70th British Academy Film Awards


The 70th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 12 February 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2016. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2016.
The nominees were announced on 10 January 2017 by actor Dominic Cooper and actress Sophie Turner. La La Land received the most nominations in eleven categories; Arrival and Nocturnal Animals followed with nine each.

Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced on 10 January 2017. The winners were announced on 12 February 2017.

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Best FilmBest Director

La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Best Actor in a Leading RoleBest Actress in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler
Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleBest Actress in a Supporting Role
Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley
Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson
Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Luke Davies – Lion
Best CinematographyOutstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Linus Sandgren – La La Land
Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, and Lucan Toh – Under the Shadow
  • Mike Carey and Camille Gatin – The Girl with All the Gifts
  • George Amponsah and Dionne Walker – The Hard Stop
  • Peter Middleton, James Spinney, and Jo-Jo Ellison – Notes on Blindness
  • John Donnelly and Ben A. Williams – The Pass
Outstanding British FilmBest Documentary
I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien, and Paul Laverty
  • American Honey – Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, and Jay Van Hoy
  • Denial – Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, and David Hare
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – David Yates, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, J. K. Rowling, and Lionel Wigram
  • Notes on Blindness – Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, and Steve Jamison
  • Under the Shadow – Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, and Lucan Toh
13th – Ava DuVernay
  • ' – Ron Howard
  • The Eagle Huntress – Otto Bell and Stacey Reiss
  • Notes on Blindness – Peter Middleton and James Spinney
  • Weiner – Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
Best Original MusicBest Sound
La La Land – Justin Hurwitz
Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare, Claude La Haye, and Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Best Production DesignBest Special Visual Effects
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock
The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, and Adam Valdez
Best Costume DesignBest Makeup and Hair
Jackie – Madeline Fontaine
Florence Foster Jenkins – J. Roy Helland and Daniel Phillips
Best EditingBest Film Not in the English Language
Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert
Son of Saul – László Nemes and Gábor Sipos
Best Animated FilmBest Short Animation
Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight
A Love Story – Khaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, and Elena Ruscombe-King
  • The Alan Dimension – Jac Clinch, Jonathan Harbottle, and Millie Marsh
  • Tough – Jennifer Zheng
Best Short FilmEE Rising Star Award
Home – Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, and Scott O'Donnell
  • Consumed – Richard John Seymour
  • Mouth of Hell – Bart Gavigan, Samir Mehanović, Ailie Smith, and Michael Wilson
  • The Party – Farah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming, Andrea Harkin, and Conor MacNeill
  • Standby – Jack Hannon and Charlotte Regan
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Films with multiple nominations and awards

NominationsFilm
11La La Land
9Arrival
9Nocturnal Animals
6Manchester by the Sea
5Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
5Hacksaw Ridge
5I, Daniel Blake
5Lion
4Florence Foster Jenkins
4Moonlight
3Doctor Strange
3Hell or High Water
3Jackie
3Notes on Blindness
2Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2Under the Shadow

NominationsFilm
5La La Land
2Lion
2Manchester by the Sea

Ceremony information

The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One at 9 p.m. UTC, around two hours later than the actual ceremony. For the 12th time, Stephen Fry acted as the host. The ceremony returned to the Royal Albert Hall for the first time since 1997, as the Royal Opera House, which has hosted the awards since 2008, was being refurbished.
Following criticism at the lack of representation of ethnic minorities from the previous ceremony, BAFTA had announced steps to increase diversity across the industry, on both sides of the camera. However, there was again criticism at the lack of representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic actors, directors and films in the nominations. In the leading actor, actress and director fields, there were no BAME nominees, with the omission of director Barry Jenkins for Moonlight and actor/director Denzel Washington for Fences highlighted as particularly noteworthy.
La La Land won the most awards at the event, winning five—Best Film, Best Director for Damien Chazelle, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Emma Stone, Best Cinematography for Linus Sandgren, and Best Original Music for Justin Hurwitz. Casey Affleck won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Manchester by the Sea, Dev Patel won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Lion, and Viola Davis won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Fences.
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performed a solo interpretation of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to accompany the In Memoriam section. Those remembered were Gene Wilder, Garry Marshall, Sue Gibson, Kenny Baker, Tony Dyson, Peter Shaffer, Paul Lewis, Michael White, Ken Adam, Guy Hamilton, Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Abbas Kiarostami, Jim Clark, Simon Relph, Douglas Slocombe, Anton Yelchin, Robin Hardy, David Rose, Curtis Hanson, Clare Wise, Om Puri, Alec McCowen, Emmanuelle Riva, Andrzej Wajda, Michael Cimino, Antony Gibbs, and Sir John Hurt.

In Memoriam