The Directors Guild had their award season say on Saturday night, but a little over 12 hours later the BAFTA Film Awards handed out their 2023 honors. Broadcast in the U.S. in a bizarre “we’re not live until the last four honors” set up on Britbox, the big winner of the night was Edward Berger’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” The Netflix release stunned winning Best Film as well as six other honors including Best Director, the Film Not in the English Language honor, Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Sound, and Original Score.
Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” took four awards: Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon), Supporting Actor (Barry Keoghan), Original Screenplay, and Outstanding British Film.
Austin Butler won Best Actor for “Elvis” likely locking in an Academy Award win. Catherine Martin won her third Costume Design BAFTA Award while the Baz Luhrmann period piece also won the Makeup & Hair and Casting BAFTAs.
In a very competitive category, Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for “TAR.” “Everything Everywhere All At Once” won Best Editing, “Avatar: The Way of Water won Visual Effects, “Babylon” took Production Design.
Continuing its awards season sweep, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio” took Animated Film. Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun” took the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer. In something of a surprise, “Navalny” won Best Documentary.
Emma Mackey, best known for “Sex Education,” “Death on the Nile” and “Emily” (now in U.S. theaters), won the BAFTA Rising Star award.
Having taken the top prize at BAFTA, is that a bellwether for “All Quiet’s” chances for the Best Picture Oscar? Unlike the Brits, the Academy Awards use a ranked-choice voting system and the PGA Awards are the only other Oscar precursor to do so. Moreover, over the past eight years only one film that took BAFTA’s top prize, “Nomadland,” also won the Best Picture Oscar. All eyes are now on the PGA Awards on Saturday, February 25. That guild’s top producer prize for theatrical release has lined up with Best Picture seven out of the last 10 years.
It should also be noted that this is Netflix’s third BAFTA win for Best Film. Neither “Roma” nor “The Power of the Dog” ended up taking the Academy Award for Best Picture. Perhaps three times the charm.
The complete list of BAFTA Film Awards winners and nominees is as follows:
Best Film
All Quiet on the Western Front – ***WINNER***
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tár
Outstanding British Film
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin – ***WINNER***
Brian And Charles
Empire of Light
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Aftersun – ***WINNER***
Blue Jean
Electric Malady
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Rebellion
Film not in the English language
All Quiet on the Western Front – ***WINNER***
Argentina, 1985
Corsage
Decision To Leave
The Quiet Girl
Documentary
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream
Navalny – ***WINNER***
Animated film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – ***WINNER***
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Director
All Quiet on the Western Front – ***WINNER***
The Banshees of Inisherin
Decision To Leave
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tár
The Woman King
Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin – ***WINNER***
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
Adapted Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front – ***WINNER***
Living
The Quiet Girl
She Said
The Whale
Leading actress
Cate Blanchett in Tár – ***WINNER***
Viola Davis in The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler in Till
Ana De Armas in Blonde
Emma Thompson in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once
Leading actor
Austin Butler in Elvis – ***WINNER***
Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser in The Whale
Daryl McCormack in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal in Aftersun
Bill Nighy in Living
Supporting actress
Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau in The Whale
Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin – ***WINNER***
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All At Once
Dolly De Leon in Triangle of Sadness
Carey Mulligan in She Said
Supporting actor
Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin – ***WINNER***
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Redmayne in The Good Nurse
Albrecht Schuch in All Quiet on the Western Front
Micheal Ward in Empire of Light
Casting
Aftersun
All Quiet on the Western Front
Elvis – ***WINNER***
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Triangle of Sadness
Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front – ***WINNER**
The Batman
Elvis
Empire of Light
Top Gun: Maverick
Costume design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Amsterdam
Babylon
Elvis – ***WINNER***
Mrs Harris Goes To Paris
Editing
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once – ***WINNER***
Top Gun: Maverick
Make up & hair
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Elvis – ***WINNER***
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
The Whale
Original score
All Quiet on the Western Front – ***WINNER***
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Production design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon – ***WINNER***
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Special visual effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water – ***WINNER***
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front – ***WINNER***
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
British short animation
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – ***WINNER***
Middle Watch
Your Mountain is Waiting
British short film
The Ballad Of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
An Irish Goodbye – ***WINNER***
EE Bafta Rising Star
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim
Emma Mackey – ***WINNER***
Daryl McCormack
Aimee Lou Wood