All Quiet on the Western Front, an epic about World War One, dominated the Baftas by winning seven awards, including best film.
Additionally, it received awards for best adapted screenplay, best foreign language film, and best director for Edward Berger.
With seven wins, it has surpassed the Bafta record for the most accolades received by a non-English language film.
With awards for outstanding British film and two acting performances, The Banshees of Inisherin was one of the other notable winners.
- All Quiet on the Western Front is number 7.
- The Banshees of Inisherin, number 4.
- 4 - Elvis.
Erich Maria Remarque's 1928 book of the same name was adapted for the big screen as All Quiet on the Western Front. Berger said the filmmakers "grew up with a responsibility to tell the story" and were honored the public had "accepted it with overwhelming love" in his acceptance speech for best film not in the English language.
Additionally, he paid respect to those engaged in the conflict in Ukraine and informed the audience that his daughter Matilda, who had inspired him after reading the book in school, had helped him overcome his own "doubt" about making the movie.
Despite having an Irish setting and plot, the film was recognized as an outstanding British production, and Irish actors Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan won best supporting actress and actor awards.
Martin McDonagh, the film's director, initially asked in jest, "Best 'what' award?" but later clarified that the film qualified for the category because Channel 4 had funded it.
He also accepted the honor for the best screenplay that was original. Making such a depressing movie shouldn't have been this much fun, but it was because of [the cast], he said in his speech. " .
Keoghan, who was raised in a foster home for a time as a child and is from Dublin, dedicated his award for best supporting actor to "the kids from the area that I came from who are dreaming to be something.".
Condon thanked McDonagh for all the roles he had given her throughout her career in her acceptance speech. They make me incredibly proud to be Irish. ".
The Elvis Presley biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann was another big winner, taking home four awards for best leading actor, costume design, make-up, and hair.
In his acceptance speech, Austin Butler, who portrayed the legendary singer in Elvis, said: "This is truly extraordinary. I am in awe of you, my fellow nominees. I am incredibly appreciative of all the times we have had together. ".
"I want to thank the Presley family, I cannot express how grateful I am for your love," he continued. I hope I did you justice. " .
Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis's daughter, passed away last month, shortly after the movie won the Golden Globe.
All Quiet on the Western Front, a graphically violent but critically acclaimed film, was one of the favorites to win best picture at the upcoming Oscars even before the Baftas. The British Academy's endorsement of it will only increase its momentum.
The acting categories were where the bigger surprises at the ceremony on Sunday lay. The fact that Austin Butler, a relative newcomer, won best actor may give him an advantage over Brendan Fraser and Colin Farrell, who are both more experienced actors.
It is noteworthy that Farrell lost at the Baftas because many people believed that was where he would do best. Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan, who were his co-stars, won in the supporting categories.
We'll have to wait until March 12 to find out if the two can repeat their Oscar-night triumphs; Angela Bassett from Wakanda Forever and Ke Huy Quan, who starred in Everything Everywhere All At Once, are the odds-on favorites to win the supporting actor award.
Everything Everywhere All At Once was without a doubt the biggest loser at the Baftas, winning just one of the 10 awards it was nominated for. The absurd sci-fi adventure has received more Oscar nominations than any other movie, but the widespread success that many had anticipated now seems less likely.
For her work in the film Tár, in which she plays a renowned orchestra conductor whose career implodes after she is accused of abuse, Cate Blanchett won the award for best actress.
The Australian actress claimed that the past year had disproved the notion that women's experiences are "monolithic," adding that playing Lydia Tár "was a dangerous and potentially career-ending undertaking.".
She added that 2022 had been an "extraordinary year for women" and thanked her mother as well as Todd Field, the director of the movie.
Carey Mulligan won the award for best supporting actress earlier in the evening, but it was later corrected to Condon.
The mistake was made while deaf actor Troy Kotsur, who won a Bafta for Coda last year, was announcing the winner using sign language and an interpreter. The subsequent BBC One broadcast was edited to remove it.
Other winners included Guillermo del Toro's Aftersun (outstanding British debut), Babylon (best production design), and Pinocchio (best animated feature).
Director of Aftersun Charlotte Wells jokingly said to her mother, "This is for you," as she held up her trophy on stage. literally because I packed too much. ".
In her acceptance speech, producer Odessa Rae honored investigative journalist Christo Grozev, who was unable to attend the ceremony because he posed "a public security risk." Navalny won best documentary.
Grozev, a character in the movie about Alexei Navalny's assassination, claimed this week that the Bafta had withdrawn an invitation after acting on police advice.
The Bafta for best British short animation went to The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse, which was based on the Charlie Mackesy-illustrated book.
Mackesy lauded those who contributed to the adaptation and those who make an effort to live "kind" and "brave" lives.
Emma Mackey, who stars in the show Sex Education, was named the winner of the rising star award. She called her victory "really special" and thanked "all the casts and crews I've had the privilege of working with so far.".
The Italian coming-of-age drama Cinema Paradiso, which won five awards in 1991, previously held the record for the most Baftas for a non-English language film before All Quiet On The Western Front's victories on Sunday.
Richard E. Grant, who hosted the ceremony, delivered a confident and amusing performance with jokes that the audience enjoyed.
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