It seemed like Gravity was getting ready to sweep in a style evident of past winner "The King's Speech" when it won the first 2 big awards it was up for. Then, American Hustle came back swinging hard with wins for actress Jennifer Lawrence and the film's screenplay.
12 Years A Slave, however, seemed like it was going home empty handed. Had that tie with Gravity at the PGA simply been a coincidence?
No. In another comeback story, almost exactly like the one at this year's Golden Globes, 12 Years A Slave nabbed the BAFTA's top honor, in addition to an award for leading man Chiwetel Ejiofor. With only a few weeks left till the Oscars, things are looking really good for the film that's momentarily on top in a very competitive race.
It can't be ignored, however, that there was obvious love for Gravity, which won 6 awards. American Hustle won 3 (1 of which, I feel was goodwill for actress Jennifer Lawrence losing to Emmanuelle Riva last year. The win, however, shouldn't be ignored, though the Oscar is still Lupita's to lose); Hustle is still a threat to 12 Years A Slave, but considerably less of a threat than Gravity is... though it now seems that with the PGA and BAFTA behind it, 12 Years A Slave is looking like our Academy Award Winner for Best Picture.
In the acting races, Cate Blanchett continued her overwhelming (but deserving) dominance by winning Best Actress. That last minute surge for Amy Adams seems to have been just an internet trend; she will most certainly be the bridesmaid (yet again).
Speaking of a last minute surge, it certainly seemed that Leonardo DiCaprio was on his way to picking up his first BAFTA and challenging the frontrunner Matthew McConaughey (who was not nominated here) for the Oscar. But the BAFTA's choice to go with Ejifor tells me that this is McConaughey's time to win.
In Supporting Actor, Barkhad Abdi from Captain Phillips won with frontrunner Jared Leto being absent (the BAFTA's clearly did not like Dallas Buyers Club). While I certainly believe Leto has this all sewn up, if this season has taught me anything, it's that no one is safe. Abdi might swoop in Tilda Swinton style with some last minute support and win... but it's more than likely Leto will waltz his way to his first Oscar.
See the complete list of winners below. You can see the updated awards tally for the entire season here.
- Best British Film: Gravity
- Best British Short: Room 8
- Best Animated Short: Sleeping With the Fishes
- Best Production Design: Catherine Martin & Beverly Dunn, The Great Gatsby
- Best Sound: Glenn Greemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri & Chris Munro, Gravity
- Best Editing: Dan Hanley, Rush
- Best Documentary: The Act of Killing
- Best Makeup and Hair: Evelyn Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell & Katherine Gordon, American Hustle
- Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
- Best Original Music: Steven Price, Gravity
- Best Animated Film: Frozen
- Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
- Outstanding Debut for a British Writer, Director or Producer: Keiren Evans, Kelly + Victor
- Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
- Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
- Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema: Peter Greenway
- Best Original Screenplay: Eric Warren Singer & David O Russell, American Hustle
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope, Philomena
- Rising Star Award: Will Poulter
- Best Visual Effects: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould & Nikki Penny, Gravity
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty
- Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
- Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
- Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
- Best Film: 12 Years A Slave
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