
2023 BAFTA Awards – The Winners
by Abb Jones
The Reelness
The first-ever German adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s iconic, 1928 WWI story All Quiet on the Western Front was the big winner at Sunday evening’s BAFTA Awards in London, winning Best Film and Best Director among its total of seven awards in the annual celebration of the best in British and international film.
The Banshees of Inishirin won four BAFTAs, including Outstanding British Film, while also sweeping the Supporting Acting categories. Also picking up four BAFTAs was Elvis, which saw Austin Butler win the Best Actor prize.
Below is the complete list of nominations with the winners denoted by a ⭐️. Click on the films highlighted in gold for our reviews.

Best Film
⭐️ All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
TÁR
Outstanding British Film
Aftersun
⭐️ The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian And Charles
Empire of Light
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder

Lead Actress
Ana de Armas, Blonde
⭐️ Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Lead Actor
⭐️ Austin Butler, Elvis
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Daryl McCormack, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
⭐️ Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Carey Mulligan, She Said
Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
⭐️ Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse
Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet on the Western Front
Michael Ward, Empire of Light

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
⭐️ Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Georgia Oakley and Hélène Sifre, Blue Jean
Marie Lidén, Electric Malady
Katy Brand, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Maia Kenworthy, Rebellion

Film Not in the English Language
⭐️ All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Corsage
Decision To Leave
The Quiet Girl

Documentary
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream
⭐️ Navalny

Animated Film
⭐️ Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Director
⭐️ Edward Berger, All Quiet on the Western Front
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Todd Field, TÁR
Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King
Original Screenplay
⭐️ Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, TÁR
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Adapted Screenplay
⭐️ Edward Berger, Ian Stokell and Leslie Patterson, All Quiet on the Western Front
Kazuo Ishiguro, Living
Colm Bairéad, The Quiet Girl
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said
Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale
Original Score
⭐️ Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nathan Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Casting
Lucy Pardee, Aftersun
Simon Bär, All Quiet on the Western Front
⭐️ Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian, Elvis
Sarah Halley Finn, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Pauline Hansson, Triangle of Sadness
Cinematography
⭐️ James Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front
Greig Fraser, The Batman
Mandy Walker, Elvis
Roger Deakins, Empire of Light
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Editing
Sven Budelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, The Banshees of Inisherin
Matt Villa, Elvis
⭐️ Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
Production Design
Christian M. Goldbreck, Ernestine Hipper, All Quiet on the Western Front
⭐️ Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, Babylon
James Chinlund, Lee Sandales, The Batman
Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn, Elvis
Curt Enderle, Guy Davis, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Costume Design
Lisy Christl, All Quiet on the Western Front
J.R. Hawbaker and Albert Wolsky, Amsterdam
Mary Zophres, Babylon
⭐️ Catherine Martin, Elvis
Jenny Beavan, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Makeup and Hair
Heike Merker, All Quiet on the Western Front
Michael Marino and Zoe Tahir, The Batman
⭐️ Shane Thomas, Louise Coulston, Mark Coulier and Barrie Gower, Elvis
Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot, The Whale
Sound
⭐️ Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler, All Quiet on the Western Front
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers and Gwendoyln Yates Whittle, Avatar: The Way of Water
Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson and Wayne Pashley, Elvis
Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single and Roland Winke, TÁR
Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor and Mark Weingarten, Top Gun: Maverick
Special Visual Effects
Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller and Frank Petzoid, All Quiet on the Western Front
⭐️ Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon, Avatar: The Way of Water
Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy, The Batman
Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck and Zak Stoltz, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson and Ryan Tudhope, Top Gun: Maverick
British Short Animation
⭐️ The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Middle Watch
Your Mountain is Waiting
British Short Film
The Ballad of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
⭐️ An Irish Goodbye
EE Rising Star
Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl McCormack
⭐️ Emma Mackey
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim