69th British Academy Film Awards

69th British Academy Film Awards
Date	14 February 2016
Site	Royal Opera House, London
Host	Stephen Fry
Highlights
Best Film	The Revenant
Best British Film	Brooklyn
Best Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant
Best Actress	Brie Larson Room
Most awards	The Revenant (5)
Most nominations	Bridge of Spies and Carol (9)

The 69th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 14 February 2016 at the Royal Opera House in London, to honour the best British and international contributions to film in 2015.^[1] Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality screened at British cinemas in 2015.^[2]

The nominees were announced on 8 January 2016 by Stephen Fry and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw, with Bridge of Spies and Carol both having the most nominations at nine each.^[3][4] The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One with a two-hour delay. The ceremony was watched by 4.5 million viewers, down from 4.9 million in 2015 and the lowest television audience since 2010.^[5]

Despite leading the field in nominations with nine each, Carol failed to win any awards and Bridge of Spies won just one; Mark Rylance for Best Supporting Actor. The American film The Revenant won the most awards at the event, winning five including Best Film. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu won the award for Best Director, Emmanuel Lubezki for Best Cinematography and Leonardo DiCaprio won the award for Best Actor. Other winners in the acting categories included Brie Larson, who won Best Actress for her role in Room, and Kate Winslet, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Steve Jobs. Mad Max: Fury Road won four BAFTAs in the editing, production design, costume design and makeup and hair categories. Sidney Poitier was awarded the Academy Fellowship for his contribution to cinema.^[6]

Ceremony

The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One at 9 pm GMT, around two hours later than the actual ceremony. For the 11th year in a row, Stephen Fry acted as the host. The ceremony commenced with a segment commemorating the year in film, which was accompanied by the song "Heroes" by David Bowie, who had died the previous month. Highlighting that the ceremony was being held on Valentine's Day, the ceremony showed a kiss cam where random celebrities such as Dame Maggie Smith and Leonardo Di Caprio were persuaded by Fry to kiss each other.^[7] Fry also received a number of negative comments after he said of Best Costume Design winner Jenny Beavan as "Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to an awards ceremony dressed as a bag lady". He subsequently deleted his Twitter account following criticism of his joke.^[8]

A number of presenters referred to the lack of diversity at the Academy Awards. Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen both made jokes referring to the controversy.^[9] Sidney Poitier was not present to collect his fellowship due to ill health.^[6] Jamie Foxx and Poitier's daughter Sydney Tamiia Poitier presented the award to him in person at his home in Los Angeles. Oprah Winfrey, Lulu and Noel Clarke paid tribute to him in a filmed segment.

The In Memoriam section featured Alan Rickman, Melissa Mathison, Andrew Lesnie, Maureen O'Hara, Gayle Griffiths, Haskell Wexler, Colin Welland, James Horner, David Bowie, Ron Moody, June Randall, Julie Harris, Frank Finlay, Philip French, Vilmos Zsigmond, Albert Maysles, Richard Johnson, Wes Craven, Jacques Rivette, Penelope Houston, Tommie Manderson, Christopher Wood, Saeed Jaffrey, Sheila Sim and Christopher Lee.

Winners and nominees

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  Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Director winner

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  Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Actor winner

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  Brie Larson, Best Actress winner

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  Mark Rylance, Best Supporting Actor winner

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  Kate Winslet, Best Supporting Actress winner

The winners were announced on 14 February 2016:^[10][11]

Academy Fellowship

• Sidney Poitier

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

• Angels The Costumiers

Best Film	Best Director
The Revenant – Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon The Big Short – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Brad Pitt Bridge of Spies – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, and Steven Spielberg Carol – Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, and Stephen Woolley Spotlight – Steve Golin, Blye Pagon Faust, Nicole Rocklin, and Michael Sugar	Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant Todd Haynes – Carol Adam McKay – The Big Short Ridley Scott – The Martian Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass Bryan Cranston – Trumbo as Dalton Trumbo Matt Damon – The Martian as Mark Watney Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe / Einar Wegener	Brie Larson – Room as Joy “Ma” Newsome Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey Maggie Smith – The Lady in the Van as Miss Mary Shepherd / Margaret Fairchild Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel Christian Bale – The Big Short as Michael Burry Benicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro Gillick Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation as Commandant Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight as Michael Rezendes	Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue Rooney Mara – Carol as Therese Belivet Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina as Ava Julie Walters – Brooklyn as Madge Kehoe
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, and Meg LeFauve – Inside Out Alex Garland – Ex Machina Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight	Adam McKay and Charles Randolph – The Big Short Emma Donoghue – Room Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Phyllis Nagy – Carol Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs
Best Cinematography	Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant Roger Deakins – Sicario Janusz Kamiński – Bridge of Spies Edward Lachman – Carol John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road	Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) and Rupert Lloyd (Producer) – Theeb Stephen Fingleton (Writer/Director) – The Survivalist Alex Garland (Director) – Ex Machina Debbie Tucker Green (Writer/Director) – Second Coming Sean McAllister (Director/Producer) and Elhum Shakerifar (Producer) – A Syrian Love Story
Outstanding British Film	Best Documentary
Brooklyn – John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Nick Hornby, and Amanda Posey 45 Years – Tristan Goligher and Andrew Haigh Amy – James Gay-Rees and Asif Kapadia The Danish Girl – Tim Bevan, Lucinda Coxon, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Tom Hooper, and Gail Mutrux Ex Machina – Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, and Allon Reich The Lobster – Ceci Dempsey, Efthimis Filippou, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Lee Magiday	Amy – James Gay-Rees and Asif Kapadia Cartel Land – Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin He Named Me Malala – Davis Guggenheim, Laurie MacDonald, and Walter Parkes Listen to Me Marlon – John Battsek, George Chignell, R. J. Cutler, and Stevan Riley Sherpa – Bridget Ikin, Jennifer Peedom, and John Smithson
Best Original Music	Best Sound
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman The Revenant – Carsten Nicolai and Ryuichi Sakamoto Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams	The Revenant – Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, and Randy Thom Bridge of Spies – Richard Hymns, Drew Kunin, Andy Nelson, and Gary Rydstrom Mad Max: Fury Road – Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, and David White The Martian – Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, and Mark Taylor Star Wars: The Force Awakens – David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, and Matthew Wood
Best Production Design	Best Special Visual Effects
Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson Bridge of Spies – Rena DeAngelo and Adam Stockhausen Carol – Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler The Martian – Celia Bobak and Arthur Max Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, and Lee Sandales	Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, and Neal Scanlan Ant-Man – Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, and Alex Wuttke Ex Machina – Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, and Andy Williams The Martian – Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, and Steven Warner
Best Costume Design	Best Makeup and Hair
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux Carol – Sandy Powell Cinderella – Sandy Powell The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado	Mad Max: Fury Road – Damian Martin and Lesley Vanderwalt Brooklyn – Morna Ferguson and Lorraine Glynn Carol – Jerry DeCarlo and Patricia Regan The Danish Girl – Jan Sewell The Revenant – Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman, and Robert Pandini
Best Editing	Best Film Not in the English Language
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel The Big Short – Hank Corwin Bridge of Spies – Michael Kahn The Martian – Pietro Scalia The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione	Wild Tales The Assassin Force Majeure Theeb Timbuktu
Best Animated Film	Best Short Animation
Inside Out – Pete Docter Minions – Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton and Richard Starzak	Edmond – Nina Gantz and Emilie Jouffroy Manoman – Simon Cartwright and Kamilla Kristiane Hodol Prologue – Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
Best Short Film	EE Rising Star Award
Operator – Caroline Bartleet and Rebecca Morgan Elephant – Nick Helm, Alex Moody, and Esther Smith Mining Poems or Odes – Jack Cocker and Callum Rice Over – Jeremy Bannister and Jörn Threlfall Samuel-613 – Cheyenne Conway and Billy Lumby	John Boyega Taron Egerton Dakota Johnson Brie Larson Bel Powley

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

• 5 wins: The Revenant
• 4 wins: Mad Max: Fury Road

Nominations

• 9 nominations: Bridge of Spies and Carol
• 8 nominations: The Revenant
• 7 nominations: Mad Max: Fury Road
• 6 nominations: Brooklyn and The Martian
• 5 nominations: Ex Machina, The Big Short and The Danish Girl
• 4 nominations: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 3 nominations: Sicario, Spotlight, Steve Jobs and The Hateful Eight
• 2 nominations: Amy, Inside Out, Room and Theeb

See also

• 5th AACTA International Awards
• 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 36th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 21st Critics' Choice Awards
• 70th Tony Awards
• 73rd Golden Globe Awards
• 88th Academy Awards

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