Its five gongs included Best Director for Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Best Film and the Best Actor prize for its star Leonardo DiCaprio.
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After already nabbing the same three awards at last month’s Golden Globes, the film is now seen as a leading contender for Oscar glory in Los Angeles on February 28.
Fassbender, whose mother is from Larne, lost out to Leonardo DiCaprio in the best actor category, while Naji Abu Nowar and Rupert Lloyd took the outstanding debut award.
“I want to thank one particular British actor and that is Mr Tom Hardy”.
When he won the SAG Awards, the actor talked about playing Hugh Glass in “The Revenant”. At Baftas Director Alejandro admired Leo for his talent and commitment and the director himself said that it was a precarious project and Leo did an effortless job.
“We put our heart and soul into this movie…”
Brie Larson won best actress for her role in Canadian-Irish drama Room, directed by Dubliner Lenny Abrahamson. She beat fellow actors Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Alicia Vikander and Maggie Smith.
Leading Actress was presented to Brie Larson for her portrayal of a young mother held captive in Room, while the award for Supporting Actress went to Kate Winslet for her performance in Steve Jobs.
“I am overwhelmed”, said Inarritu as he accepted the award at a star-studded ceremony in London. “Thank God for time and the passing of it, that’s all I can say!”
Rylance, who stars in Bridge Of Spies, was victorious over fellow Britons Idris Elba (Beasts Of No Nation) and Christian Bale (The Big Short) and also Benicio del Toro (Sicario) and Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight).
“Wild Tales” won the Best Film Not in the English Language.
“The Big Short’s” Adam McKay and Charles Randolph won the Best Adapted Screenplay while “Mad Max: Fury Road’s” Lesley Vanderwalt and Damien Martin won the Best Makeup & Hair.
Star Wars actor John Boyega won the Rising Star Award, which was voted for by the public.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens snapped up best special visual effects for Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh and Neal Scanlan.
“I remember watching Tom Courtenay in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner when I was 15 years old with my father, all the way to Gary Oldman and State of Grace, which influenced an entire generation of actors”. The two groups rarely agreed on their winners anyway, perhaps because BAFTA invited all of its members to determine the nominees in every category, but only members of its specific branches to pick the winners from those branches’ corresponding categories (except the four acting categories) – the exact opposite of how the Oscars are determined. Demonstrators rallied under the hashtag #baftablackout, and distributed leaflets declaring the awards “male, pale and stale”.
“Our industry isn’t diverse enough, so the pool of people to draw award winners from isn’t diverse enough”, chief executive Amanda Berry told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
But, in the 21st century, BAFTA implemented changes that have made its ceremony a major stop on the awards circuit and more of an Oscars influencer.
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“It’s a bigger question, it’s a bigger challenge, which is a cultural thing”, he said.
