race for the best actress Oscar. “You literally got my dreams to reality,” she told director Sean Baker.
Beleaguered European movie winner “Emilia Pérez” did not go home, and took film not in English and best supportive actress for Zoe Saldaña, who thanked both her comrades Selena Gomez and Karla Sofia Gascón, who did not participate. “This is so validating,” Saldaña said. “This was a creative challenge during life. How do you even start to approach a movie that defies categorization? You start by taking the lead from Jacques Audiard. ”
“Dune: Part Two” won two craft prizes, best VFX and sound. Landing a BAFTA briefly animated “Wonder to Wander”, which is also nominated for Oscar.
The best animated feature became local with “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.” It is likely that the more mainstream “the wild robot” will take Oscar.
