{"id":13125,"date":"2026-02-23T06:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13125"},"modified":"2026-02-23T06:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:07:49","slug":"one-battle-after-another-triumphs-at-uks-bafta-film-awards-arts-and-culture-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13125","title":{"rendered":"One Battle After Another triumphs at UK\u2019s BAFTA film awards | Arts and Culture News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The offbeat thriller has won six BAFTAs, including best film and best director for Paul Thomas Anderson.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The dark comedy One Battle After Another has swept the United Kingdom\u2019s top film honours, picking up six BAFTA awards, including best film and best director for Paul Thomas Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>The film beat the Shakespearean family tragedy Hamnet, and the vampire thriller Sinners, to take the top prizes at Sunday evening\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The UK prizes, officially called the EE BAFTA Film Awards, often provide hints about who will win at Hollywood\u2019s Academy Awards, held this year on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>One Battle After Another, an explosive film about a group of revolutionaries in chaotic conflict with the state, won awards for directing, adapted screenplay, cinematography, and editing, as well as for Sean Penn\u2019s supporting performance as an obsessed military officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very overwhelming and wonderful,\u201d Anderson said as he accepted the directing prize. \u201cWe have a line from Nina Simone that we used in our film: \u2018I know what freedom is: It\u2019s no fear\u2019,\u201d the director said. \u201cLet\u2019s keep making things without fear. It\u2019s a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinners, which has a record 16 Oscar nods, won best original screenplay for writer and director Ryan Coogler, best supporting actress for Wunmi Mosaku, and best original score.<\/p>\n<p>The gothic horror story Frankenstein won three awards each, while Hamnet won two, including best British film.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary about Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza, The Voice of Hind Rajab, was among the top contenders for BAFTA\u2019s best director and non-English language film categories. But the film Sentimental Value won in the non-English language category.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest surprise of the night was Robert Aramayo winning the best actor category for his performance in I Swear, a fact-based British indie drama about a campaigner for people with Tourette syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old British actor beat Timothee Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B Jordan, Ethan Hawke and Jesse Plemons for the honour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI absolutely can\u2019t believe this,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone in this category blows me away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessie Buckley won best actress for playing Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare, in Hamnet, based on the novel by Maggie O\u2019Farrell and directed by previous Oscar winner Chloe Zhao.<\/p>\n<p>The best documentary prize went to Mr Nobody Against Putin, about a Russian teacher who documented the propaganda imposed on Russian schools after Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s American director, David Borenstein, said that teacher Pavel Talankin had shown that \u201cwhether it\u2019s in Russia or the streets of Minneapolis, we always face a moral choice\u201d, referring to the protests against US immigration enforcement in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need more Mr Nobodies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It beat documentaries including Mstyslav Chernov\u2019s harrowing Ukraine war portrait, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-war-andriivka-sundance-mstyslav-chernov-e0468c1cfc3a57feadf5b6cccd416b55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2000 Meters to Andriivka<\/a>,\u00a0co-produced by The Associated Press and Frontline PBS.<\/p>\n<p>The guests of honour at the awards were Prince William and Princess Kate. The event, hosted by Alan Cumming, was the first joint engagement for the pair since William\u2019s uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>William, the president of the film academy, presented the BAFTA Fellowship to Donna Langley, studio head at NBC Universal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The offbeat thriller has won six BAFTAs, including best film and best director for Paul Thomas Anderson. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info The dark comedy One Battle After Another has swept the United Kingdom\u2019s top film honours, picking up six BAFTA awards, including best film and best director for Paul Thomas Anderson. 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