72nd British Academy Film Awards

72nd British Academy Film Awards
72nd British Academy Film Awards
Date	10 February 2019
Site	Royal Albert Hall, London
Hosted by	Joanna Lumley
Highlights
Best Film	Roma
Best British Film	The Favourite
Best Actor	Rami Malek; Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Actress	Olivia Colman; The Favourite
Most awards	The Favourite (7)
Most nominations	The Favourite (12)
	← 71st; BAFTA Awards; 73rd →;

The 72nd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 10 February 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2018. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2018.

The nominees were announced on 9 January 2019 by actor Will Poulter and actress Hayley Squires.^[1] The period comedy-drama The Favourite received the most nominations: twelve across eleven categories.^[2]

English actress Joanna Lumley hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.^[3]

Winners and nominees[edit]

The nominees were announced on 9 January 2019.^[4] The winners were announced on 10 February 2019.^[5]^[6]

On 6 February 2019, BAFTA announced they had suspended Bryan Singer's name from Bohemian Rhapsody's nomination for Outstanding British Film following accusations against Singer concerning sexual abuse.^[7]^[8]

BAFTA Fellowship[edit]

Thelma Schoonmaker^[9]

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema[edit]

Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley for Number 9 Films^[10]

Best Film Roma – Alfonso Cuarón and Gabriela Rodríguez BlacKkKlansman – Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick and Jordan Peele The Favourite – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos and Lee Magiday Green Book – Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Bill Gerber and Lynette Howell Taylor	Best Direction Alfonso Cuarón – Roma Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born Paweł Pawlikowski – Cold War Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody* as Freddie Mercury** Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born as Jackson Maine Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney Steve Coogan – Stan & Ollie as Stan Laurel Viggo Mortensen – Green Book as Tony Lip	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Olivia Colman – The Favourite* as Anne** Glenn Close – The Wife as Joan Castleman Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born as Ally Maine Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel Viola Davis – Widows as Veronica Rawlings
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Mahershala Ali – Green Book* as Don Shirley** Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman as Philip Zimmerman Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock Sam Rockwell – Vice as George W. Bush Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy as Nic Sheff	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Rachel Weisz – The Favourite* as Sarah Churchill** Amy Adams – Vice as Lynne Cheney Claire Foy – First Man as Janet Armstrong Emma Stone – The Favourite as Abigail Masham Margot Robbie – Mary Queen of Scots as Elizabeth I
Best Original Screenplay The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara Cold War – Janusz Głowacki and Paweł Pawlikowski Green Book – Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga Roma – Alfonso Cuarón Vice – Adam McKay	Best Adapted Screenplay BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty First Man – Josh Singer If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters and Eric Roth
Best Cinematography Roma – Alfonso Cuarón Bohemian Rhapsody – Newton Thomas Sigel Cold War – Łukasz Żal The Favourite – Robbie Ryan First Man – Linus Sandgren	Best Costume Design The Favourite – Sandy Powell The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Mary Zophres Bohemian Rhapsody – Julian Day Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne
Best Editing Vice – Hank Corwin Bohemian Rhapsody – John Ottman The Favourite – Yorgos Mavropsaridis First Man – Tom Cross Roma – Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough	Best Makeup and Hair The Favourite – Nadia Stacey Bohemian Rhapsody – Mark Coulier and Jan Sewell Mary Queen of Scots – Jenny Shircore Stan & Ollie – Mark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead and Josh Weston Vice – Kate Biscoe, Greg Cannom, Patricia DeHaney and Chris Gallaher
Best Original Music A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga and Lukas Nelson BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman	Best Production Design The Favourite – Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock First Man – Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas Mary Poppins Returns – John Myhre and Gordon Sim Roma – Eugenio Caballero and Barbara Enriquez
Best Sound Bohemian Rhapsody – John Casail, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey and John Warhurst First Man – Mary H. Ellis, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño and Jon Taylor Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Gilbert Lake, James H. Mather, Chris Munro and Mike Prestwood Smith A Quiet Place – Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor and Ethan Van der Ryn A Star Is Born – Steven A. Morrow, Alan Robert Murray, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean A. Zupancic	Best Special Visual Effects Black Panther – Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack and Dan Sudick Avengers: Infinity War – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port and Dan Sudick Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Tim Burke, Andy Kind, Christian Manz and David Watkins First Man – Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm Ready Player One – Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett and Dave Shirk
Outstanding British Film The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara Beast – Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark and Ivana Mackinnon Bohemian Rhapsody – Graham King and Anthony McCarten McQueen – Ian Bonhote, Peter Ettedgui, Andee Ryder and Nick Taussing Stan & Ollie – Jon S. Baird, Faye Ward and Jeff Pope You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay, Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux and James Wilson	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Beast – Michael Pearce (Writer/Director) and Lauren Dark (Producer) Apostasy – Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director) A Cambodian Spring – Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer) Pili – Leanne Welham (Writer/Director) and Sophie Harman (Producer) Ray & Liz – Richard Billingham (Writer/Director) and Jacqui Davies (Producer)
Best Short Animation Roughhouse – Jonathan Hodgson and Richard Van Den Boom I'm OK – Elizabeth Hobbs, Abigail Addison and Jelena Popovic Marfa – Greg McLeod and Myles McLeod	Best Short Film 73 Cows – Alex Lockwood Bachelor – Angela Clarke The Blue Door – Ben Clark, Megan Pugh and Paul Taylor The Field – Sandhya Suri, Thomas Bidegain and Balthazar de Ganay Wale – Barnaby Blackburn, Sophie Alexander, Catherine Slater and Ed Speleers
Best Animated Film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman and Phil Lord Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird and John Walker Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson and Jeremy Dawson	Best Documentary Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill and Evan Hayes McQueen – Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui RBG – Julie Cohen and Betsy West They Shall Not Grow Old – Peter Jackson and Clare Olssen Three Identical Strangers – Tim Wardie, Grace Hughes-Hallett and Becky Read
Best Film Not in the English Language Roma – Alfonso Cuarón and Gabriela Rodríguez Capernaum – Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar Cold War – Paweł Pawlikowski, Tanya Seghatchian and Ewa Puszczynska Dogman – Matteo Garrone Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda and Kaoru Matsuzaki	Rising Star Award Letitia Wright Barry Keoghan Cynthia Erivo Jessie Buckley Lakeith Stanfield

Ceremony information[edit]

The ceremony took place at the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by English actress Joanna Lumley for the second consecutive year.^[3] In a reference to the controversy surrounding Kevin Hart's removal as host of the 91st Academy Awards, Lumley said that she suspects she probably would not have been hosting the ceremony if she were on Twitter.^[11] It opened with a performance from Cirque du Soleil for the third consecutive year and was broadcast after a short delay on BBC One.^[3]^[12]

The period comedy-drama The Favourite received the most nominations with twelve and won seven, including Outstanding British Film, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Olivia Colman, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Rachel Weisz.^[5]^[13] Roma won four awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón.^[5] Rami Malek won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Bohemian Rhapsody, thanking Freddie Mercury in his acceptance speech.^[5]^[14]

The In Memoriam section paid tribute to those who had died during the previous year, including Albert Finney, William Goldman, Penny Marshall, Burt Reynolds and Nicolas Roeg. The segment was accompanied by saxophonist Jess Gillam, who performed "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story", the title song from the film Love Story, as composed by Francis Lai, who also was featured in the tribute.^[15] Thelma Schoonmaker won the BAFTA Fellowship, presented by Cate Blanchett and Prince William. She joined the fellowship along with her late husband Michael Powell and long-term collaborator Martin Scorsese.^[9] Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley won the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award for their contributions to Number 9 Films.^[10]

Statistics[edit]

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
12	The Favourite
7	Bohemian Rhapsody
	First Man
	Roma
	A Star Is Born
6	Vice
5	BlacKkKlansman
4	Cold War
4	Green Book
3	Can You Ever Forgive Me?
	Mary Poppins Returns
	Mary Queen of Scots
	Stan & Ollie
2	Beast
	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
	If Beale Street Could Talk
	Isle of Dogs
	McQueen

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
7	The Favourite
4	Roma
2	Bohemian Rhapsody

Presenters[edit]

Melissa McCarthy presented Outstanding British Film^[16]
Lily Collins and Olga Kurylenko presented Best Animated Film and Best Production Design^[16]
Jason Isaacs presented Best British Short Animation^[16]
Henry Golding and Eleanor Tomlinson presented Best Sound and Best Editing^[16]
Lucy Boynton and Joseph Fiennes presented Best Documentary and Best Hair and Makeup^[16]
Bill Nighy presented the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award^[16]
Mary J. Blige and Elliot Page presented Best Actress in a Supporting Role^[16]
Luke Evans and Regina King presented the EE Rising Star Award^[16]
Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira presented Best Adapted Screenplay^[16]
Danai Gurira and Andy Serkis presented Best Original Music^[16]
Elizabeth Debicki and Michelle Rodriguez presented Best Original Screenplay^[16]
Viola Davis presented Best Actor in a Supporting Role^[16]
Will Poulter and Michelle Yeoh presented Best Cinematography^[16]
Riz Ahmed and Rachel Brosnahan presented Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer^[16]
Jamie Bell, Taron Egerton, and Richard Madden presented Best Special Visual Effects^[16]
Thandie Newton and Sophie Okonedo presented Best Film Not in the English Language^[16]
Cynthia Erivo and Eddie Marsan presented Best Costume Design^[16]
Salma Hayek presented Best Director^[16]
Gary Oldman presented Best Actress in a Leading Role^[16]
Margot Robbie presented Best Actor in a Leading Role^[16]
Chiwetel Ejiofor presented Best Film^[16]
Cate Blanchett and Prince William presented the BAFTA Fellowship^[16]

In Memoriam[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Will Poulter looks relaxed at 2019 Bafta nominations after quitting social media over Bandersnatch reaction". Metro. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Bafta Film Awards 2019: Olivia Colman's The Favourite leads nominations". BBC News. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "EE British Academy Film Awards: Venue and host announced for 2019". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ "The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2019". The Guardian. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "EE British Academy Film Awards Winners in 2019". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ "Baftas 2019: Roma and The Favourite win big – as it happened". The Guardian. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ Clarke, Stewart (6 February 2019). "BAFTA Suspends Bryan Singer's Nomination for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'". Variety. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ French, Alex; Potter, Maximillian (23 January 2019). "'Nobody Is Going to Believe You'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Two time BAFTA-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker to be honoured with BAFTA Fellowship". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Number 9 Films Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen to receive the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^ McCreesh, Louise (10 February 2019). "BAFTAs' Joanna Lumley throws shade at the Oscars hosting debacle". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ Westbrook, Caroline (10 February 2019). "What time are the Baftas on BBC One tonight and is the ceremony shown live?". Metro. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ "Yorgos Lanthimos 'The Favourite' takes home seven BAFTA Awards". Greek City Times. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ "Rami Malek thanks Freddie Mercury as he wins best actor Bafta". Irish Examiner. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ Mullen, Adrian (11 February 2019). "Sax star Jess Gillam lifts the roof at the BAFTA's at the Royal Albert Hall". The Mail. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Sheehan, Paul (9 February 2019). "2019 BAFTA Awards: Who is hosting and presenting, which nominees will (and won't) be there?". Gold Derby. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Will Poulter looks relaxed at 2019 Bafta nominations after quitting social media over Bandersnatch reaction". Metro. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[2] "Bafta Film Awards 2019: Olivia Colman's The Favourite leads nominations". BBC News. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[BAFTA_2019-3] "EE British Academy Film Awards: Venue and host announced for 2019". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[4] "The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2019". The Guardian. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[Winners-5] "EE British Academy Film Awards Winners in 2019". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[6] "Baftas 2019: Roma and The Favourite win big – as it happened". The Guardian. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[7] Clarke, Stewart (6 February 2019). "BAFTA Suspends Bryan Singer's Nomination for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'". Variety. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[8] French, Alex; Potter, Maximillian (23 January 2019). "'Nobody Is Going to Believe You'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[Schoonmaker-9] "Two time BAFTA-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker to be honoured with BAFTA Fellowship". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.

[N9F-10] "Number 9 Films Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen to receive the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

[11] McCreesh, Louise (10 February 2019). "BAFTAs' Joanna Lumley throws shade at the Oscars hosting debacle". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[12] Westbrook, Caroline (10 February 2019). "What time are the Baftas on BBC One tonight and is the ceremony shown live?". Metro. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[13] "Yorgos Lanthimos 'The Favourite' takes home seven BAFTA Awards". Greek City Times. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[14] "Rami Malek thanks Freddie Mercury as he wins best actor Bafta". Irish Examiner. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[15] Mullen, Adrian (11 February 2019). "Sax star Jess Gillam lifts the roof at the BAFTA's at the Royal Albert Hall". The Mail. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[Presenters-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Sheehan, Paul (9 February 2019). "2019 BAFTA Awards: Who is hosting and presenting, which nominees will (and won't) be there?". Gold Derby. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

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Current awards	Actor Actress Animated Feature British Film Casting Cinematography Costume Design Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Director Documentary Editing Film Film Not in the English Language Makeup and Hair Music Production Design Rising Star Screenplay: Adapted Screenplay: Original Short Animation Short Film Sound Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Visual Effects
Special awards	Fellowship Award Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
Retired awards	British Actor British Actress British Screenplay Foreign Actor Foreign Actress Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Screenplay
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