Irish co-production The Favourite from Dublin company Element Pictures was the big winner at the BAFTA Awards in London on Sunday night, winning in seven categories, including Outstanding British Film, Best Actress for Olivia Colman and Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz.
The Favourite - an Ireland-UK-US co-production - was nominated in 12 categories ahead of Sunday night's awards at the Royal Albert Hall. The black comedy also won Best Original Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair, but lost out to Roma for the overall Best Film award.
And the award for loveliest acceptance speech goes to Olivia Colman!
— BBC (@BBC) February 10, 2019
Congratulations for winning the Best Leading Actress #BAFTA 👏 pic.twitter.com/33fuCj8v8R
There was disappointment for The Favourite's Irish cinematographer, Robbie Ryan, who saw the Best Cinematography award go to Roma director Alfonso Cuarón.
The Mexican filmmaker was also the winner of Best Film, Director and Foreign Language Film for his semi-autobiographical drama about life in Mexico in the 1970s.
And the Director #BAFTA goes to... @alfonsocuaron for @ROMACuaron! 🎉 Watch his #EEBAFTAs acceptance speech... pic.twitter.com/P5Uk9iBzU4
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 10, 2019
Accepting the Outstanding British Film award, The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos said, "It's a great honour... this film took 20 years to make - I contributed to the last 10."
He paid tribute to his three stars, Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, saying: "Of course the three leading ladies that I couldn't be more proud of."
Director of @the_favourite Yorgos Lanthimos thanked the three stellar leads of the film while accepting the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film 🙏 #EEBAFTAs #BAFTA pic.twitter.com/Orq0if7jdS
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 10, 2019
The award for Best Actor went to Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek for his portrayal of the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. The film also won Best Sound on the night.
Accepting his award, Malek said he had been given a "gorgeous gift".
"Thank you so very much to Queen... and to the greatest outsider of them all, thank you Freddie Mercury" 👨🏼🎤 #BAFTAs #BAFTA pic.twitter.com/BH2ugv5x62
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"It's quite difficult entering your world in this role as an outsider, you Brits do it so well and it's not lost on me how sacred your musical heritage is," he continued. "Thank you, thank you, thank you for including me."
He added: "Thank you so very much to Queen, the entire Queen family - I wouldn't be here without you. And to the greatest outsider of them all, for being so unwavering and unflinching and uncompromising in every which way, thank you Freddie Mercury again."
Malek had thanked Dexter Fletcher, who was brought in to finish Bohemian Rhapsody, but not the film's named director Bryan Singer, who was fired from the project. Days before the ceremony, BAFTA suspended Singer's award nomination in the Outstanding British Film category in the wake of sexual assault allegations, which the director has denied.
The award for Best Supporting Actor went to Green Book star Mahershala Ali, while Black Panther's Letitia Wright won the Rising Star award.
A round of applause for supporting actor winner Mahershala Ali 👏👏👏 @greenbookmovie #EEBAFTAs #BAFTA pic.twitter.com/seHgxibqwk
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 10, 2019
Host Joanna Lumley told the audience that she was thrilled to be back as presenter, and referenced the Oscars not having a host this year.
She joked that her keeping the role was mostly down to her "not having a Twitter account".
Take a look at a red carpet gallery from the BAFTA awards here
The Winners:
Best Director
Roma - Alfonso Cuarón
Outstanding British Film
The Favourite
Best Film Not in the English Language
Roma
Best Actress
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
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Best Actor
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Supporting Actress
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite
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Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali - Green Book
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Beast - Michael Pearce (writer/director), Lauren Dark (producer)
Best Documentary
Free Solo
Best Animated Film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Letitia Wright
Best Original Screenplay
The Favourite - Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
Best Adapted Screenplay
BlacKkKlansman - Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott
Best Original Music
A Star Is Born
Best Cinematography
Roma
Best Production Design
The Favourite
Best Costume Design
The Favourite
Best Sound
Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Editing
Vice
Best Special Visual Effects
Black Panther
Best Make Up & Hair
The Favourite
Best British Short Animation
Roughhouse
Congratulations to Roughhouse, winner of British Short Animation ✍👏 #EEBAFTAs #BAFTA pic.twitter.com/MkwJGS9I0W
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 10, 2019
Best British Short Film
73 Cows
73 Cows takes the BAFTA for British Short Film! 🐮🏆#EEBAFTAs #BAFTA pic.twitter.com/IakFg3j8YT
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 10, 2019
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley receive this year’s Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award ✨ #EEBAFTAs #BAFTA pic.twitter.com/rN6RY0T1Yt
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 10, 2019
BAFTA Fellowship
Thelma Schoonmaker
The BAFTA Fellowship is awarded to the inspirational editor and Scorsese collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker 🎞👏 #EEBAFTAs #BAFTA pic.twitter.com/Vva3qdQCOX
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 10, 2019
