The Irish Film Board has congratulated Irish co-productions Brookyln and Room on their wins at last night’s BAFTA Awards. The John Crowley directed Brooklyn picked up the award for Outstanding British Film, while Room‘s leading lady Brie Larson won Best Actress for the Lenny Abrahamson film.
[quote title=”James Hickey – Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, Chief Executive”]Congratulations to the entire team behind the Irish films Brooklyn and Room on picking up prestigious BAFTA Awards last night. For Brooklyn, financed as an Irish-UK-Canadian co-production, to win Outstanding British Film is a huge achievement. The film has become a global hit taking over US$34 million and counting worldwide and over €10 million at the Irish/UK Box Office. We’re also delighted to see Brie Larson’s performance in Room pick up the Best Actress Award. Lenny Abrahamson’s deeply moving film is currently on release in Ireland and has taken over €1 million at the Irish box office and over $11 million in the US. I’m very proud of both films and I am delighted to see that audiences all over the world are engaging with these stories told by Irish filmmakers and Irish storytellers.[/quote]Irish Film: IFB Chief James Hickey lauds Irish winners at the 2016 BAFTAs
Elsewhere Kate Winslet won her third BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs. She thanked her Irish co-star Michael Fassbender for his role in the film. “You led us through this. I don’t know how you did this. I could watch you every day and be completely blown away.”
The Revenant lead the pack with five wins including Best Film, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, and Best Director for Alejandro G. Inarritu. Inarritu thanked Irish star Domhnall Gleeson in his speech, saying that he found his name almost impossible to pronounce. Mad Max: Fury Road won four awards, all in the technical categories, for Costume Design, Makeup and Hair, Production Design, and Editor.
Room and Brooklyn will compete for seven Academy Awards between them on February 28th.
Brooklyn is produced by Parallel Films and Wildgaze Films and Room is produced by Element Picture. Both films were funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board and are currently on release in Irish cinemas.
FULL WINNERS LIST:
BEST FILM
The Revenant – Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
DIRECTOR
The Revenant – Alejandro G. Inarritu
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
LEADING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
LEADING ACTRESS
Brie Larson, Room
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ORIGINAL MUSIC
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson
COSTUME DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan
MAKEUP & HAIR
Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin
SOUND
The Revenant – Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montano, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Wild Tales – Damian Szifron
DOCUMENTARY
Amy – Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out – Pete Docter
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Brooklyn – John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) Rupert Lloyd (Producer) Theeb
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Edmond – Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Operator – Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC)
John Boyega