2021 BAFTA Awards: “Nomadland” Crowned as the Biggest Winner

Frances McDormand in “Nomadland”
Frances McDormand in “Nomadland”

The award season is slowly nearing its end, and each new ceremony makes it clearer who the winners will be come Oscar night. BAFTAs crowned their winners this weekend, and Nomadland ended up picking four awards, including best film.

In addition to being awarded the most important trophy of the night, Nomadland picked up the awards for the best leading actress (Frances McDormand), best director (Chloé Zhao), and best cinematography (Joshua James Richards).

Zhao became the first woman of color to win the directing award at the BAFTAs, but that wasn’t the only record set at the ceremony. Anthony Hopkins managed to beat the expected winner Chadwick Boseman in the best actor category and became the oldest person to pick up this award.

Promising Young Woman was also one of the major winners of the night, with two awards for the outstanding British film and best original screenplay. The Father, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Soul, and Sound of Metal also picked up two awards each.

The BAFTA Awards took place on April 10th and 11th at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with Clara Amfo, Edith Bowman, and Dermot O’Leary serving as hosts.

FULL LIST OF 2021 BAFTA AWARDS WINNERS:

BEST FILM
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao

LEADING ACTRESS
Frances McDormand – Nomadland

LEADING ACTOR
Anthony Hopkins – The Father

DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

EE RISING STAR AWARD
Bukky Bakray

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara

ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

DOCUMENTARY
My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
His House – Remi Weekes

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas And The Black Messiah

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen

EDITING
Sound Of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Father – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller

ANIMATED FILM
Soul – Pete Docter, Dana Murray