73rd British Academy Film Awards
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Short description|2020 film award ceremony}}
{{Infobox film awards
| award = British Academy Film Awards
| number = 73
| date = 2 February 2020
| image =
| site = Royal Albert Hall, London
| host = Graham Norton
| best_film = 1917
| best_british = 1917
| best_actor = Joaquin Phoenix
| best_actor_film = Joker
| best_actress = Renée Zellweger
| best_actress_film = Judy
| most_wins = 1917 (7)
| most_nominations = Joker (11)
| last = 72nd
| next = 74th
}}
The 73rd British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 2 February 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2019. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2019.
The nominees were announced on 7 January 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/07/the-full-list-of-nominations-for-the-baftas-2020 |title=The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2020 |date=7 January 2020 |work=The Guardian |access-date=7 January 2020}} The psychological thriller Joker received the most nominations in eleven categories; The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood followed with ten apiece.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51009468 |title=Bafta film awards 2020: Joker leads nominations amid diversity row |date=8 January 2020 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 January 2020}} The ceremony also marked the introduction of the BAFTA Award for Best Casting;{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/bafta-adding-casting-category-2020-film-tv-awards-1229913/ |title=BAFTA Adding Casting Category to 2020 Film, TV Awards |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=7 August 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=7 August 2019}} Shayna Markowitz won for Joker. The ceremony also marked the tenth time an actor received dual nominations in the same category, with Margot Robbie's Best Supporting Actress nominations for both Bombshell and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.{{citeweb|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2020/margot-robbie-bafta-nominations-double-supporting-actress-bombshell-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/|title=My own worst enemy: Margot Robbie is the latest actor to score 2 BAFTA nominations in a single category|author=Eng, Joyce|date=7 January 2020|access-date=24 February 2024}}
The ceremony was hosted by Graham Norton (who also hosts the BAFTA TV Awards), replacing Joanna Lumley following her two years of service as host.{{cite press release |url=https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/graham-norton-announced-as-host-for-ee-british-academy-film-awards-in |title=Graham Norton announced as host for EE British Academy Film Awards in 2020 |date=22 November 2019 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |access-date=22 November 2019}}
Winners and nominees
File:Sam Mendes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2013 (cropped).jpg, Best Film co-winner, Best Director winner and Outstanding British Film co-winner]]
File:Joaquin Phoenix at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival.jpg, Best Actor winner]]
File:Renée Zellweger Berlinale 2010 (cropped).jpg, Best Actress winner]]
File:Brad Pitt 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]
File:Laura Dern Deauville 2017.jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner]]
File:Bong Joon-ho 2017.jpg, Best Original Screenplay co-winner and Best Film Not in the English Language winner]]
File:Taika Waititi by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg, Best Adapted Screenplay winner]]
File:Roger Deakins Feb-2011 02 (cropped).jpg, Best Cinematography winner]]
File:Waad Al-Kateab - 2020.jpg, Best Documentary co-winner]]
File:Hildur Guðnadóttir (cropped).jpg, Best Original Music winner]]
File:Backstage at the BAFTA Film Awards, 02 Feb 2020.jpg, Best Sound co-winner]]
File:Micheal Ward on W!ZARD Radio Media.jpg, EE Rising Star Award winner]]
The nominees were announced on 7 January 2020. The winners were announced on 2 February 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/film/awards/ee-british-academy-film-awards-nominees-winners-2020 |title=2020 EE British Academy Film Awards: The Winners |date=2 February 2020 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |access-date=2 February 2020}}
=BAFTA Fellowship=
{{Main|BAFTA Fellowship}}
=Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema=
{{Main|BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award}}
- Andy Serkis{{cite press release |url=https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/andy-serkis-outstanding-british-contribution-2020 |title=Andy Serkis to be honoured at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema |date=23 January 2020 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |access-date=23 January 2020}}
=Awards=
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Ceremony information
The ceremony took place in the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Irish television comedian Graham Norton, who had previously hosted the 2019 British Academy Television Awards. Viewing ratings for the ceremony fell to a twelve-year low, peaking at 3.5 million, though being the most-viewed show in the UK after 22:00.{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/baftas-2020-the-key-talking-points/5146821.article |title=Baftas 2020: the key talking points |last3=Rosser |last2=Parfitt |last1=Tutt |first3=Michael |first2=Orlando |first1=Louise |date=3 February 2020 |work=Screen Daily |access-date=3 February 2020}} The ratings drop may be a result of the broadcast delay, with many live news outlets publishing the results before they were televised and revealed on television.
Discussions about the lack of diversity within the award nominations surrounded the ceremony, with the host referring to it as "the year when white men finally broke through". He also described eleven-time nominee Joker as "essentially the story of a white man who makes himself even whiter".{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/baftas-2020-graham-norton-laurence-fox-so-white-joker-1917-cats-a9313896.html |title=Baftas 2020: Graham Norton jokes about diversity controversy in opening monologue |last=Loughrey |first=Clarisse |date=2 February 2020 |work=The Independent |access-date=2 February 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a30742972/graham-norton-mocks-joker-the-irishman-cats-himself-baftas/ |title=Graham Norton mocks Joker, The Irishman, Cats and himself in opening BAFTA monologue |last=Edwards |first=Chris |date=2 February 2020 |publisher=Digital Spy |access-date=2 February 2020}} Best Director presenter (a category of all-male nominees) Rebel Wilson joked about the absence of females in the category, quipping: "Honestly, I just don't have the balls."{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/03/rebel-wilsons-baftas-speech-praised-for-single-handedly-breathing-life-into-awards |title=Rebel Wilson's Baftas speech praised for 'single-handedly breathing life' into awards |date=2 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 February 2020}} Best Actor in a Leading Role winner Joaquin Phoenix used his speech to comment on the "systemic racism" of the BAFTAs and acting industry in general.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/02/joaquin-phoenixs-attack-on-baftas-for-systemic-racism-meets-industry-wide-praise |title=Joaquin Phoenix's attack on Baftas for 'systemic racism' hailed by film industry |last=Shoard |first=Catherine |date=2 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 February 2020}} Speaking ahead of the ceremony, BAFTA chairwoman Pippa Harris addressed her frustration in the lack of recognition for female directors, as well as the issues around diversity as a whole. In his closing speech to the ceremony, BAFTA president Prince William had prepared a speech discussing the issue, saying that "a wide-ranging review of the whole awards process" was underway and that lack of diversity "simply cannot be right in this day and age".{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/03/baftas-2020-prince-william-diversity |title=Prince William's ticking off means Bafta must get serious about diversity |last=Rose |first=Steve |date=3 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |access-date=3 February 2020}}
1917 was the night's biggest winner, winning seven prizes in total of its nine nominations, including Best Film and Best Director (Sam Mendes), despite not having any acting nominees and thus becoming a favourite for the then upcoming 92nd Academy Awards; it lost to Parasite. Mendes became the first British winner to win Best Director in eleven years. Since votes for the Academy Awards must be registered two days after the BAFTA Awards, Screen Daily noted that 1917 would be a safe choice for Academy members, who are averse to streaming films based on 1917{{'}}s marketing as a "must-see on the big screen". This compares to the Netflix film The Irishman being the night's biggest loser, taking no awards despite ten nominations; Netflix productions in total received twenty-three nominations, winning only two: Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Laura Dern (Marriage Story) and Best Animated Film (Klaus). Screen Daily also suggested that there is anecdotal evidence of Netflix not supporting its nominees as much as it did last year for Roma (2018). The writers of Screen Daily additionally suggested that there was some controversy surrounding the British identity of some films nominated for Outstanding British Film; 1917 is financed by the US, and Retablo is a Peruvian film co-produced with Norway and Germany, whose Peruvian director—Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio—only lives in London. The ceremony also marked the first year since the 30th British Academy Film Awards (1977) in which there were no British acting winners.
Wins marking diversity were Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Bait, a film described by its writer-director as "a black and white, 16-millimetre, hand-processed, post-synced film in Academy ratio about Cornish fishing people"; Best Documentary for For Sama, a personal story of bombings at a Syrian hospital made by the family involved, with them using their speech to "implore the UK not to ignore the ongoing plight of the people of the Syrian city of Idlib"; and the Rising Star Award for Micheal Ward, star of Rapman's Blue Story (which received no nominations), who used his speech to say that he "feels like we're going in the right direction" in terms of diversity.
Best Actress in a Leading Role winner Renée Zellweger noted in the press room that she felt like part of "the British gang";{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51351472 |title=Bafta Film Awards 2020: 10 things we learned at the ceremony |last=Bushby |first=Helen |date=3 February 2020 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=3 February 2020}} after accepting her award, Hugh Grant had taken to the stage to present, quipping "well done Jones" as Zellweger left, a reference to their roles in the British film Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).{{cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a30748753/renee-zellweger-hugh-grant-baftas/ |title=Renée Zellweger And Hugh Grant Had The Most Adorable 'Bridget Jones' Reunion At The BAFTAs |last=de Casparis |first=Lena |date=3 February 2020 |work=Elle |access-date=3 February 2020}} Later in the press room, the young Sama Al-Kateab, who had been held by her parents on stage while accepting Best Documentary, was allowed to roam and took to running the length of the stage and playing with microphones. With his fifth win for Best Cinematography for 1917, Roger Deakins becomes the most-decorated BAFTA winner in the category. Collecting his BAFTA, he said: "I think it was George Orwell that said all films are special but some films are more special than others, and for me this was a really special film." The recent Brexit was also mentioned, appearing in Brad Pitt's acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Supporting Role delivered by co-star Margot Robbie; Pitt's speech also noted that he would name his award "Harry" because he's going to take it to the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/02/brad-pitt-baftas-prince-william-meghan-markle-joke |title=Brad Pitt's "Megxit" Joke Got an Awkward Laugh From Prince William at the BAFTAs |last=Arsenault |first=Bridget |date=3 February 2020 |work=Vanity Fair |access-date=3 February 2020}}
Statistics
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Films that received multiple nominations ! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Nominations ! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Film |
| 11
| Joker |
| rowspan="2" | 10 |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| 9
| 1917 |
| 6 |
| rowspan="3" | 5 |
| Marriage Story |
| The Two Popes |
| rowspan="3" | 4
| For Sama |
| Parasite |
| Rocketman |
| rowspan="4" | 3 |
| Ford v Ferrari |
| Judy |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker |
| 2
| Bait |
{{col-float-break}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Films that received multiple awards ! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Awards ! style="background:{{BAFTA Film Awards/colour}};| Film |
| 7
| 1917 |
| 3
| Joker |
| 2
| Parasite |
{{col-float-end}}
In Memoriam
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- Rutger Hauer
- Terry Rawlings
- Lawrence G. Paull
- Bibi Andersson
- John Sargent
- Terry Jones
- Richard Williams
- John Singleton
- Peter Fonda
- Robert Evans
- Stanley Donen
- Robert Forster
- Nigel Goldsack
- Agnès Varda
- Michelle Guish
- Nik Powell
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Valentina Cortese
- Buck Henry
- Danny Aiello
- Anna Karina
- Gerry Lewis
- Peter Mayhew
- Norman Garwood
- Sue Lyon
- Freddie Jones
- Doris Day
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See also
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- 9th AACTA International Awards
- 92nd Academy Awards
- 45th César Awards
- 25th Critics' Choice Awards
- 72nd Directors Guild of America Awards
- 33rd European Film Awards
- 77th Golden Globe Awards
- 40th Golden Raspberry Awards
- 34th Goya Awards
- 35th Independent Spirit Awards
- 25th Lumières Awards
- 10th Magritte Awards
- 7th Platino Awards
- 31st Producers Guild of America Awards
- 24th Satellite Awards
- 46th Saturn Awards
- 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.bafta.org}}
{{BAFTA Film Awards Chron}}
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Category:2020 in British cinema
Category:Events at the Royal Albert Hall