Highlights from the 2022 British Academy Film Awards
From 'The Power of the Dog', 'Drive My Car' to 'CODA', let's take a look at the outstanding victories at the BAFTA awards ceremony.
This year, the BAFTAs (British Academy Film Awards) were held in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and was hosted by comedian Rebel Wilson.
While the 2021 awards ceremony were pushed back by weeks, with no nominees or audience in attendance, Britain's biggest movie night is back with a red carpet full of the biggest names in the film industry.
Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic 'Dune' led this year's list with 11 nominations, followed by Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog' with a total of eight nominations.
Jane Campion wins big with 2 most important nominations
'The Power of the Dog' became a serious competitor before the Oscars, when it won in two BAFTA high-ranking categories, Best Picture and Best Director. 'The Power of the Dog' embodies Campion's ethereal and brutal western look, with the film telling the story of two opposing siblings, played by actor Benedict Cumberbatch as the brother with a strong personality.
Previously, 'The Power of the Dog' brought Campion the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival in September 2021. Festival president Harold Matzner stated that Campion "has once again created a cinematic masterpiece."
'Drive My Car' won the category of Best Foreign Language Film
The three-hour film is set around a widower who must deal with his grief. He finds solace in the companionship of a female driver after his wife dies suddenly and leaves questions unanswered.
"I feel that the reason this movie is so loved around the world is because of the actors' honest acting and voice," says Director Hamaguchi, 43, in a press conference after the awards ceremony.
Recently, international films have been well received in the UK and US, thanks in part to the huge influence of 'Parasite' - the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for best picture. "And we, the next generation of Asian films, are walking through the door that 'Parasite' has opened," says Hamaguchi.
'Dune' prevails in terms of visuals
Fiction blockbuster 'Dune' (Sand Planet) took the big win with Best Cinematography, Visual Effects, Production Design, Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Some impressive images at the BAFTA Awards 2022:
Full list of winners at BAFTA 2022:
- Best Film: "The Power of the Dog"
- Best British Film: "Belfast"
- Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer: "The Harder They Fall" – Jeymes Samuel, Boaz Yakin
- Best Foreign Language Film: "Drive My Car" – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- Best Documentary: "Summer of Soul" – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
- Best Animated Feature: "Encanto" – Jared Bush, Byron Howard
- Best Director: Jane Campion – "The Power of the Dog"
- Best Original Screenplay: "Licorice Pizza" – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Best Adapted Screenplay: "CODA" – Siân Heder
- Best Actress: Joanna Scanlan – "After Love"
- Best Actor: Will Smith – "King Richard"
- Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose – "West Side Story"
- Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur – "CODA"
- Best Soundtrack: "Dune" – Hans Zimmer
- Casting: "West Side Story" – Cindy Tolan
- Best Cinematography: "Dune" – Greig Fraser
- Best Editing: "No Time to Die" – Tom Cross, Elliot Graham
- Production Design: "Dune" – Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos
- Outstanding Costume Design: "Cruella" – Jenny Beavan
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling: "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" – Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh
- Audio: "Dune" – Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett
- Special Effects: "Dune" – Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer
- Best British Animated Short: "Do Not Feed the Pigeons" – Jordi Morera
- Best British Short Film: "The Black Cop" – Cherish Oteka
Compiled by: The Independent, The Mainichi, The Guardian
