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Film award season is upon us.
In late February it was the SAG Awards, which are useful as a barometer of potential Oscars glory.
Now the EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) has just announced the winners across 25 categories during an in-person ceremony at Royal Albert Hall in London.
Rebel Wilson was the host, naming Netflix’s The Power of the Dog as the Best Film.
Warner Bros’ Dune dominated in the crafts categories, receiving a whopping five trophies: for Production Design, Special Visual Effects, Cinematography, Sound, and Original Score.
The sound in Dune is striking. I mean, it was the work of Hans Zimmer, who has scored over 200 films and been nominated for an Oscar 11 times, so that was guaranteed.
The podcast Song Exploder has a really cool chat with Zimmer about how he made the music for the epic film – worth a listen even if you’re not a music junkie.
The ceremony had a live audience, but still, an “unusual amount of winners” per Deadline did not attend the ceremony due to conflicting scheduled and positive COVID-19 tests.
Producer Ian Canning thus received the award for The Power of the Dog in place of Jane Campion who could not make it.
Quoting Thomas Savage, the author of the book the film is based on, Canning said, “Everyone has the right to be seen, everyone has the right to feel safe, everyone has the right to love.”
Amen.
Check out this snippet of Wilson and the audience celebrating the in-person ceremony:
Moving on to the complete list of winners for the BAFTA Film Awards 2022:
- Best Film
The Power Of The Dog:
Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman - Leading Actress
Joanna Scanlan
After Love - Director
The Power Of The Dog:
Jane Campion - Leading Actor
Will Smith
King Richard - Animated Film
Encanto
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer - Production Design
Dune
Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos - Documentary
Summer of Soul (or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel - Original Screenplay
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson - Adapted Screenplay
CODA
Siân Heder - Outstanding British Film
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh, Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas - Supporting Actor
Troy Kotsur
CODA - Film Not in the English Language
Drive My Car
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Teruhisa Yamamoto - Costume Design
Cruella
Jenny Beavan - Supporting Actress
Asiana Debose
West Side Story - EE Rising Star Award
Lashana Lynch - Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Harder They Fall
Jeymes Samuel (Writer/Director) [also written by Boaz Yakin] - Casting
West Side Story
Cindy Tolan - Makeup & Hair
The Eye Of Tammy Faye
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh - Original Score
Dune
Hans Zimmer - Sound
Dune
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett - Editing
No Time To Die
Tom Cross, Elliot Graham - British Short Film
The Black Cop
Cherish Oteka - British Short Animation
Do Not Feed The Pigeons
Vladimir Krasilnikov, Jordi Morera, Antonin Niclass - Cinematography
Dune
Greig Fraser - Special Visual Effects
Dune
Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer
The countdown until March 27, and the 94th Academy Awards, continues.
[source:deadline]
