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“Conclave” won the best movie title at the EE British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday — adding the latest twist to a chaotic awards season in which no one movie has dominated the major ceremonies. The film, which stars Ralph Fiennes and was directed by Edward Berger, is a thriller about the selection of a new pope. It took home four awards on Sunday at Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars, commonly known as the BAFTAs.
The film beat Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a dramedy in which an exotic dancer marries the son of a Russian oligarch, and Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” about a Jewish architect (Adrien Brody) rebuilding his life in the United States after the Holocaust. It also triumphed over the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” and “Emilia Pérez.”
Conclave hadn’t previously featured among the major winners this awards season. It only secured one Golden Globe, for best screenplay, at a ceremony in which “Emilia Pérez” and “The Brutalist” were the big winners.
The BAFTAs and Oscars regularly have the same winners, and the prominence of “Conclave” at the BAFTAs will give the movie momentum going into this year’s Academy Awards, scheduled for March 2. The cast and crew of “Conclave” looked stunned when the best film prize was announced.
In the best director category, Corbet was the victor for “The Brutalist,” winning out over Berger, Baker, Jacques Audiard, Denis Villeneuve, and Coralie Fargeat.
“The Brutalist” had a strong night, taking home four awards — the same as “Conclave” — with Brody winning the prize for best leading actor.
In the leading actress category, Mikey Madison won for her role in “Anora,” besting Moore, as well as Cynthia Erivo, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Saoirse Ronan.
In her acceptance speech, Madison asked for a moment “to recognize the sex worker community,” adding: “I see you. You deserve respect and human decency.”
Karla Sofía Gascón was also a nominee for best actress for “Emilia Pérez,” although she did not attend the ceremony, held just weeks after a journalist resurfaced some old social media posts in which Gascón made derogatory comments about Muslims and George Floyd, among others.
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