- By Steven McIntosh
- entertainment reporter
February 19, 2023 at 01:30 GMT
Updated 22 minutes ago
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Edward Berger won Best Director for All Quiet on the Western Front
World War II epic All Quiet on the Western Front has dominated the Baftas, taking home seven awards including Best Picture.
It also won Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Non-English Language Film and Best Director for Edward Berger.
Its seven wins mean it has broken the Bafta record for most awards won by a non-English language film.
The Banshees of Inisherin were among the other big winners, winning Outstanding British Film and two acting awards.
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Kerry Condon won Best Supporting Actress for The Banshees of Inisherin
Irish actors Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan won Best Supporting Actress and Actor awards, while the film won Outstanding British Film.
Director McDonagh said, “It shouldn’t have been as much fun to make a sad film as this, but that’s because [the cast].”
Dublin-born Keoghan dedicated his supporting actor award to “the kids around here who dream of being something”.
In her own acceptance speech, Condon told McDonagh, “Thank you for all the parts you’ve given me throughout my career. You make me so proud to be an Irish woman.”
McDonagh also accepted the awards for Best Original Screenplay and Outstanding British Film.
After winning the latter, he joked, “Best which award?” but then clarified that Channel 4 funding made the film eligible for the category.
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic was another big winner, taking home four awards – best casting, costume design, makeup and hair, and best actor.
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Austin Butler, who played the title role in Elvis, thanked the Presley family in his acceptance speech
Austin Butler, who played the legendary singer in Elvis, said in his acceptance speech: “This is really extraordinary. To my fellow nominees, I am in awe of you. I’m so thankful for all the time we were able to spend together.”
He added: “I want to thank the Presley family, I can’t thank you enough for your love. I hope I made you proud.”
Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for her performance in Tar, in which she played a disgraced orchestra conductor.
“These remarkable achievements break the myth that women’s experience is monolithic,” she said in her acceptance speech.
Carey Mulligan was incorrectly announced as the Best Supporting Actress winner before being corrected to Condon.
Deaf actor Troy Kotsur, who won a Bafta for Coda last year, was using sign language and an interpreter to announce the winner when the mix-up occurred. It was cut from later broadcast on BBC One.
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Banshees director Martin McDonagh accepted the awards for Outstanding British Film and Best Original Screenplay
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Dublin-born Keoghan dedicated his Bafta to children from his area
There were also wins for Everything Everywhere All At Once (Best Editing), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Best Animated Feature) and Aftersun (Outstanding British Debut).
As Aftersun director Charlotte Wells held up her award onstage, she joked, “My mom’s here, this is for you…literally because I’ve packed too much.”
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Aftersun director Charlotte Wells told her mother, “That [award] is for you…literally because I’ve packed too much”
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Sex Education star Emma Mackey won the EE Rising Star Award
Navalny won Best Documentary, and producer Odessa Rae used her acceptance speech to pay tribute to investigative journalist Christo Grozev, who was unable to attend the ceremony because of “a risk to public safety.”
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, adapted from the illustrated book by Charlie Mackesy, won the Bafta for Best British Short Animated Film.
Mackesy commended those involved in the adjustment and welcomed those who strive to be “kind” and “brave” in life.
The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once each have 10 nominations, closely followed by Elvis with nine
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