BAFTA Film Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ sweeps 6 awards, ‘Sinners’ creates history, ‘I Swear’ stuns with 3

LONDON: As the curtains came down at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the BAFTA Film Awards delivered drama, history, and a few gasp-worthy moments, with One Battle After Another, Sinners, and I Swear emerging as some of the biggest winners of the event.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller One Battle After Another dominated the evening as it walked away with six awards, including Best Film and Best Director. Close on its heels was Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which made BAFTA history by winning three awards, the most ever for a film by a Black filmmaker at the British Academy. Meanwhile, Kirk Jones’ I Swear, a Tourette’s Syndrome advocacy dramedy, stunned the audience with three wins, including two industry-voted honours and one decided by the public.

The biggest surprise came when ‘I Swear’ star Robert Aramayo picked up not one, but two trophies, Rising Star and Best Actor, in a fiercely competitive category. His Best Actor win was met with audible gasps inside the hall. The film also secured the Best Casting award.

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Going into the ceremony, the race had been tight. One Battle After Another led the nominations with 14 nods, followed closely by Sinners with 13, while Hamnet and Marty Supreme were tied at 11 each. By the end of the night, Anderson’s film claimed Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn.

Sinners also had a landmark night. Wunmi Mosaku won Best Supporting Actress, while Ryan Coogler took home Best Original Screenplay, becoming the first Black filmmaker to win in the category. The film also picked up Best Original Score, completing its historic triple win.

Check out the full list of winners

Best Film
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (winner)
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Outstanding British Film
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H Is For Hawk
Hamnet (winner
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Ceremony
My Father’s Shadow (winner)
Pillion
A Want In Her
Wasteman

Best Film Not in the English Language
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value (winner)
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Documentary
2000 Meters to Adraiivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (winner)
The Perfect Neighbor

Best Animated Film
Elio
Little Amelie
Zootopia 2 (winner)
Best Children’s & Family Film
Arco
Boong (winner)
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2

Best Director
Yargos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloe Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (winner)
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Original Screenplay
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners (winner)

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another (winner)
Pillion

Best Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (winner)
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Leading Actor
Robert Aramayo, I Swear (winner)
Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemmons, Bugonia

Best Supporting Actress
Odessa A’Zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (winner)
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (winner)
Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

Best Casting
I Swear (winner)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (winner)
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Editing
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (winner)
Sinners

Best Costume Design
Hamnet
Frankenstein (winner)
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Makeup & Hair
Hamnet
Frankenstein (winner)
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankestein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners (winners)

Best Production Design
Frankenstein (winner)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Hamnet

Best Sound
F1 (winner)
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

Best Special Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash (winner)
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus
Best British Short Animation
Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise (winner)

Best British Short Film
Magid/Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
This Is Endometriosis (winner)
Welcome Home Freckles
EE Rising Star Award
Robert Aramayo (winner)
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling (ANI)