The BAFTAs are Britain’s starriest and most prestigious awards ceremony and often a bellwether for the Oscars. This year, Netflix took home 4 awards over the course of the evening. The innovative musical crime drama Emilia Pérez went into the event with a bevy of nominations and ended the night with two wins, for Film Not in the English Language and Actress in a Supporting Role for Zoe Saldaña. In the Jacques Audiard–directed movie, Saldaña plays Rita, a tireless lawyer tasked with helping the titular character along a journey of self-discovery. “I kept feeling for the past couple of years like ‘something is missing.’ I was just missing incorporating all these mediums of art that make me feel whole,” Saldaña told Tudum recently. “I really needed Emilia Pérez. I had no idea how much I needed it.”
Meanwhile, in the world of animation, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl walked away with awards for Animated Film and Best Children’s and Family Film. The caper — which revisits the world of two of stop motion’s most beloved characters — was directed by the Academy Award winner Nick Park and the Emmy Award nominee Merlin Crossingham. “Returning to Wallace and Gromit is like meeting up with family friends,” Park told Netflix. “People respond to them because they feel so familiar. They’re like an old married couple in some ways, who know each other so well –– it’s a sort of love-hate relationship, but when the chips are down, they are always there for each other …It’s something everyone can relate to.”
After the ceremony, guests headed to the Netflix after-party to toast to the nominees, the winners, and the year of exceptional filmmaking. Attendees included Zoe Saldaña, Leonardo DiCaprio, Demi Moore, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Anna Kendrick, Hugh Grant, Colman Domingo, Vanessa Kirby, Riz Ahmed, Jessica Gunning, and Joe Locke, among many others.
Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek
Jacques Audiard
Ncuti Gatwa and Colman Domingo
Zoe Saldaña, Demi Moore, and Anna Kendrick
Joe Locke and Tobie Donovan
Merlin Crossingham and Charithra Chandran
