BAFTA 2022, winners and losers of an edition to remember (but not for Italians)

The British Oscars have issued their verdicts. At the Royal Albert Hall in London, the English and Hollywood elite met on Sunday 13 March to crown the best of made in UK and made in US cinema. Waiting for the Academy Awards ceremony (next March 27), told live on Sky (with the dedicated channel Oscar cinemawhich starts on the 19th), this remains the most prestigious red carpet.

On top of the Olympus of the winners the blockbuster stands out with five statuettes Dunes (the sequel is already in the works), while the version of West Side Story by Steven Spielberg e QUEUE they win two.

Unfortunately, the Italian candidates did not win any recognition. It was the hand of God by Paolo Sorrentino (on Netflix) is overtaken by Drive me carwhile the costume designer Massimo Parrini Cantini (already nominated for the Oscars for Pinocchio) Of Cyrano – currently in the room – is beaten by Jenny Beavan (Cruella), awarded by one of this season’s cult couples in streaming, Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley of Bridgerton 2. Encanto, on the other hand, beats the competition as the best animated film, leaving Luca with his mouth dry (Disney +).

Lady Gaga continues to be snubbed: her House of Gucci does not bring her close to the long-awaited consecration, which she had already touched upon with her debut in A star is born.

After the premiere at the International Venice Film Festival, The power of the dog (Netflix) wins two awards in the most prestigious categories, best film and best direction (to Jane Campion, who is thus getting closer and closer to the Oscar).

Speaking of favorite Academy Award nominees, they practically mortgaged – after winning the BAFTAs – the statuette Will Smith (for A winning familythe biopic about the father of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams), Ariana DeBose (for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story) and Troy Kotsur, the first deaf actor in history to have won an Oscar nomination.

For that little gem of Licorice Pizzameanwhile, Paul Thomas Anderson wins the first recognition in the major awards.

In short, in times of great uncertainty, i BAFTAs this year remain memorable for having bet on the safe side and have fully aligned with the choices of their predecessors.

One of the most emotional moments of the ceremony involved the speech by Lashana Lynch, who the audience crowned as the best emerging talent for the performance in the latest chapter of the adventures of James Bond, No time to diewhich marks the farewell of the Daniel Craig era.

Belfast, Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical feature, triumphs as Best British Film. Introducing it to Emma Watson, while another it-girl, Millie Bobbie Brown (Stranger things) made headlines for their red carpet duo debut with Jake Bongiovison of pop star Jon Bon Jovi.

Among the funniest jokes of the presenters stands out that of Rebel Wilson joking about weight loss: «I have undergone a rather important transformation. I hope JK Rowling approves of it. ‘ Harry Potter’s mother, in these days, was again at the center of the controversy for her alleged transphobia.

A nice shot, in short, just before the appearance on stage of one of the major representatives of the LGBT + community on TV (and not only), RuPaul, creator of Drag Race (in Italy the casting for the second season is underway). In short, between surprises and confirmations this BAFTA edition presents itself as a reassuring moment, without fractures or breaks. One of the few certainties these days.

All winners, category by category:

Best Film

WINNER: The power of the dog

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

Dunes

Licorice Pizza

Best Director

WINNER: Dog Power, Jane Campion

After Love, Aleem Khan

Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Happening, Audrey Diwan

Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson

Titane, Julia Ducournau

Original screenplay

WINNER: Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson

Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin

Belfast, Kenneth Branagh

Don’t Look Up, Adam Mckay

A winning family, Zach Baylin

Non-original script

WINNER: CODA, Siân Heder

Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Dune, Denis Villeneuve

The dark daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal

The power of the dog, Jane Campion

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER: Joanna Scanlan, After Love

Lady Gaga, House of Gucci

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Emilia Jones, CODA

Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World

Tessa Thompson, Passing

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER: Will Smith, A Winning Family

Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava

Mahershala Ali, Swan Song

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up

Stephen Graham, Boiling Point

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Caitríona Balfe, Belfast

Jessie Buckley, The Dark Daughter

Ann Dowd, Mass

Aunjanue Ellis, A winning family

Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER: Troy Kotsur, CODA

Mike Faist, West Side Story

Ciarán Hinds, Belfast

Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon

Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog

Kodi Smit-Mcphee, The Power of the Dog

Best soundtrack

WINNER: Dune, Hans Zimmer

Being the Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton

Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell

The French Dispatch, Alexandre Desplat

Dog Power, Jonny Greenwood

Best Casting

WINNER: West Side Story, Cindy Tolan

Boiling Point, Carolyn Mcleod

Dune, Francine, Maisler

It was the hand of God, Massimo Appolloni, Annamaria Sambucco

A winning family, Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman

Best Photography

WINNER: Dune, Greig Fraser

Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen

No Time to Die, Linus Sandgren

The power of the dog, Ari Wegner

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel

Best editing

WINNER: No Time to Die, Tom Cross, Elliot Graham

Belfast, Úna Ní Dhonghaíle

Dune, Joe Walker

Licorice Pizza, Andy Jurgensen

Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Joshua L. Pearson

Best Production Design

WINNER: Dune, Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos

Cyrano, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

The French Dispatch, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo

Nightmare Alley, Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau

West Side Story, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo

Best Costumes

WINNER: Cruella, Jenny Beavan

Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini

Dune, Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West

The French Dispatch, Milena Canonero

Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira

Best Makeup & Hair

Dune, Love Larson, Donald Mowat

Cruella, Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne

Cyrano, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Siân Miller

WINNER: Tammy Faye’s Eyes, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh

House of Gucci, Frederic Aspiras, Jane Carboni, Giuliano Mariana, Sarah Nicole Tanno

Best Sound

WINNER: Dune, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett

Last night in Soho, Colin Nicolson, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan

No Time to Die, James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor

A Quiet Place Part II, Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van Der Ryn

West Side Story, Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom

Best special effects

WINNER: Dune, Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer

Free Guy, Swen Gillberg, Brian Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick

Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre, Alessandro Ongaro

The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Debenham, Hew J Evans, Dan Glass, JD Schwalm

No Time to Die, Mark Bokowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green, Charlie Noble

Best British Film

WINNER: Belfast

After Love

Ali & Ava

Boiling Point

Cyrano

Everyone’s talking about Jamie

House of Gucci

Last night in Soho

No Time to Die

Passing

Best British Debut for Director, Writer or Producer

WINNER: The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel (writer / director)

After Love, Aleem Khan (writer / director)

Boiling Point, James Cummings (Writer), Hester Ruoff (Producer)

Keyboard Fantasies, Posy Dixon (writer / director), Liv Proctor (producer)

Passing, Rebecca Hall (writer / director)

Best foreign film

WINNER: Drive My Car

It was the hand of God

Madres paralelas

Petite Maman

The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary

WINNER: Summer Of Soul

Becoming Cousteau

Cow

Flee

The Rescue

Best Animated Film

WINNER: Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells against the machines

Best British Animated Short

Affairs of the Art, Joanna Quinn, Les Mills

WINNER: Do Not Feed the Pigeons, Jordi Morera

Night of the Living Dread, Ida Melum, Danielle Goff, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso

Best British Short

WINNER: The Black Cop, Cherish Oteka

Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams

The Palace, Jo Prichard

Stuffed, Theo Rhys, Joss Holden-Rea

Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee, Michael Woodward, Max Barron, Daniel Wheldon