The German film All Quiet On The Western Front swept the honours with the most victories at the BAFTA film awards, which were held on Sunday night at the Royal Festival Hall in London. When the BAFTA nominations were revealed last month, the movie made history by receiving 14 nominations, the most ever for a non-English picture. During the BAFTAs, All Quiet on the Western Front won seven honours, including best film and best director. Producer Malte Grunert stated on stage, “We’ve been fortunate with so many nominations and winning this is just fantastic.
The Banshees of Inisherin was another notable winner of the evening, taking home prizes for best original screenplay, supporting actor, and supporting actress. With only one award, for outstanding editing, Everything Everywhere All at Once, a favourite for next month’s Oscars, was completely overlooked at the BAFTAs. Austin Butler earned the Best Actor BAFTA for his work in Elvis, while Cate Blanchett received the Best Actress honour for her role in T.R.
The complete list of 2023 BAFTA Film Awards winners is provided below
- Best film: All Quiet on the Western Front
- Outstanding British film: The Banshees of Inisherin
- Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer: Aftersun Charlotte Wells (writer/director)
- Best film not in the English language: All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best documentary: Navalny
- Best animated film: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Best director: Edward Berger, All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best original screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Best adapted screenplay: Edward Berger, Ian Stokell and Leslie Patterson, All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best lead actress: Cate Blanchett, TÁR
- Best lead actors: Austin Butler, Elvis
- Best supporting actress: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Best supporting actor: Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Best original score: Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best casting: Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian, Elvis
- Best Cinematography: James Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best editing: Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Best production design: Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, Babylon
- Best costume design: Catherine Martin, Elvis
- Best makeup and hair: Shane Thomas, Louise Coulston, Mark Coulier and Barrie Gower, Elvis
- Best sound: Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler, All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best special visual effects: Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon, Avatar: The Way of Water
- Best British short animation: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
- Best British short film: An Irish Goodbye
- EE Rising Star: Emma Mackey
