Cate Blanchett has won the best actress gong at the British Academy Film Awards for her performance in Tár. 9News
, a visceral depiction of life and death in the World War I trenches, won Edward Berger the best director award. Its other trophies included adapted screenplay, cinematography, best score, best sound and best film not in English.. Baz Lurhmann's flamboyant musical also won trophies for casting, costume design and hair and makeup., the bleakly comic story of a friendship gone sour, was named best British film.
The prizes — officially the EE BAFTA Film Awards — are Britain's equivalent of Hollywood's Academy Awards and will be watched closely for hints of who may win at the Oscars on March 12., the Academy Awards front-runner, – was the night's big loser, winning just one prize from its 10 BAFTA nominations, for editing.
Martin McDonagh's Banshees, the bleakly comic story of a friendship gone sour, was named best British film.Guests and presenters walking the red carpet on the south bank of the River Thames included Colin Farrell, Ana de Armas, Eddie Redmayne, Brian Cox, Florence Pugh, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cynthia Erivo, Julianne Moore and Lily James.
Britain's film academy introduced changes to increase the awards' 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. Blanchett said it had been "an extraordinary year for female performers. To be counted among them is really special."
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