LOADING ERROR LOADINGGothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” won three. Christopher Nolan won his first best director BAFTA for “Oppenheimer,” and Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. There also was disappointment for Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro,” which had seven nominations but won no awards. Advertisement“ Barbie,” one half of 2023’s “Barbenheimer” box office juggernaut and the year’s top-grossing film, also went home empty-handed from five nominations. Guest of honor was Prince William, in his role as president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Source: Huffington Post February 18, 2024 22:23 UTC