The head of the British film academy said she supported Sunday’s protesters. In the documentary category, home-grown British film Amy won out over global competition for its in-depth portrayal of singer Amy Winehouse before she was famous and began to struggle with addiction.
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Two leading Oscar contenders also won awards: “Spotlight”, the drama about newspaper reporters investigating sex abuses in the Catholic Church, for original screenplay, nd “The Big Short”, the financial crisis dramedy, for adapted screenplay.
Brooklyn star Saoirse lost out to rival Brie Larson, who won the award for Best Actress for her appearance in Room.
DiCaprio is up for best actor against Matt Damon for “The Martian”, Bryan Cranston for “Trumbo”, Fassbender for “Steve Jobs” and last year’s victor Eddie Redmayne, nominated for playing a transgender artist in “The Danish Girl”.
Picking up the award for best film, The Revenant’s director Inarritu said: “This is overwhelming”.
DiCaprio, who is the front-runner to win the best actor trophy at Oscars this year for his physically-gruelling performance in the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s film, was previously nominated for The Aviator, The Departed and most recently The Wolf of Wall Street.
Collecting her third Bafta, Winslet, 40, hailed director Danny Boyle as “amazing” to work with and called the film’s lead star Fassbender “an extraordinary actor”.
George Miller’s dystopian thrill ride “Mad Max: Fury Road” took four prizes: editing, production design, costume design, and hair and makeup.
“White actress are.” Baron Cohen said, before host Stephen Fry interrupted him.
Mark Rylance won best supporting actor for the Steven Spielberg directed Cold War film Bridge of Spies.
Operator took the prize for British short film while Edmond was named as best British short animation. “And our aim and mission was really to try and tell the truth about her”. “We were going to be submerged in the wilderness”.
Stars expected on the red carpet at London’s Royal Opera House include Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Mark Ruffalo and Kate Winslet.
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American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and The Revenant were the big winners with five total trophies at London’s 69th BAFTA Awards on Sunday.
