Bafta Awards 2022 winners list: 'The Power of the Dog’ wins Best Picture

Sci-fi epic Dune won five prizes and dark Western The Power of the Dog was named Best Film as the British Academy Film Awards returned on Sunday with a live, black-tie ceremony after the pandemic forced last year's event to be largely online. Jane Campion was named best director for The Power of the Dog , becoming only the third woman to win the prize in the awards’ 75 years. Lead acting trophies went to Hollywood star Will Smith and British performer Joanna Scanlan, as an event that has worked to overcome a lack of diversity recognised a wide range of talents, including the first deaf winner, Troy Kotsur, for Coda . Last year, only the hosts and presenters appeared in person. This year’s return to the in-person celebration at London’s Royal Albert Hall took place in the shadow of Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine . British film academy chairman Krishnendu Majumdar opened the show, hosted by Australian actor-comedian Rebel Wilson, with a message of support 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,” Majumdar said. After that came the glitz, with 85-year-old diva Shirley Bassey and a live orchestra performing Diamonds are Forever to mark the 60th anniversary of the James Bond films. “Bond is turning 60, and his girlfriends are turning 25,” joked host Wilson, who toned down her usual bawdy material for the ceremony’s early evening TV broadcast on the BBC. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune , starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, took five trophies from its 11 nominations: visual effects, production design, sound, Greig Fraser’s cinematography and Hans Zimmer’s score. The Power of the Dog , set in 1920s Montana and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a ranch owner, was nominated in eight categories and won two big ones: best film and best director. Campion is only the third female winner in the directors' category, but the second in two years after Chloe Zhao for Nomadland in 2021. Cumberbatch lost to Smith, who was named best actor for his performance as the father of Serena and Venus Williams in King Richard . Scanlan was a surprise best-actress winner, beating contenders including Lady Gaga to win for After Love , a first feature by Aleem Khan about a woman who makes a life-changing discovery after her husband’s death. Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Belfast , the story of a childhood overshadowed by Northern Ireland’s violent “Troubles,” was named best British film. Ariana DeBose was named best supporting actress for her performance as Anita in the musical West Side Story , and the supporting actor prize went to Kotsur for Coda , in which he plays the deaf father of a hearing daughter. He is also nominated for the Oscars. “Have you considered maybe a deaf James Bond?” he asked in his speech, delivered in sign language. Lashana Lynch, who made a splash as a double-0 agent in No Time To Die , took the rising star award, the only category chosen by public vote. She thanked “the women of this country who taught me what it is to be in this industry as a dark-skinned woman. I thank you for laying the foundation for people like me". The Bond thriller also won the prize for best editing. Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Oscar-nominated drama Drive my Car was named best film not in English. The British awards are usually held a week or two before the Academy Awards. This year’s Oscars take place on March 27. The British film academy has expanded its voting membership and shaken up its rules in recent years in an attempt to address a glaring lack of diversity in the nominations. In 2020, no women were nominated as best director for a seventh consecutive year, and all 20 nominees in the lead and supporting performer categories were white. Majumdar said this year’s more diverse field showed that “change has come". But the celebration of cinema was subdued, with many attendees reflecting on the war raging on the other side of Europe. Cumberbatch wore a lapel badge in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag. “It’s a very scary and sad time,” he said on the red carpet. “Although this is a gesture, and people can say it’s hollow, it’s just something I can do tonight." He said he could also pressure British politicians to take in more refugees from the war. Jonas Poher Rasmussen, director of animated feature Flee , the story of an Afghan refugee, said it was “surreal” to be at an awards show when “the world is burning.” But he said images of the millions driven from their homes in Ukraine underscored the message that “these stories need to be told.” Winner: The Power of the Dog Belfast Don’t Look Up Dune Licorice Pizza The Power of the Dog Winner: Belfast After Love Ali & Ava Boiling Point Cyrano Everybody’s Talking About Jamie House Of Gucci Last Night In Soho No Time To Die Passing Winner: Joanna Scanlan, After Love Lady Gaga, House Of Gucci Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza Emilia Jones, Coda Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World Tessa Thompson, Passing Winner: Will Smith, King Richard Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava Mahershala Ali, Swan Song Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up Stephen Graham, Boiling Point Winner: Ariana Debose, West Side Story Caitriona Balfe, Belfast Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter Ann Dowd, Mass Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard Ruth Negga, Passing Winner: Troy Kotsur, Coda Mike Faist, West Side Story Ciaran Hinds, Belfast Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog Winner: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog Aleem Khan, After Love Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car Audrey Diwan, Happening Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza Julia Ducournau, Titane Winner: Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall Aleem Khan, After Love James Cummings, Boiling Point Posy Dixon, Liv Proctor Keyboard Fantasies Rebecca Hall, Passing Winner: Drive My Car The Hand Of God Parallel Mothers Petite Maman The Worst Person in the World Winner: Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Becoming Cousteau Cow Flee The Rescue Winner: Encanto Flee Luca The Mitchells Vs The Machines Winner: Licorice Pizza , Paul Thomas Anderson Being The Ricardos , Aaron Sorkin Belfast , Kenneth Branagh Don’t Look Up , Adam Mckay King Richard , Zach Baylin Winner: Coda , Sian Heder Drive My Car , Ryusuke Hamaguchi Dune , Denis Villeneuve The Lost Daughter , Maggie Gyllenhaal The Power of the Dog , Jane Campion Winner: Dune , Hans Zimmer Being The Ricardos , Daniel Pemberton Don’t Look Up , Nicholas Britell The French Dispatch , Alexandre Desplat The Power of the Dog , Jonny Greenwood Winner: West Side Story , Cindy Tolan Boiling Point, Carolyn McLeod Dune, Francine Maisler The Hand Of God, Massimo Appolloni and Annamaria Sambucco King Richard, Rich Delia and Avy Kaufman Winner: Dune, Greig Fraser Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen No Time To Die, Linus Sandgren The Power of the Dog, Ari Wegner The Tragedy Of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel Winner: No Time To Die , Tom Cross and Elliot Graham Belfast , Una Ni Dhonghaile Dune , Joe Walker Licorice Pizza, Andy Jurgensen Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) , Joshua L Pearson Winner: Dune , Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos Cyrano , Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer The French Dispatch , Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo Nightmare Alley , Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau West Side Story , Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo Winner: Cruella, Jenny Beavan Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini Dune, Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West The French Dispatch, Milena Canonero Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira Winner: The Eyes Of Tammy Faye , Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh Cruella , Nadia Stacey and Naomi Donne Cyrano , Alessandro Bertolazzi, Sian Miller Dune , Love Larson and Donald Mowat House Of Gucci , Frederic Aspiras, Jana Carboni, Giuliano Mariano and Sarah Nicole Tanno Winner: Dune, Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini and Mac Ruth Last Night in Soh, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan, Colin Nicolson and Julian Slater No Time to Die, James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney and Mark Taylor A Quiet Place Part II, Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor and Ethan Van der Ryn West Side Story, Brian Chumney, Tod A Maitland, Andy Nelson and Gary Rydstrom Winner: Dune, Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles and Gerd Nefzer Free Guy, – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre and Alessandro Ongaro The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Debenham, Huw J. Evans, Dan Glass and JD Schwalm No Time to Die, Mark Bakowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green and Charlie Noble Winner: Do Not Feed the Pigeons, Vladimir Krasilnikov, Jordi Morera and Antonin Niclass Affairs of the Art, Les Mills and Joanna Quinn Night of the Living Dread, Danielle Goff, Hannah Kelso, Ida Melum and Laura Jayne Tunbridge Winner: The Black Cop, Cherish Oleka Femme, Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg and Hayley Williams The Palace, Jo Prichard Stuffed, Joss Holden-Rea and Theo Rhys Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee, Max Barron, Daniel Wheldon and Michael Woodward

Bafta Awards 2022 winners list: 'The Power of the Dog’ wins Best Picture

'Belfast' wins Best British Film with the lead acting awards going to Will Smith and Joanna Scanlan