11/02/2019 - Yorgos Lanthimos’ movie has landed seven gongs but missed out on Best Film and Best Director, won by Roma and its Mexican director, Alfonso Cuarón

The 72^nd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) ended with The Favourite [+see also:
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It was a good night to be a British actress. Olivia Colman won Best Actress for her performance as 18^th-century monarch Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and Rachel Weisz picked up Best Supporting Actress ahead of her The Favourite co-star Emma Stone. The Favourite also won Outstanding British Film, Best Original Screenplay, and prizes for make-up and hair, costume design and production design.

Another British co-production that ended the night feeling like a champion was Bohemian Rhapsody [+see also:
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Here is the full list of winners:

Best Film
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón (Mexico/USA)

Outstanding British Film
The Favourite [+see also:
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Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Beast [+see also:
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Film Not in the English Language
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Documentary
Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin (USA)

Animated Film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman (USA)

Director
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

Original Screenplay 
Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara – The Favourite

Adapted Screenplay 
Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott – BlacKkKlansman (USA)

Leading Actress 
Olivia Colman ­– The Favourite

Leading Actor 
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody [+see also:
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Supporting Actress 
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Supporting Actor 
Mahershala Ali – Green Book (USA)

Original Music 
Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson – A Star Is Born (USA)

Cinematography
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

Editing
Hank Corwin – Vice (USA)

Production Design
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – The Favourite

Costume Design 
Sandy Powell – The Favourite

Make-up & Hair
Nadia Stacey – The Favourite

Sound
John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, John Warhurst – Bohemian Rhapsody

Special Visual Effects
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick – Black Panther (USA)

British Short Animation 
Roughhouse – Jonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom

British Short Film 
73 Cows – Alex Lockwood

EE Rising Star Award (as voted for by the public) 
Letitia Wright