LONDON (AP) — Papal thriller “ Conclave ” gained 4 prizes together with greatest image on Sunday on the 78th British Academy Movie Awards, the place genre-bending musical “ Emilia Pérez ” proved that it’s nonetheless an awards contender regardless of a multipronged backlash that seemed to have dented its possibilities.
At a ceremony the place no movie dominated, “The Brutalist” equaled the awards tally of “Conclave,” scooping 4 trophies, together with greatest director for Brady Corbet and greatest actor for Adrien Brody. Mikey Madison gained the most effective actress prize for Brooklyn tragicomedy “Anora.”
“Conclave,” which stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal corralling conniving clergy as they elect a brand new pope, beat “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Emilia Pérez” and Bob Dylan biopic “ A Complete Unknown ” to the highest prize.
“Conclave” was additionally named excellent British movie and took trophies for enhancing and tailored screenplay.
Supporting performer prizes went to Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain” and Zoe Saldaña for “Emilia Pérez,” which additionally gained the award for greatest movie not within the English language.
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Karla Sofía Gascón, who stars because the titular transgender ex-cartel boss in “Emilia Pérez,” was a best-actress nominee however didn’t attend the ceremony. Gascón has withdrawn from selling the movie, which has 13 Oscar nominations, amid controversy over her social media posts disparaging Muslims, George Floyd and variety on the Oscars.
The movie’s director, Jacques Audiard, has condemned these feedback, however in an acceptance speech thanked Gascón alongside together with her co-stars Saldaña and Selena Gomez.
“I am deeply proud of what we have all achieved together,” he stated.
From the BAFTAs to the Oscars
Stars together with Cynthia Erivo, Hugh Grant, Ariana Grande, Lupita Nyong’o, Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan walked the crimson carpet at London’s Royal Pageant Corridor for the awards, referred to as BAFTAs. The British prizes typically present clues about who will triumph at Hollywood’s Academy Awards on March 2, in an unusually hard-to-call awards season.
In addition they have a distinctly British accent. The ceremony kicked off with its kilt-wearing host, Scottish actor David Tennant, main the viewers in a rousing singalong of The Proclaimers’ anthem “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).”
Madison gained the feminine appearing trophy for her powerhouse efficiency as an unique dancer entangled with a Russian oligarch’s son in “Anora.” She beat Gascón, Demi Moore for body-horror movie “ The Substance,” Ronan for “The Outrun,” Erivo for “Wicked” and Marianne Jean-Baptiste for “Hard Truths.”
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In her acceptance speech, Madison despatched a message to the intercourse employee group.
“You deserve respect and human decency. I will always be a friend and an ally and I implore others to do the same,” she stated.
Brody beat competitors from Fiennes, Chalamet, who performs the younger Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” Grant for the horror movie “ Heretic,” Colman Domingo for jail drama “ Sing Sing ” and Sebastian Stan for his portrayal of a younger Donald Trump in “ The Apprentice.”
Brody, who performs a Hungarian-Jewish architect within the postwar United States, stated “The Brutalist” carried a robust message for our divided instances.
“It speaks to the need for all of us to share in the responsibility of how we want others to be treated and how we want to be treated by others,” he stated. “There’s no place any more for antisemitism. There’s no place for racism.”
“The Brutalist” additionally gained prizes for its cinematography and musical rating.
Saldaña gained for her function as a lawyer who helps the title character in “Emilia Pérez” transition to a lady and out of a lifetime of crime. She known as the movie “the creative challenge of a lifetime.”
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“A Real Pain,” about mismatched cousins on a visit to discover their roots, gained the BAFTA for greatest authentic screenplay, in addition to Culkin’s appearing award.
“I’d like to share this with my wife, who didn’t come because she didn’t think I’d win,” quipped writer-director Jesse Eisenberg, who additionally co-starred within the movie.
Claymation caper “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” gained awards for greatest animated characteristic and greatest household and kids’s movie.
Sci-fi epic “Dune: Part Two” gained prizes for sound and visible results, whereas blockbuster musical ” Depraved” took the costume and manufacturing design trophies.
Rising Stars and Lifetime Honors
Most BAFTA winners are chosen by 8,000 members of the U.Okay. academy of business professionals, with one — the Rising Star Award —- chosen by public vote from a shortlist of nominees. This 12 months’s winner was David Jonsson, star of excessive finance TV drama collection “Industry” and London rom-com “Rye Lane.”
“Star, I don’t know,” he stated. “But rising, I guess.”
The prize for greatest British debut went to Wealthy Peppiatt, writer-director of Irish-language hip-hop drama “Kneecap.”
“Willow” and “Return of the Jedi” actor Warwick Davis acquired the academy’s prime honor, the BAFTA Fellowship, for his display screen profession and work to create a extra inclusive movie business.
The three-foot, 6-inch (1.1-meter) actor based a expertise company for actors underneath 5 toes tall, as a result of, he stated, “short actors weren’t known for their talent, just their height.”
“This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me — and I’ve been in ‘Star Wars,’” Davis stated as he accepted his award.
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This awards season has been clouded by final month’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires, and BAFTA chairwoman Sara Putt despatched a message of power to everybody affected,
The occasion was with out a sprint of royal glamour this 12 months. Neither Prince William, who’s honorary president of the British movie academy, nor his spouse Kate attended the ceremony, which coincided with faculty holidays for his or her three youngsters.
William, 42, despatched a video message, recorded throughout a go to to fulfill college students on the London Display Academy on Wednesday.
Throughout the go to, the inheritor to the throne mentioned his personal viewing habits, saying he’d watched World Battle II drama “Darkest Hour” and had begun postapocalyptic TV drama “The Last of Us.” He stated he discovered it “quite full on” and didn’t make it to the tip.
Hilary Fox contributed to this story.
A earlier model of this story was corrected to indicate that the Academy Awards are on March 2, not March 3.
