BAFTA is the largest film award in the UK awarded by the British Academy of Motion Picture and Television Arts. The Academy was founded in 1947 by a group of British film producers. Its goal is the development and popularization of cinema and television. It has about 7, 500 members.
The winners of the 2019 annual BAFTA Award were announced on February 10th. The event took place in Albert Hall and, as always, traditionally, before the final Oscars-2019.
The evening was not without surprises and intrigues. The black-and-white Mexican drama about middle-class representatives of Roma and the comedy about life at the court of the little-known English monarch Favorite dominated many nominations of the 91st Academy Prize. Black Panther, the blockbuster comic book movie, Star is Born, a rock and roll remake about the love story, and Power, a look at the life of former Vice President Dick Cheney, also received top honors.
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The most exciting part, of course, was the arrival of star guests on the red carpet. This year the ceremony was honored by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The royal couple looked very elegant. When they entered Albert Hall, the conversation and laughter subsided at once, and an awkward silence hung in the hall. It seems that everyone froze from the look of a chic Kate in a snow-white dress with a lowered shoulder. Most likely, this is a masterpiece of Alexander McQueen, one of her favorite designers.
Train Wreck: Joanna Lumley
Conducting a BAFTA ceremony is not an easy task. The presenter should be cute, interesting and cheerful, constantly being under the gaze of the brightest movie stars. In 2018, Joanna Lumley became the first woman to host the BAFTA since Marella Frostrup (2001). Lumley's return to this role did not re-impress everyone.
Even the best shot she took at the 2019 film award did not help. “I love Joanna Lumley, but who on earth is responsible for her terrible script?” Asked Denise Welch, while Pierce Morgan generally described her performance as “a train wreck.”
Viewers were shocked, especially after Joanna Lumley joked about the Ku Klux Klan during her first monologue on the movie BlacKkKlansman. Welcoming the director of the film Spike Lee and the star Adam Driver, Lumley said: “This is an incredible film, he has already received many awards. I am surprised that it turned out so well at the Klansky Film Festival. ” The people watching the broadcast were simply stunned by the blunder of a star.
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Rising Star Award: Letizia Wright
For the second year in a row, an actor from Black Panther receives an award in the Rising Star nomination. Daniel Kaluya was a winner last year. In 2019 - the crown of Letizia Wright. This year's contenders were also Jesse Buckley, Cynthia Erivo, Barry Kogan and Lakit Stanfield, but the audience actively voted for Laetitia Wright at night.
She is known as the highest-performing actress at the box office in 2018. Twenty-five-year-old Wright, who was born in Guyana, grew up in Tottenham, in the north of London, impressing viewers in popular British television dramas: Top Boy, Humans, Doctor Who and Black Mirror. After them, she was nominated for an Emmy Award, but Shuri’s role in Black Panther and her participation in the film Avengers: Endless War made her a superstar.
After receiving the fourth prize, Wright said: “It means a lot that my work has received recognition, especially in the country where I grew up, and I can share this recognition with many talented actors.”
Undesired candidate
Another scandal - before the BAFTA 2019 film award was presented, Brian Singer (Bohemian Rhapsody, director) was excluded from the nominations. An official document on the website says that this was done because of serious allegations of sexual harassment. The academy added that it considers the candidate’s alleged behavior to be unacceptable and not consistent with the organization’s values. It was emphasized that Singer did not recognize the charges.
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BAFTA also confirmed that all other Bohemian Rhapsody nominations remain valid: there are seven of them, including the title of best actor (Rami Malek). Although the nominee himself in a recent interview said that working with Singer on the film was “not very pleasant” for him.
In January, Atlantic magazine published an article containing a number of allegations against Singer, including statements from minors. This happened despite the fact that in October last year, the director published a message on social networks, accusing journalists of "reckless neglect of the truth, making assumptions that are fictitious and irresponsible."
Basketball Jerk Mahershaly Ali
There is an amazing connection between the best supporting actor (Mahershala Ali) and the beloved director Yorgos Lantimos - both played basketball before starting a movie career. Speaking after the victory, Mahershala said that the team character of the sport, in fact, is an ideal training for working on a large project. The 44-year-old actor won the Best Supporting Actor nomination for the film Green Book. The event was attended by his colleagues - Viggo Mortensen, Linda Cardellini and producer Octavia Spencer.
Ali received an award for Best Actor in the Green Book, in which he played a dark-skinned jazz musician Don Shirley, traveling with a white driver in the south. A lot of surprising things happened in this category, considering that the status of the film as a leader was not guaranteed. However, Mahershala Ali received all the key awards: Golden Globe, Baft and the Screen Actors Guild Award, thereby beating Richard Grant, the expected winner in this nomination.
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Director Peter Farrelli defended the film as an “encouraging message” amid criticism of his participation in the nomination. Some argue that his study of racism falls under the influence of the Hollywood "white savior." Hollywood is literally obsessed with stories about them, which actually pushes people away from their own stories.
The film begins with a description of the character of Viggo Mortensen as a racist, but ends with the fact that he becomes a close friend of a black jazz musician. The film was criticized by the family of Don Shirley, the musician played by Ali, because they were not consulted while working on the film.
Grant Success
48-year-old actress Melissa McCarthy won the nomination for Best Actress (Lee Yisrael in the film “Can You Forgive Me?”). A mother of two children, she admitted that she could hardly believe that she was nominated for a BAFTA nomination. In the film, McCarthy played the most tragicomic role. The literary falsifier Lee Israel is such a special type of antiheroine that, in fact, only Melissa McCarthy could play, with the rare gift of finding something attractive in negative characters. Throughout the award process, she was supported by her husband, actor Ben Falcone. Nevertheless, an incident happened to the actress.
Fortunately, it turned out later that the actress was just joking when she said that they “strangely did a good job, ” referring to the film's partner, actor Richard E. Grant. To top it off, she clarified that she was used to carrying the “Grant fragrance” with her in order to remember him. It is known that a few years ago, Grant began to produce perfumes and, it seems, Melissa just chose something for herself.
