BAFTA 2017: La La Land Wins Big

Th last stop before the Academy Awards took place last night at the 2017 BAFTA awards. La La Land cemented its place as the favorite for the Oscar as it took home the top honors of the night. Check out the list of winners below:

Best Film
Arrival
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best British Film
American Honey
Denial
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
I, Daniel Blake
Notes on Blindness
Under the Shadow

Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Girl With All the Gifts – Mike Carey (writer), Camille Gatin (producer)
The Hard Stop – George Amponsah (writer/director/producer), Dionne Walker (writer/producer)
Notes on Blindness – Peter Middleton (writer/director/producer), James Spinney (writer/director), Jo-Jo Ellison (producer)
The Pass – John Donnelly (writer), Ben A Williams (director)
Under the Shadow – Babak Anvari (writer/director), Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (producers)

Best Film Not in the English Language
Dheepan
Julieta
Mustang
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann

Best Documentary
13th
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
The Eagle Huntress
Notes on Blindness
Weiner

Best Animated Film
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Zootopia

Best Director

Denis Villeneuve 
Ken Loach 
Damien Chazelle 
Kenneth Lonergan
Tom Ford

Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hidden Figures
Lion
Nocturnal Animals

Best Actor
Andrew Garfield 
Casey Affleck 
Jake Gyllenhaal 
Ryan Gosling 
Viggo Mortensen

Best Actress
Amy Adams 
Emily Blunt 
Emma Stone 
Meryl Streep
Natalie Portman 

Best Supporting Actor
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Dev Patel 
Hugh Grant 
Jeff Bridges 
Mahershala Ali 

Best Supporting Actress
Hayley Squires 
Michelle Williams 
Naomie Harris 
Nicole Kidman 
Viola Davis 

Best Original Music
Arrival
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals

Best Cinematography
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals

Best Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Nocturnal Animals

Best Production Design
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals

Best Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land

Best Make Up & Hair
Doctor Strange
Florence Foster Jenkins
Hacksaw Ridge
Nocturnal Animals
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Sound
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land

Best Special Visual Effects
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best British Short Animation
The Alan Dimension
A Love Story
Tough

Best British Short Film
Consumed
Home
Mouth of Hell
The Party
Standby

EE Rising Star Award
Anya Taylor-Joy
Laia Costa
Lucas Hedges
Ruth Negga
Tom Holland


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