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Deepika Padukone presented at 77th BAFTA Film Awards 2024 in London. The Bollywood actress presented the Best Film Not In The English Language Category
77th BAFTA Film Awards: Oppenheimer again emerged as the major winner at an award night, but Barbie failed to get even one. Indian actress also stuns everyone in a Sabyasachi saree
Atom bomb epic Oppenheimer won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia Poor Things took five prizes and Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest won three. Christopher Nolan won his first Best Director BAFTA for Oppenheimer, and Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. Murphy said he was grateful to play such a colossally knotty, complex character." Emma Stone was named best actress for playing the wild and spirited Bella Baxter in Poor Things, a steampunk-style visual extravaganza that won prizes for visual effects, production design, costume design, and makeup and hair. Oppenheimer had a field-leading 13 nominations, but missed out on the record of nine trophies, set in 1971 by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It won the best film race against Poor Things, Kille
Atom-bomb epic Oppenheimer leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 13 categories including best film. Gothic fantasia Poor Things received 11 nominations on the list announced Thursday, while historical epic Killers of the Flower Moon and Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest had nine each. Other leading contenders include French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall school story The Holdovers and Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro with seven nominations each. Exploration of love and grief All of Us Strangers was nominated in six categories and class-war dramedy Saltburn in five. Barbie, one half of 2023's Barbenheimer box office juggernaut, also got five nominations but missed out on a best picture nod. The winners will be announced at a February 18 ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall hosted by Doctor Who star David Tennant. The prizes officially the EE BAFTA Film Awards are Britain's equivalent of Hollywood's Academy Awards and will be watched clo
German movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" was the big winner at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) on Sunday, winning seven trophies, including best film and best director. Irish black comedy "The Banshees of Inisherin" and rock biopic Elvis took four awards at the BAFTAs, which are the UK's equivalent of Hollywood's Academy Awards. Hosted by Richard E Grant, the award ceremony was held at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Here is a look at winners of the awards, officially known as the EE BAFTA Film Awards: Best Film: "All Quiet On The Western Front" Directed by Edward Berger, the anti-war film is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. The movie had a total of 14 nominations for the BAFTAs. Set in the closing days of World War I, the movie follows the life of an idealistic young German soldier named Paul Baumer. After enlisting in the German Army with his friends, Baumer finds himself exposed to the realities of war, shattering his early hop
Indian hopes at the ongoing 76th edition of the BAFTA came crashing down as the Indian documentary All That Breathes lost the Best Documentary honour to Navalny
The last leg of the biggest awards for the night at the BAFTA Awards -- Best Actor, Best Actress were conferred upon Austin Butler for his work in biographical film Elvis and Cate Blanchett for Tar
Acclaimed Western film "The Power of the Dog" scooped the top prizes for best film and best director for Jane Campion at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) 2022. Hosted by actor-comic Rebel Wils on, the award ceremony took place on Sunday at the Royal Albert Hall and was live streamed in India on the streamer SonyLIV. "The Batman" star Andy Serkis announced the winner for best film but not before he called out the government for its discriminatory treatment of refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine, saying "all refugees are welcome but some are more than welcome". While announcing actor Emilia Jones singing act with the song "Both Sides Now" from "CODA", Wilson said the performance takes the help of two interpreters -- American Sign Language and British Sign Language. "Luckily, though, in all sign languages, this is the gesture for Putin," the host said as she raised her middle finger to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine invasion. "The Power o
Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic "Dune" amassed the most nominations for 2022 BAFTA Awards, closely followed by Jane Campion's Western film "The Power of the Dog".
The outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer went to Remi Weeks' "His House".
Indian actor Adarsh Gourav has bagged the leading actor BAFTA nod for his performance in the Netflix film "The White Tiger"
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the year 2020 has not been easy for anyone. YouTube Originals' global documentary will record your day and make you part of the meory of this historic year
Both British Academy of Film and Television and Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences were heavily criticised for the lack of representation and diversity after the nominations were announced
The ceremony saw celebrities making political statements uninhibitedly
The film captures the story of Sherpa community, united in grief and anger as they reclaim Mt Everest