The winners of the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards were announced tonight in a ceremony hosted by David Tennant at The Royal Festival Hall in London.
Broadcast on BBC One tonight, February 18, with all of the winners in attendance to accepted their awards on stage, with the exception of Animated Film.
It was a good night for Oppenheimer as it won seven BAFTAs: Best Film; Director for Christopher Nolan; Leading Actor for Cillian Murphy; Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.; Cinematography; Editing, and Original Score.
While Poor Things won five BAFTAs: Leading Actress for Emma Stone; Costume, Make Up & Hair, Production Design and Special Visual Effects.
The Zone of Interest won three BAFTAs: Outstanding British Film, Film Not in the English Language, and Sound.
This is the first film to win both the Outstanding British Film and Film Not in the English Language categories.
The Holdovers won two categories: Supporting Actress for Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Casting.
There were wins for Anatomy of a Fall as it picked up Original Screenplay and American Fiction for Adapted Screenplay while 20 Days in Mariupol won the BAFTA for Documentary.
The Boy and the Heron won the BAFTA for Animated Film as Jellyfish and Lobster won the British Short Film award; while the BAFTA for British Short Animation was won by Crab Day.
Earth Mama won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
June Givanni was presented with the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award.
The BAFTA Fellowship was presented to actress and director Samantha Morton. The Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games across their career.
The EE Rising Star Award, the only award voted for by the public, went to Mia McKenna-Bruce.
This marks a first BAFTA Director win for Christopher Nolan, and first time Film Awards nomination and win for Cillian Murphy and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.
The ceremony included a performance by Sophie Ellis-Bextor of Murder on the Dancefloor and Hannah Waddingham performed a solo rendition of Time After Time as part of the In Memorium, honouring those in the film industry who have sadly passed away in the last 12 months.