The weekend of April 10 and April 11 included a number of industry awards that could be major indicators for the Oscars on April 25, especially the Directors Guild Awards and the BAFTA Awards. So who’s up and down in the Best Picture contest? Here’s how I think the momentum has shifted thanks to the BAFTAs’ impact:
SEE2021 BAFTA winners list: British Academy Film Awards in all 25 categories Up
“The Father” — Not only did it win Best Adapted Screenplay at the BAFTAs over Oscar front-runner “Nomadland,” Anthony Hopkins also won Best Actor over Oscar favorite Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”). Those results could partly be chalked up to “The Father” being a British film competing against American rivals (that never hurts at the BAFTAs), but they’re still an important indication of industry admiration for the film as a whole.
“Nomadland” — Chloe Zhao won Best Director at the DGA Awards,...
SEE2021 BAFTA winners list: British Academy Film Awards in all 25 categories Up
“The Father” — Not only did it win Best Adapted Screenplay at the BAFTAs over Oscar front-runner “Nomadland,” Anthony Hopkins also won Best Actor over Oscar favorite Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”). Those results could partly be chalked up to “The Father” being a British film competing against American rivals (that never hurts at the BAFTAs), but they’re still an important indication of industry admiration for the film as a whole.
“Nomadland” — Chloe Zhao won Best Director at the DGA Awards,...
- 4/11/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
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