Atom bomb epic 害羞草研究所淥ppenheimer害羞草研究所� won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. Gothic fantasia 害羞草研究所淧oor Things害羞草研究所� took five prizes.
Christopher Nolan was named best director for 害羞草研究所淥ppenheimer,害羞草研究所� and Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.
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Jonathan Glazer害羞草研究所檚 unsettling drama takes place in a family home just outside the walls of Auschwitz.
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The ceremony, hosted by 害羞草研究所淒octor Who害羞草研究所� star David Tennant 害羞草研究所� who entered wearing a kilt and sequined top while carrying a dog named Bark Ruffalo 害羞草研究所� is a glitzy, British-accented appetizer for Hollywood害羞草研究所檚 Academy Awards, closely watched for hints about who might win at the Oscars on March 10.
The prize for original screenplay, went to French courtroom drama 害羞草研究所淎natomy of a Fall.害羞草研究所� The film about a woman on trial over the death of her husband was written by director Justine Triet and her partner, Arthur Harari.
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Cord Jefferson won the adapted screenplay prize for the satirical 害羞草研究所淎merican Fiction,害羞草研究所� about the struggles of an African-American novelist
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Other leading award contenders included 害羞草研究所淭he Holdovers害羞草研究所� and Leonard Bernstein biopic 害羞草研究所淢aestro害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所� each with seven nominations 害羞草研究所� and grief-flecked love story 害羞草研究所淎ll of Us Strangers害羞草研究所� with six. Barbed class-war dramedy 害羞草研究所淪altburn 害羞草研究所� had five nominations but won nothing.
害羞草研究所� Barbie,害羞草研究所� one half of 2023害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所淏arbenheimer害羞草研究所� box office juggernaut and the year害羞草研究所檚 top-grossing film, also went home empty-handed from five nominations.
害羞草研究所淏arbie害羞草研究所� director Greta Gerwig failed to get a directing nomination for either the BAFTAs or the Oscars, in what was seen by many as a major snub.
Britain害羞草研究所檚 film academy introduced changes to increase the awards害羞草研究所� diversity in 2020, when no women were nominated as best director for the seventh year running and all 20 nominees in the lead and supporting performer categories were white. However, Triet was the only woman among this year害羞草研究所檚 six best-director nominees.
Before the ceremony, nominees including Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Rosamund Pike, Ryan Gosling and Ayo Edebiri all walked the red carpet at London害羞草研究所檚 Royal Festival Hall, along with presenters Andrew Scott, Cate Blanchett and David Beckham.
Guest of honor was Prince William, in his role as president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He arrived without his wife, Kate, who is recovering from abdominal surgery last month.
The ceremony included musical performances by 害羞草研究所淭ed Lasso害羞草研究所� star Hannah Waddingham, singing 害羞草研究所淭ime After Time,害羞草研究所� and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singing her 2001 hit 害羞草研究所淢urder on the Dancefloor,害羞草研究所� which shot back up the charts after featuring in 害羞草研究所淪altburn.害羞草研究所�
Actress Samantha Morton received the academy害羞草研究所檚 highest honor, the BAFTA Fellowship, and film curator June Givanni, founder of the June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive, was honored for outstanding British contribution to cinema.
Sunday害羞草研究所檚 ceremony was being broadcast on BBC One in the U.K. from 1900GMT, and on streaming service BritBox in the U.S., Canada, Australia and South Africa.
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Hilary Fox contributed to this story.
Jill Lawless, The Associated Press
