Before BAFTA started announcing winners prior to the Oscars, they were idiosyncratic to the extreme. Although the nominees this year came after the Oscars, their awards come before, and their uniqueness comes through strongly this year. Let’s start with the surprises. Robert Aramayo picking up Best Actor over Oscar nominees Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan, and Ethan Hawke is certainly out of left field and leaves only SAG to create any clarity. Then there’s the Sean Penn victory over Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Elordi, and Stellan Skarsgård as well was Wunmi Mosaku over Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Teyana Taylor. That’s three acting prizes that went in obscure directions. Of course, Penn has never won at BAFTA and Mosaku grew up in England, but the Aramayo win is utterly confusing. Almost all of the craft awards went expected directions or at least directions that made sense so there’s nothing much there but the I Swear win in Casting also creates an interesting dynamic being one of the few casting prizes to get clues off of. Additionally, Sinners does not appear to be mounting a serious challenge to One Battle, at least across the pond.

BAFTA returns to its quirky roots while making the Oscar prediction waters murky as hell.

Awards Tallies

(6) One Battle After Another
(3) Frankenstein, Sinners
(2) Hamnet, I Swear
(1) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Boong, F1, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, My Father’s Shadow, Sentimental Value, This Is Endometriosis, Two Black Boys in Paradise, Zootopia 2

The Awards

Best Film

One Battle After Another WL PP TL

Best Animated Film

Zootopia 2 WL TL

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another WL PP TL

Best Actor

Robert Aramayo – I Swear Nil

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet WL PP TL

Best Supporting Actor

Sean Penn – One Battle After Another Nil

Best Supporting Actress

Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners PP

Best Original Screenplay

Sinners WL PP TL

Best Adapted Screenplay

One Battle After Another WL PP TL

Best Casting

I Swear Nil

Best Original Score

Sinners WL PP TL

Best Editing

One Battle After Another WL PP TL

Best Cinematography

One Battle After Another PP

Best Production Design

Frankenstein WL PP TL

Best Costume Design

Frankenstein WL PP TL

Best Makeup & Hair

Frankenstein WL PP TL

Best Sound

F1 WL TL

Best Special Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash WL PP TL

Best Film Not in the English Language

Sentimental Value WL PP TL

Best Documentary

Mr. Nobody Against Putin PP

Best British Short Animation

Two Black Boys in Paradise WL PP TL

Best British Short Film

This Is Endometriosis WL TL

Best Children’s & Family Film

Boong Nil

Best British Film

Hamnet WL PP TL

Outstanding British Debut

Akinola Davies Jr., Wale Davies – My Father’s Shadow WL TL

Rising Star Award

Robert Aramayo PP TL

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Clare Binns

British Academy of Film & Television Arts Data

Year Founded: 1947
First Awards: 1959 (66)