For the first time, the EE British Academy Film Awards take place over two consecutive evenings from the Royal Albert Hall in London this weekend.
On Saturday, 10th of April, the first of two ceremonies – the ‘EE BAFTA Film Awards Opening Night’ – was hosted by Clara Amfo alongside guests Rhianna Dhillon and Joanna Scanlan.
Eight of 25 awards winners were revealed during the show, broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Two HD, as part of a programme that gave audiences an in-depth insight into the filmmaking process.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom won two awards: Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Rocks won Casting. Sound of Metal won Sound. Mank won Production Design. Tenet won Special Visual Effects. The Present won the British Short Film award, while the BAFTA for British Short Animation was won by The Owl and the Pussycat.
The award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema, announced last month, was presented to filmmaker Noel Clarke.
On Sunday 11 April, the EE British Academy Film Awards was hosted by Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary from London’s Royal Albert Hall with nominees attending virtually. The winners of 17 categories were be announced over the course of the evening including the public-voted EE Rising Star Award. In addition, the Fellowship, the highest honour the Academy can bestow, will be awarded to director Ang Lee.
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Richard E. Grant -
Sophie Cookson -
Tom Hiddleston -
Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller – Adapted Screenplay – The Father -
Joshua James Richards – Cinematography – Nomadland -
Emerald Fennell – Original Screenplay – Promising Young Woman -
Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey Mcnamara – Outstanding British Film – Promising Young Woman -
Thomas Vinterberg, Kasper Dissing, Sisse Graum Jorgensen – Film Not In The English Language – Another Round
Full List of BAFTA 2021 Winners:
- Four BAFTAs for Nomadland: Best Film, Director, Leading Actress, Cinematography
- Two BAFTAs for Promising Young Woman: Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay
- Two BAFTAs for The Father: Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actor
- Two BAFTAs for Sound of Metal: Sound, Editing
- Two BAFTAs for Soul: Animated Film, Original Score
- Two BAFTAs for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: Costume Design, Make Up & Hair
- Daniel Kaluuya wins Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah
- Yuh-Jung Youn wins Supporting Actress for Minari
- Bukky Bakray wins the EE Rising Star Award
- Another Round won Film Not in the English Language.
The show included three featured musical performances: by Liam Payne, Celeste, and Leslie Odom Jr. (from Los Angeles) and Corinne Bailey Rae.
Editor in Chief of Ikon London Magazine, journalist, film producer and founder of The DAFTA Film Awards (The DAFTAs).

