BAFTA Film Awards 2017 Winners Pictures
Check out an exclusive Red Carpet News TV gallery of pictures of winners from the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall.
EE BAFTA Film Awards 2017 Report
At tonight’s EE British Academy Film Awards La La Land was named Best Film, with Damien Chazelle winning Director and Emma Stone receiving the award for Leading Actress. Linus Sandgren won for Cinematography and Justin Hurwitz won Original Music.
Casey Affleck won Leading Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea, which also earned its writer/director Kenneth Lonergan the award for Original Screenplay. Supporting Actor went to Dev Patel for Lion, for which Luke Davies won Adapted Screenplay. The ceremony was hosted for a 12th year by Stephen Fry and held at London’s Royal Albert Hall, and featured performances by Cirque du Soleil and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, winner of the BBC Young Musician 2016.
Supporting Actress went to Viola Davis for her role in Fences. All four actors are first-time BAFTA winners. Outstanding British Film was won by I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach.
Ava DuVernay’s film, exploring race in the US criminal justice system, 13th, won the award for Documentary. Kubo and the Two Strings took the award for Animated Film, and Film Not in the English Language was won by Hungarian holocaust drama, Son of Saul.
Arrival received the award for Sound, Hacksaw Ridge won for Editing, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them collected the BAFTA for Production Design, Florence Foster Jenkins took the award for Make Up and Hair, Jackie won Costume Design and The Jungle Book received the BAFTA for Special Visual Effects.
Writer/director Babak Anvari and producers Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill and Lucan Tohreceived the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer forUnder the Shadow.
Home won the British Short Film award, while the BAFTA for British Short Animation was won by A Love Story. The EE Rising Star Award, voted for by the public went to Tom Holland.
The Special Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was presented to film distributor and exhibitor Curzon for its work in bringing art house and foreign language cinema to British audiences.
Nathan Lane, Simon Pegg and HRH The Duke of Cambridge, President of BAFTA, presented the Academy’s highest honour, the Fellowship, to writer, director, actor and producer Mel Brooks.
EE BAFTA Film Awards Winners List 2017
The winners of the EE British Academy Film Awards 2017 are listed in full below :
BEST FILM
LA LA LAND Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
I, DANIEL BLAKE Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Under the Shadow: BABAK ANVARI (Writer/Director), EMILY LEO, OLIVER ROSKILL, LUCAN TOH (Producers)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SON OF SAUL László Nemes, Gábor Sipos
DOCUMENTARY
13th Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, Howard Barish
ANIMATED FILM
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Travis Knight
DIRECTOR
LA LA LAND Damien Chazelle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
LION Luke Davies
LEADING ACTOR
CASEY AFFLECK Manchester by the Sea
LEADING ACTRESS
EMMA STONE La La Land
SUPPORTING ACTOR
DEV PATEL Lion
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
VIOLA DAVIS Fences
ORIGINAL MUSIC
LA LA LAND Justin Hurwitz
CINEMATOGRAPHY
LA LA LAND Linus Sandgren
EDITING
HACKSAW RIDGE John Gilbert
PRODUCTION DESIGN
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
COSTUME DESIGN
JACKIE Madeline Fontaine
MAKE UP & HAIR
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS J. Roy Helland, Daniel Phillips
SOUND
ARRIVAL Sylvain Bellemare, Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE JUNGLE BOOK Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
A LOVE STORY Khaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Elena Ruscombe-King
BRITISH SHORT FILM
HOME Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, Scott O’Donnell
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
TOM HOLLAND
The LEGO Batman Movie Review
The Plot
In LEGO Gotham Batman finds his comfortable existence of single handily saving the city interrupted when the Joker’s latest scheme sees all the familiar villains suddenly out of action. Meanwhile he has to deal with a hotshot new police commissioner and the boy Bruce Wayne accidentally adopted.
The Good
In the LEGO Movie Will Arnett’s boastful hard rocking Batman was an unexpected delight. It’s rare that supporting comedy figures are so instantly popular that they are immediately given their own starring vehicle. The resulting Lego Batman film has the same glorious visual style as the eye catching Lego movie, which turned the universally popular children’s toy into big screen delight. In addition to an immensely fun and colourful visual appeal, the new film in the rapidly emerging Lego Franchise share much of the same playful comedy tone that made the Lego movie such a sure-fire hit with fans of any age.
The LEGO Batman Movie manages to strike a pretty perfect balance, combining frequent nods to the rich comicbook and cinematic history of the Batman franchise with an entirely original take on DC’s most famous creations. The team behind the film succeed in integrating all the familiar characters and gadget packed Batman action with the unique properties of the even more wildly imaginative LEGO universe. As with the very best parody there’s also a strong undercurrent of affection for the character that will be shared and appreciated by fans.
Leading man Arnett remains a magnificent vocal fit for the costume clad role, using his trademark flare for hilarious delusional narcissism to create the perfect parody of the iconic bat suited billionaire vigilante. Watching him dispatching villains whilst performing his own hard rocking theme songs is pure ridiculous joy.
The rest of the film’s vocal stars are all equally familiar and well-chosen talents. Michael Cera is a perfect foil for his Arrested Development co-star Arnett’s bluster, playing a wide eyed and eager to please young Robin. Rosario Dawson does a good job of playing a frequently exasperated New Police Commissioner Barbara Gordon and Zach Galifianakis has plenty of fun playing an emotionally fragile Joker who really just wants Batman to give him some proper attention. Finally Ralph Fiennes lends some authentic British pomp to Batman’s long suffering man servant Alfred.
Enjoyable comedy performances, and constant laugh packed action consistently maintains the attention of audiences of any age. A somewhat spectacular action climax featuring musical numbers and cameos from some unexpected characters is just one of the treats the film offers Batman and LEGO fans.
The Bad
The harshest of critics might suggest that Arnett’s arrogant Batman parody is effectively an entirely one note joke. While Arnett no doubt excels at this kind of humour, lampooning misplaced egotism, it’s fair to say for much of the film he’s treading in very familiar waters. Though undeniably a good fit for this Batman send up, it is definitely the same comedy stich that Arnett has offered up in Arrested Development, Bojack Horseman and just about every big screen cameo he’s turned in. Though a welcome and often scene stealing delight in small doses of ensemble casts or episodic TV, it’s fair to say that those that aren’t so impressed by it will find it harder to tolerate in full feature length glory.
The Ugly Truth
The LEGO Batman movie serves as both a magnificent expansion of the newly created LEGO cinematic universe and playful comic book homage. Young fans and older Batman devotees alike will equally enjoy the experience. The film also serves as a total antidote to the increasingly drab and dreary world of Zach Synder’s live action DC Universe.
Review by Russell Nelson
Max Irons Bitter Harvest Interview
Max Irons spoke exclusively to Red Carpet News about upcoming historical drama Bitter Harvet. Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events the film conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the largely forgotten genocidal famine engineered by Stalin.
The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion and survival at a time when Ukraine was forced to adjust to the horrifying territorial ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union. With an exceptional cast of established and rising stars, the film recreates one of the most dramatic and dangerous episodes in the history of 20th Century Europe.
Check out the interview below where Max talks about preparing for the role, the importance of the painful subject matter and working with costars like Samantha Barks & Terrence Stamp.