BAFTA 2022 Winners: Benedict Cumberbatch starrer Power of Dog takes the lead

Benedict Cumberbatch starrer Power of the Dog bagged the top categories at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards aka BAFTA 2022. The award ceremony was hosted by Rebel Wilson and it took place on Sunday at the Royal Albert Hall.

Will Smith bagged the Best Actor Award for his portrayal of a tennis coach in King Richard. Joanna Scanlan won the best actress for her role in After Love. Benedict Cumberbatch accepted the best director award on behalf of Jane Campion at the ceremony.

BAFTA 2022 Winners List:

Best Film

The Power of the Dog – WINNER

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

Dune

Licorice Pizza

Outstanding British Film

Belfast – WINNER

After Love

Ali & Ava

Boiling Point

Cyrano

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

House of Gucci

Last Night in Soho

No Time to Die

Passing

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

The Harder They Fall — Jeymes Samuel (Writer/director) *also written by Boaz Yakin- WINNER

After Love — Aleem Khan (Writer/Director)

Boiling Point — James Cummings (Writer), Hester Ruoff (Producer) *also written by Philip Barantini and produced by Bart Ruspoli

Keyboard Fantasies — Posy Dixon (Writer/Director), Liv Proctor (Producer)

Passing — Rebecca Hall (Writer/Director)

Film Not in the English Language

Drive My Car- WINNER

The Hand of God

Parallel Mothers

Petite Maman

The Worst Person in the World

Documentary

Summer of Soul- WINNER

Becoming Cousteau

Cow

Flee

The Rescue

Animated Film

Encanto- WINNER

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells Vs the Machines

Director

The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion- WINNER

After Love – Aleem Khan

Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Happening – Audrey Diwan

Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson

Titane – Julia Ducournau

 

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Original Screenplay

Licorice Pizza- WINNER

Being the Ricardos

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Adapted Screenplay

CODA- WINNER

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog

Leading Actress

Joanna Scanlan – After Love- WINNER

Lady Gaga – House of Gucci

Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza

Emilia Jones – Coda

Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World

Tessa Thompson — Passing

Leading Actor

Will Smith – King Richard- WINNER

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

Supporting Actress

Ariana Debose – West Side Story- WINNER

Caitríona Balfe – Belfast

Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter

Ann Dowd – Mass

Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Ruth Negga – Passing

Supporting Actor

Troy Kotsur – Coda- WINNER

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

 

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Original Score

Dune- WINNER

Being the Ricardos

Don’t Look Up

The French Dispatch

The Power of the Dog

Casting

West Side Story- WINNER

Boiling Point

Dune

The Hand of God

King Richard

Cinematography

Dune- WINNER

Nightmare Alley

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Editing

No Time to Die- WINNER

Belfast

Dune

Licorice Pizza

Summer of Soul

Production Design

Dune- WINNER

Cyrano

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

Costume Design

Cruella- WINNER

Cyrano

Dune

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

Make Up & Hair

The Eyes of Tammy Faye- WINNER

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

House of Gucci

Sound

Dune- WINNER

Last Night in Soho

No Time to Die

A Quiet Place Part II

West Side Story

Special Visual Effects

Dune- WINNER

Free Guy

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Matrix Resurrections

No Time to Die

 

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British Short Animation

Do Not Feed the Pigeons- WINNER

Affairs of the Art

Night of the Living Dread

British Short Film

The Black Cop- WINNER

Femme

The Palace

Stuffed

Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee

EE Rising Star Award (Voted for by the Public)

Lashana Lynch- WINNER

Ariana Debose

Harris Dickinson

Millicent Simmonds

Kodi Smit-McPhee

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