BAFTA Awards 2023: The full winners list

Austin Butler was awarded Best Actor at the 2023 EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, beating out favourite Colin Farrell in a shock upset.

The actor fought back tears as he paid tribute to the Presley family while accepting the honour, after portraying the late King Of Rock in the Baz Lurhmann biopic.

Netflix’s German war epic All Quiet On The Western Front was the big winner of the night with a total of seven gongs, including Best Film, while The Banshees of Inisherin was close behind with five, including Best British Film and Best Supporting Actor and Actress respectively.

Cate Blanchett was also awarded Best Leading Actress for her performance in the biopic Tar, the film’s only big win of the night. 

Thanking all of the crew and team he worked with on the film, Austin admitted he was ‘just trying to take it all in,’ as he fought back tears while accepting the honour.

‘This means the world to me,’ Butler told the ceremony, still using the Elvis drawl that he learned for Baz Luhrmann’s movie. 

He also paid tribute to the Presley family who offered insight into Elvis’ life for the biopic, adding he ‘hopes he made them proud.’

Cate Blanchett was awarded Best Leading Actress for the fourth time for her performance as a conductor in the psychological film Tar.

Tearfully, she accepted the gong as she thanked her mother and director Todd Field, adding that Blanchett also said that 2022 had been an ‘extraordinary year for women’.

She added that it had broken down that women’s experience is not ‘monolithic’, and that her role as Lydia Tar ‘was a dangerous and career-ending potential undertaking’.

The final award of the night, Best Film, went to All Quiet On The Western Front, taking its final total for the night to seven awards.

Cinematographer James Friend said the message that young people can be ‘poisoned by right-wing nationalistic propaganda’ and ‘war is more than an adventure’ was as relevant now as more than 100 years ago when the book of the same name was published.

He thanked Felix Kammerer, an Austrian actor who made his film debut in the war film, Netflix for making it possible and Bafta for honouring them with this prize.

The ceremony was hosted by actor Richard E Grant and presenter Alison Hammond, following a star-studded red carpet featuring guests Florence Pugh, Lily James and Jodie Turner-Smith.

As the ceremony got underway, Carey Mulligan was incorrectly announced as the winner of the Supporting Actress award after a translation gaffe while deaf actor Troy Kotsur was presenting.

Oscar-winner Kotsur was delivering the announcement by sign language before a miscommunication resulted in Mulligan’s name being called for her performance in She Said.

The announcer quickly corrected the call and announced The Banshees Of Inisherin star Kerry Condon as the winner.

Taking to the stage, Condon paid tribute to director Martin McDonagh, adding: ‘Thank you for all the parts you gave me throughout my career. You make me so proud to be an Irish woman,’ before thanking the ‘amazing cast’ and her family as well as her horses and dogs.

Even host Richard E Grant joked later that he had a defibrillator for Mulligan.

The mistake did feature in the final broadcast on BBC One, which aired slightly behind the ceremony.

Helen Mirren also remembered the Queen as the ‘nation’s leading star’ as she lead a special tribute to the late monarch.

The veteran actress has portrayed the monarch on stage and screen, winning an Oscar and Bafta for her depiction in 2006’s biographical drama The Queen.

The late Queen had a close association with the Academy spanning 50 years which saw her donate to and support initiatives, as well as attend many events. 

Taking to the stage, Dame Helen said: ‘BAFTA’s relationship with Her Majesty was longstanding and Bafta would not be what it is today without her loyal support.

‘In 1953, her coronation broadcast had the world watching. From that time, she was unquestionably the nation’s leading lady but as mysterious as a silent film star.

‘Who else could meet the world’s most famous singers, actors and performers and turn them into her supporting cast.

‘Throughout her 70-year reign, she met cinema’s greatest icons and witnessed the evolution of Hollywood’s golden age to the birth of the blockbuster. Her Majesty was front row for it all.’

The actress also referenced the more than 50 cultural organisations the late monarch supported during her lifetime and the honorary BAFTA award she received in 2013 in recognition for her ‘outstanding patronage of the film and television industries’.

Helen continued: ‘Cinema at its best, does what Her Majesty did effortlessly – bring us together and unite us in a story. Your Majesty, you are our nation’s leading star. On behalf of Bafta, thank you for all that you have done for our film and television industry.’

Speaking to Alison after the tribute, Helen said: ‘It was tough, I didn’t want to cry. I cried a bit when I rehearsed it and I thought, ‘Good, I got that over and done with’, because I wouldn’t want to. But I did feel very strongly about the Queen, I’m Elizabethan. She was there for my whole life so her passing was massive.’ 

Barry Keoghan won Supporting Actor for The Banshees Of Inisherin, and the 30-year-old Irish actor said he ‘should have planned this, really’ before thanking his co-stars and Ireland.

Reflecting on what it means to receive the award for a film which is so close to home, Keoghan said in the winner’s room: ‘It encourages the arts at home and we are an island of storytelling and great actors and poets and writers. 

The coveted BAFTA Rising Star award, the only prize voted for by the public, was won by Emma Mackey.

The actress – who got her breakthrough role as Maeve Wiley in Netflix hit Sex Education but has since starred as late writer Emily Bronte in Emily – was nominated alongside ‘Naomi Ackie, Sheila Atim, Daryl McCormack and Sex Education co-star Aimee Lou Wood.

Emma appeared to be nervous when her name was called out as the winner as she kissed her boyfriend Dan Whitlam and rushed up to the stage to accept the honour.

She said: ‘Hi! I didn’t prepare anything! Thank you BAFTA, thank you to EE, thank you to everyone who voted. Sheila, Naomi, and Daryl.’

The Death on the Nile actress went on to add that it was ‘such an honour’ to have been nominated alongside the likes of the ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ actor and joked that she would ‘do all the classics’ as she thanked her parents, friends and agents for all of their support throughout her career.

She added: ‘I’m so proud to have been nominated alongside you, this is such an honour. Thank you to my agents, thank you to my family, thank you to all of my friends my mum, and dad. I’ll do the classics but you know, that’s how it is!’

Patrick Stewart presented Outstanding British Film to The Banshees Of Inisherin, and Director and writer Martin said: ‘I know every Irish person in the cast and crew are going ‘best what?”

He also thanked the stand-in donkey, who he said is British and never made it on screen because she was ‘too tubby’, as well as thanking the cast and crew.

Angela Bassett and Rami Malek presented Director to All Quiet On The Western Front’s Edward Berger, giving the Netflix war film its sixth win of the night.

Making another joke about Emma Thompson, Berger said: ‘Thank you, you humble us. The movie was Sense And Sensibility.’

He added that his fellow nominees ‘inspire’ him and he was able to get over his ‘doubt’ thanks to his daughter Matilda.

Berger said she turned his ‘doubts into trust’ after telling him he had to make the movie of the novel she was reading in school.

Sandy Powell made history as the first costume designer ever to receive the BAFTA Fellowship.

The 62-year-old designer has had a decades-long career in film and collected the lifetime achievement award and despite having a fear of speaking in public, noted that she was so ‘honoured’ to have been given the prestigious accolade.

Speaking live on stage at the Royal Festival Hall after being presented with the award by actress Cate Blanchett, she said: ‘Oh, this is overwhelming! A few weeks ago, I bumped into [actor] Bill Nighy on Bond Street and we discussed awards ceremonies and I expressed my fear of speeches. 

‘He said ”The best ones have a joke at the beginning, something meaningful at the end, and a brief in the middle.” So, thanks Bill! Here goes. That was the amusing bit. 

‘It really is a huge honour to be invited to join such an incredible group of filmmakers who have received this fellowship and an even greater one to be the first costume designer. 

‘I am most grateful for the generosity and guidance I have received throughout my life. From the primary school teacher who first encouraged me to paint, the mentorship and trust that I received from Derek Jarman in my early years, and the many brilliant collaborators I’ve had the great fortune to work with since.’

Sandy – who has frequently worked with directors Martin Scorsese and Todd Haynes and won Oscars for her designs on Shakespeare in Love, The Aviator and The Young Victoria – closed out her speech by dedicating the award to those who work in the fashion industry as she rhymed off a poetic list.

She added: ‘So thank you, BAFTA, I accept this fellowship on behalf of my community. The supervisors, assistants, coordinators, and PAs. The tailors, and cutters, the stitchers and buyers, the weavers, the knitters, the printers and dyers. The leather workers, the shoemakers, milliners, jewellers, the standbys, dressers, fitters and crew. In fact, everyone who makes this work possible.’

The first award of the night, Best Adapted Screenplay, was presented by Viola Davis and went to All Quiet On The Western Front, with director and screenwriter Edward Berger paying tribute to those fighting in Ukraine. 

Screenwriter Ian Stokell said the project had been ‘worth the wait’ because the film is anti-war.

‘And this helps the industry massively at home and encourages people to send the scripts in and go for what they want to do.’

He added that he plans to celebrate his win with his son by ordering room service after the ceremony and that he was going to keep the award under a picture of his mother.

The award for Best Cinematography went to All Quiet On The Western Front, with lead cinematographer James Friend thanking his wife, daughter and fellow nominees.

He added: ‘I wasn’t expecting that and I haven’t written a speech. This is one of the greatest honours, I’m a bit speechless.’

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse by Charlie Mackesy won the Bafta for best British short animation.

Mackesy praised those involved in the adaptation of his illustrated book and hailed those who strive to be ‘kind’ and ‘brave’ in life.

He also singled out Tom Hollander and Idris Elba who voiced characters in the Apple TV+ and BBC film.

Best costume design went to Catherine Martin for the biopic Elvis, with her husband, the film’s director Baz Luhrmann, accepting in her place.

The Bafta for Documentary went to Navalny, while Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won the Bafta for animated film.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Anya Taylor-Joy presented the outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer to Charlotte Wells for Aftersun.

Tearfully, she thanked the producers, cast and crew and mentioned the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, where the movie was filmed.

Wells also said her film was a ‘eulogy’ to her father and added ‘he’s not here, but my mum is’.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Anya Taylor-Joy presented the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer to Charlotte Wells for Aftersun.

Tearfully, she thanked the producers, cast and crew and mentioned the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, where the movie was filmed.

Wells also said her film was a ‘eulogy’ to her father and added ‘he’s not here, but my mum is’.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won the BAFTA for Animated Film, and he thanked Netflix, the stars and the people who believed in a musical version of the classic children’s tale.

Del Toro added: ‘I think animation is not a genre for kids, It’s a medium for art; it’s a medium for film.’

Martin McDonagh won Original Screenplay for The Banshees Of Inisherin, giving the dark comedy film its third win, and he thanked BAFTA, his fellow nominees, production company and the stars.

McDonagh also said: ‘Making a sad film, shouldn’t be so much fun.’

As the awards opened, Richard arrived clad in a matching white cape, a cheeky nod to his arrival at the venue in the Batmobile, and was greeted with a huge cheer from the guests.

During his opening monologue, Richard referenced Will Smith’s infamous slap at last year’s Oscars, telling audiences that ‘on my watch no one gets slapped tonight’.

Smith stormed onto the stage during the 94th annual Academy Awards in March and slapped presenter Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

The actor, who went on to win the coveted best actor Oscar moments later, was later banned from all Academy events for the next 10 years and resigned from the organisation.

Speaking at the Baftas, Grant said that the only slaps being received on Sunday would be ‘on the back’.

‘What a great year to be hosting the Baftas,’ he said.

‘In 2022, movie audiences were well and truly back and there has never been a better time to go to the cinema until right now.’

He added: ‘Well, not right now, I’m trying my best and nobody on my watch gets slapped tonight… except on the back.’

Grant also used the speech to seek work from the industry, reading out a comical resume and adding that his availability was ‘free from one minute past nine this evening’.

‘To each and everyone here tonight, I want you to know that my favourite film of the year is whichever one you made – it really touched me in a way that none of the others did,’ he joked.

Following her triumphant Best Support Actress win last year, Ariana Debose took to the stage with a stellar performance paying homage to the year in film.

The very best of national and international talent converged on London for the 76th annual British Academy Film Awards, which took place on Sunday evening. 

But there has been a subtle geographical shift, with the event – a celebration of the very best national and foreign films of 2022 – moving from the Royal Albert Hall for the first time in its storied history. 

Instead, the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall is playing host to the prestigious ceremony as part of a new partnership between BAFTA and the Westminster venue. 

The move also aligns BAFTA film with its sister ceremonies, the British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Game Awards, of which both are currently held at the same central London address.

Also, for the first time, the last 30 minutes of the show were broadcast live on BBC One, as BAFTA moves toward the idea of a fully live ceremony.