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BAFTA Awards 2021: The complete list of winners and nominees

By Chitranshi Agarwal

The 74th British Academy Film Awards, often referred to as BAFTA finally happened. It got pushed by months due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the entire world.

The award ceremony was held virtually in London’s Royal Albert Hall. It was split over two nights with 10 April (Saturday) and 11 April (Sunday). The first night was the opening night ceremony announcing the winners of the technical categories. The second night revealed the winners of the remaining major awards.

The EE BAFTA Film Awards Opening Night ceremony was hosted by Clara Amfo. The awards, the British equivalent of the Oscars, honor the best in national and international cinema.

Nomadland and Rocks dominated the award ceremony with the most nominations each (seven), followed by, all of those who had six.

Here’s the full list of BAFTA award winners as per their categories:

Best Film

Winner- NomadLand

Nominations-

  • The Father
  • The Mauritanian
  • Promising Young Woman
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Outstanding British Film

Winner- Promising Young Woman 

Nominations-

  • Calm with Horses
  • The Dig
  • The Father
  • His House
  • Limbo
  • The Mauritanian
  • Mogul Mowgli
  • Rocks
  • Saint Maud

Best Director

Winner- Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) 

Image Credit: Searchlight Pictures via AP, FIle

Nominations-

  • Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”)
  • Shannon Murphy (“Babyteeth”)
  • Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”)
  • Jasmila Žbanić (“Quo Vadis, Aida?”)
  • Sarah Gavron (“Rocks”)

Best Original Screenplay

Winner- Promising Young Woman 

Image Credit: Searchlight Pictures

Nominations-

  • Another Round
  • Mank
  • Rocks
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner- The Father 

Nominations-

  • The Dig
  • The Mauritanian
  • Nomadland
  • The White Tiger

Best Leading Actress

Winner- Frances McDormand, Nomadland 

Image Credit: Searchlight Pictures

Nominations-

  • Bukky Bakray, Rocks
  • Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
  • Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
  • Wunmi Mosaku, His House
  • Alfre Woodard, Clemency

Best Leading Actor

 Winner- Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Nominations-

  • Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
  • Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger
  • Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round
  • Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best Supporting Actress

Winner- Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari 

Nominations-

  • Niamh Algar, Calm with Horses
  • Kosar Ali, Rocks
  • Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Dominique Fishback, Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Ashley Madekwe, County Lines

Best Supporting Actor

Winner- Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah 

Nominations-

  • Barry Keoghan, Calm with Horses
  • Alan Kim, Minari
  • Leslie Odom Jr, One Night in Miami…
  • Clarke Peters, Da 5 Bloods
  • Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Winner- His House

Nominations-

  • Limbo
  • Moffie
  • Rocks
  • Saint Maud

Best Film Not in the English Language

Winner- Another Round 

Nominations-

  • Dear Comrades!
  • Les Misérables
  • Minari
  • Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best Documentary

Winner- My Octopus Teacher 

Nominations-

  • Collective
  • David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
  • The Dissident
  • The Social Dilemma

Best Animated Film

Winner- Soul 

Nominations-

  • Onward
  • Wolfwalkers

Best Original Score

Winner- Soul 

Nominations-

  • Mank
  • Minari
  • News of the World
  • Promising Young Woman

Best Casting

Winner- Rocks

Nominations-

  • Calm with Horses
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Minari
  • Promising Young Woman

Best Cinematography

Winner- Nomadland

Nominations-

  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Mank
  • The Mauritanian
  • News of the World

Best Editing

Winner- Sound of Metal 

Nominations-

  • The Father
  • Nomadland
  • Promising Young Woman
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Production Design

 Winner- Mank

Nominations-

  • The Dig
  • The Father
  • News of the World
  • Rebecca

Best Costume Design

Winner- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 

Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. (Photo: Netflix)

Nominations-

  • Ammonite
  • The Dig
  • Emma
  • Mank

Best Make-up & Hair

Winner- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 

Nominations-
  • The Dig
  • Hillbilly Elegy
  • Mank
  • Pinocchio

Best Sound

 Winner- Sound of Metal

  • Greyhound
  • News of the World
  • Nomadland
  • Soul

Best Special Visual Effects

 Winner- Tenet

Nominations-

  • Greyhound
  • The Midnight Sky
  • Mulan
  • The One and Only Ivan

Best British Short Animation

Winner- The Owl and The Pussycat 

https://youtu.be/12egzLv4Uu8

Nominations-

  • The Fire Next Time
  • The Song of a Lost Boy

Best British Short Film

Winner- The Present 

Nominations-

  • Eyelash
  • Lizard
  • Lucky Break
  • Miss Curvy

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

Winner- Bukky Bakray 

Image Credit: BAFTA

Nominations-

  • Conrad Khan
  • Kingsley Ben-Adir
  • Morfydd Clark
  • Sope Dirisu

 

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Chitranshi Agarwal

Chitranshi Agarwal is a Journalism and Mass Communication graduate. She has worked as a Content Writer, Social Media handler and RJ. She is currently working as a journalist at USANewshour.com. She is reachable at chitra98ag@gmail.com.