Conclave and The Brutalist win big at the BAFTAs

The BAFTAs took place in London’s Royal Festival Hall over the weekend, with celebs from across the world getting glammed up to celebrate movies from a more Brit-led perspective.

Shortlist 2024 favourite Conclave was one of the big winners of the night, picking up both best film and Outstanding British Film awards. Among others. It was also the most-nominated of all this year’s films, earning a slot in 12 categories.

As well as being a bit more grown-up than some, Conclave cost peanuts to make compared to a Marvel movie. It had a reported production budget of $20 million, and made around $95 in cinemas.

Conclave did start popping up in cinemas again after receiving a solid bunch of nominations in the Oscars. And may well do so again in some screens, particularly if this strong BAFTA run is matched in its US counterpart, the Academy Awards, AKA the Oscars, held on March 3rd.

The Brutalist, a 3.5-hour-plus epic, was the other big winner and picked up four of its own awards, including Best Director for Brady Corbet. And both Wicked and Dune: Part Two cleaned up in the more technical awards, with two wins a piece.

The ceremony was hosted by David Tennant, who performed a bold opening number, The Proclaimers' I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), while fully decked out in a kilt. It's quite a thing to behold:

But for now, let’s take a proper look at all those BAFTA award winners.

Best film

Conclave

Outstanding British Film

Conclave

Best Director

The Brutalist (Brady Corbert)

Best Leading Actress

Mikey Madison (Anora)

Best Leading Actor

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Best Supporting Actress

Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Perez)

Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

Best Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Rich Peppiatt (Kneecap)

Best Non English Language Film

Emilia Perez

Best Documentary

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Best Animated Film

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Original Screenplay

A Real Pain

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave

Best Original Score

The Brutalist

Best Casting

Anora

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist

Best Editing

Conclave

Best Production Design

Wicked

Best Costume Design

Wicked

Best Make-up and Hair

The Substance

Best Sound

Dune: Part Two

Best Special Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two

Best Short Animated Film

Wonder to Wonder

British Short Film

Rock, Paper Scissors

British Contribution to Cinema

MediCinema

Children’s & Family Film

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

EE Rising Star Award

David Jonsson