‘The Power Of The Dog’ and ‘Dune’ win top honours at the BAFTA Film Awards 2022; Will Smith wins Best Actor
The Power Of The Dog, directed by Jane Campion and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, took home the top prizes (Best Director and Best Film Awards) at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. While Campion became only the third woman in BAFTA history to win the coveted Best Director’s Award, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi film ‘Dune’ also made the winners’ list with five awards wins in London on Sunday.
While ‘The Power Of The Dog’ and ‘Dune’ took home the top prizes, Will Smith won the Best Actor’s Award for his outstanding performance in ‘King Richard,’ and Joanna Scanlan won the Best Actress Award for her outstanding performance in ‘After Love.’ While the BAFTAs were held online last year, the organisers managed to pull off a grand event in London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday evening, hosted by actor-comic Rebel Wilson and featuring a slew of well-known celebrities.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Film — The Power of the Dog
British Film — Belfast
Director — Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Actor — Will Smith, King Richard
Actress — Joanna Scanlan, After Love
Supporting Actor — Troy Kotsur, CODA
Supporting Actress — Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Rising Star — Lashana Lynch
British Debut — Director Jeymes Samuel for The Harder They Fall
Original Screenplay — Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Adapted Screenplay — Sian Heder, CODA
Film Not in the English Language — Drive My Car
Musical Score — Hans Zimmer, Dune
Cinematography — Greig Fraser, Dune
Editing — No Time to Die
Production Design — Dune
Costume Design — Cruella
Sound — Dune
Casting — West Side Story
Visual Effects — Dune
Makeup and Hair — The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Animated Film — Encanto
British Short Film — The Black Cop
British Short Animation — Do Not Feed the Pigeons
Documentary — Summer of Soul
BAFTA chairman Krishnendu Majumdar joined host Rebel Wilson, welcomed everyone along on Sunday evening with a message for Ukraine. “We stand in solidarity with those who are bravely fighting for their country and we share their hope for a return to peace,” he said.
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