Dune was able to win most of the awards, but The Power of the Dog proved too strong when it came to the top category of the night at Sunday's Bafta Film Awards. Western actor Benedict Cumberbatch won Best Picture and Best Director for Jane Campion, giving it a comfortable lead over the Oscars later that month.
Elsewhere, Rebel Wilson made an assured debut as hosts while Will Smith, Troy Kotsur, and Ariana DeBoz cemented their status as Oscar leaders. Here are seven highlights from this year's ceremony, which marked a return to total capacity face-to-face events at the Royal Albert Hall.
Rebel Wilson makes an impressive debut
Fans are a more severe and official affair than many other award-winning shows, and it can be tough to keep the audience laughing. As a result, some of the jokes from presenter Rebel Wilson fall short, but overall we feel the Australian comics actress does a great job, putting in some solid one-line bits in her opening monologue.
You might say, "Why is Rebel Wilson hosting Baftas? Isn't he Australian?" Yes, I don't know anything, but come to think of it, not everyone?
- "Everyone asked me why I was losing weight obviously; this should have caught the attention of Robert Pattinson. But, just kidding, I didn't lose weight for a guy; I did it to get more acting roles.
- "Lady Gaga has been nominated for the House of Gucci. They all have Italian accents in this film; I didn't notice."
- "Tom Hiddleston is here, but he's not nominated tonight; he's just here, Loki.
- "We wanted to open the show with Bond numbers because Bond is 60 and his girlfriend is 25.
- "The next prize is for the best original score. Mine was the last time I was here at Baftas when I got Idris Elba's number."
