Rami Malek solidifies his coming Oscar win
Well, there you have it. The British Academy has spoken and Roma has taken its first Best Picture prize from an industry group. Of course, BAFTA does not use the preferential ballot that the Academy does for its top award, which means there’s still a race at the Oscars. In fact, BAFTA hasn’t matched Oscar Best Picture for the last five years, because of that. But BAFTA can provide a lot of clues in other areas and often portends the winners in many technical categories. For example, I would now predict Vice for editing, Bohemian Rhapsody for sound, and watch out for this Best Supporting Actress race, because Rachel Weisz could now sneak in and pull off her second Oscar. The Favourite was well loved by the Brits, walking away with seven trophies including Best British Film- they will vote for that movie somewhere at the Oscars too, and Weisz could be its big award (plus she really is the lead of that movie). It also looks like Rami Malek is indeed locked for Best Actor now, and same with Cuaron for Director. And Spike Lee wins for Screenplay, which looks set to repeat at the Oscars too. I’ll be using this winners list as well as the guild ones to make my final predictions, which will be coming in about a week.
2019 BAFTA WINNERS
Best British Film: The Favourite
Best Production Design: The Favourite
Rising Star: Letitia Wright
Best Hair & Makeup: The Favourite
Best Editing: Vice
Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Sound: Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Documentary: Free Solo
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay: BlacKkKlansman
Best Original Music: A Star is Born
Best Original Screenplay: The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Best Cinematography: Roma
Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Michael Pearce and Lauren Dark, Beast
Best Special Visual Effects: Black Panther
Best Film Not in the English Language: Roma
Best Costume Design: The Favourite
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Best Actor: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Best Film: Roma
Olivia Colman wins Best Actress for The Favourite- can she beat Glenn Close at the Oscars?
