BAFTAs 2021: The winners and where to watch them online
David Farnor | On 12, Apr 2021
The 2021 BAFTA Awards winners have been announced, and Nomadland led the pack, with four prizes under its belt – including Best Director for Chloé Zhao, Leading Actress for Frances McDormand, and Cinematography for Joshua James Richards.
Promising Young Woman was close behind with two awards, including Outstanding British Film and Original Screenplay for Emerald Fennell. Also taking home two awards were The Father – Leading Actor for Anthony Hopkins, and Adapted Screenplay for Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – Soul, Sound of Metal and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Supporting Actor was won by Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black Messiah, while Supporting Actress was awarded to Yuh-Jung Youn for Minari. Another Round won Film Not in the English Language, while writer/director Remi Weekes received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for His House.
My Octopus Teacher won Documentary, capping off a many-tentacled win for Netflix, which is also the home of Mank (winner for Production Design), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rocks (Casting and the Rising Star Award for Bukky Bakray) and Short Film winner The Present.
The winners were announced the night before Amazon Prime Video released Sound of Metal online, and just days before Sky Cinema will release Promising Young Woman in the UK.
Sunday’s ceremony, hosted by Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary, was held at London’s Royal Albert Hall with nominees attending virtually. The show included three featured musical performances: by Liam Payne, Celeste, and Leslie Odom Jr (from Los Angeles) and Corinne Bailey Rae. It followed a Saturday “Opening Night”, hosted by Clara Amfo, who was joined by guests Rhianna Dhillon and Joanna Scanlan at the Royal Albert Hall, which announced eight winners in craft categories.
Read on for the full list of winners, plus where you can stream them online – or when they will be released in the UK.
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BEST FILM
NOMADLAND Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara
Available on Sky Cinema / NOW from 16th April
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
HIS HOUSE Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
Watch on Netflix UK
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ANOTHER ROUND Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Release in UK cinemas on 25th June
DOCUMENTARY
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster
Watch on Netflix UK
ANIMATED FILM
SOUL Pete Docter, Dana Murray
Watch on Disney+
DIRECTOR
NOMADLAND Chloé Zhao
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Emerald Fennell
Available on Sky Cinema / NOW from 16th April
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE FATHER Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
Released in UK cinemas on 11th June
LEADING ACTRESS
FRANCES McDORMAND Nomadland
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April
LEADING ACTOR
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Father
Released in UK cinemas on 11th June
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
YUH-JUNG YOUN Minari
Buy or rent online
SUPPORTING ACTOR
DANIEL KALUUYA Judas and the Black Messiah
Rent on Premium VOD
ORIGINAL SCORE
SOUL Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Watch on Disney+
CASTING
ROCKS Lucy Pardee
Watch on Netflix UK
CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMADLAND Joshua James Richards
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April
EDITING
SOUND OF METAL Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Released in UK on 12th April (Amazon Prime Video)
PRODUCTION DESIGN
MANK Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
Watch on Netflix UK
COSTUME DESIGN
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Ann Roth
Watch on Netflix UK
MAKE UP & HAIR
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
Watch on Netflix UK
SOUND
SOUND OF METAL Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc
Released in UK on 12th April (Amazon Prime Video)
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
TENET Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
Buy or rent online
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
Watch on YouTube
BRITISH SHORT FILM
THE PRESENT Farah Nabulsi
Watch on Netflix UK
EE RISING STAR AWARD
BUKKY BAKRAY Rocks
Watch on Netflix UK