69th British Academy Film Awards
Date14 February 2016
SiteRoyal Opera House, London
Hosted byStephen Fry
Highlights
Best FilmThe Revenant
Best British FilmBrooklyn
Best ActorLeonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
Best ActressBrie Larson
Room
Most awardsThe Revenant (5)
Most nominationsBridge of Spies and Carol (9)

The 69th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 14 February 2016 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2015.[1] Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2015.[2]

The nominations were announced on 8 January 2016 by Stephen Fry and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Bridge of Spies and Carol received the most nominations at nine each.[3][4] Despite leading the field in nominations, Carol failed to win any awards and Bridge of Spies won just one; Mark Rylance for Best Supporting Actor.

The Revenant won the most awards at the ceremony with five, including Best Film, Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, and Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki. Brie Larson won Best Actress for Room and Kate Winslet won Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs. Mad Max: Fury Road won four awards; Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hair, and Best Production Design. Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2015. Sidney Poitier was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for his contribution to cinema.[5]

The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One and was watched by 4.5 million viewers, down from 4.9 million in 2015 and the lowest television audience since 2010.[6]

Winners and nominees

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Director winner
Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Actor winner
Brie Larson, Best Actress winner
Mark Rylance, Best Supporting Actor winner
Kate Winslet, Best Supporting Actress winner
Tom McCarthy, Best Original Screenplay co-winner
Adam McKay, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner
John Boyega, EE Rising Star Award winner

The nominees were announced on 8 January 2016.[3][4] The winners were announced on 14 February 2016.[4][7]

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

The Revenant – Steve Golin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon

Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass

Brie Larson – Room as Joy Newsome

Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel

Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman

Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph

The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki

Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan

Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel

Mad Max: Fury Road – Damian Martin and Lesley Vanderwalt

The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone

Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson

The Revenant – Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor and Randy Thom

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh and Neal Scanlan

Brooklyn – John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Nick Hornby and Amanda Posey

Theeb – Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) and Rupert Lloyd (Producer)

Edmond – Nina Gantz and Emilie Jouffroy

Operator – Caroline Bartleet and Rebecca Morgan

  • Elephant – Nick Helm, Alex Moody and Esther Smith
  • Mining Poems or Odes – Jack Cocker and Callum Rice
  • Over – Jorn Threifall and Jeremy Bannister
  • Samuel-613 – Cheyenne Conway and Billy Lumby

Inside Out – Pete Docter

Amy – James Gay-Rees and Asif Kapadia

Wild Tales – Damián Szifron

John Boyega

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
9 Bridge of Spies
Carol
8 The Revenant
7 Mad Max: Fury Road
6 Brooklyn
The Martian
5 The Big Short
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3 The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Spotlight
Steve Jobs
2 Amy
Inside Out
Room
Theeb
Films that received multiple awards
Awards Film
5 The Revenant
4 Mad Max: Fury Road

Ceremony information

The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One at 9 p.m. GMT, around two hours later than the actual ceremony. For the eleventh time, Stephen Fry acted as the host. The ceremony commenced with a segment commemorating the year in film, which was accompanied by the song "Heroes" by David Bowie, who had died the previous month. Highlighting that the ceremony was being held on Valentine's Day, the ceremony showed a kiss cam where random celebrities such as Dame Maggie Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio were persuaded by Fry to kiss each other.[10] Fry also received a number of negative comments after he said of Best Costume Design winner Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road) as "Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to an awards ceremony dressed as a bag lady". He subsequently deleted his Twitter account following criticism of his joke.[11]

A number of presenters referred to the lack of diversity at the Academy Awards. Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen both made jokes referring to the controversy.[12] Sidney Poitier was not present to collect his fellowship due to ill health.[5] Jamie Foxx and Poitier's daughter, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, presented the award to him in person at his home in Los Angeles. Noel Clarke, Lulu, and Oprah Winfrey paid tribute to him in a filmed segment.

The In Memoriam section featured Alan Rickman, Melissa Mathison, Andrew Lesnie, Maureen O'Hara, Gayle Griffiths, Haskell Wexler, Colin Welland, James Horner, David Bowie, Ron Moody, June Randall, Julie Harris, Frank Finlay, Philip French, Vilmos Zsigmond, Albert Maysles, Richard Johnson, Wes Craven, Jacques Rivette, Penelope Houston, Tommie Manderson, Christopher Wood, Saeed Jaffrey, Sheila Sim, and Sir Christopher Lee.

In Memoriam

See also

References

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  2. ^ "EE British Academy Film Awards information". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b Barraclough, Leo (5 August 2015). "BAFTA Reveals Key Dates for Film Awards to Be Held in 2016". Variety. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Bafta Film Awards 2016: Winners". BBC News. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b Lodderhose, Diana (14 February 2016). "'The Revenant,' Leonardo DiCaprio Dominate BAFTA Awards". Variety. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  6. ^ Revoir, Paul (15 February 2016). "Bafta ceremony pulls in lowest TV audience in six years". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  7. ^ Brown, Mark; Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (14 February 2016). "Baftas 2016: The Revenant and Mad Max maul competition as Carol snubbed". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Sidney Poitier to be Honoured with BAFTA Fellowship". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Angels Costumes to Receive the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  10. ^ Lee, Benjamin; Bradshaw, Peter; Beech, Peter; Shoard, Catherine (15 February 2016). "Baftas 2016: 10 things we learned". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. ^ Lee, Benjamin (14 February 2016). "Stephen Fry hits back at criticism of Baftas 'bag lady' joke: 'She got it. Derrr'". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  12. ^ Loughrey, Clarisse (15 February 2016). "BAFTAs 2016: Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen's speeches tackle diversity debate". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

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