The 2023 BAFTA Film Awards are finally here and bring with them a whole new wave of winners. The most prominent European-based voting group with 7,000 members across the UK and the world, The British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) is also one of the few major associations to select their awards with the input of a limited jury. The 2023 BAFTA Film Awards honored the best in global cinema while also spotlighting British contenders, bringing them to the forefront of the greater awards season race. Categories like Best British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer set this ceremony apart from any other in the year. Richard E. Grant hosted the 76th edition of the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, February 19 2023, just 3 weeks ahead of the Oscars.
Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front dominated the winners from the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards with a total tally of 7 trophies, including Best Film, Best Director for Edward Berger, and Best Cinematography for James Friend. Aside from these outstanding wins, Netflix’s war epic also won Best Adapted Screenplay, which puts it in possible frontrunner territory for that category in the Oscars race. Overall, it seems like All Quiet on the Western Front is more of an Oscar threat than many were anticipating up until now. The film’s awards momentum is only just heating up.
The Banshees of Inisherin was tied with Elvis in second place with 4 wins at the BAFTA Film Awards. The Irish drama won Best British Film, Best Original Screenplay for Martin McDonagh, Best Supporting Actor for Barry Keoghan, and Best Supporting Actress for Kerry Condon. The latter two wins were seen as an upset as so far in the awards season, Everything Everywhere All at Once‘s Ke Huy Quan and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Angela Bassett have dominated those respective categories. Meanwhile, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis rightfully won Best Casting, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair, and Best Actor for Austin Butler.
With Tár‘s Cate Blanchett also winning the BAFTA Film award for Best Actress, it seems like the Oscar races for the two leading actor categories might not be as solidified as some might think. It’s seemingly come down to Brendan Fraser vs. Austin Butler and Michelle Yeoh vs. Cate Blanchett. Moving on, writer-director Charlotte Wells won Outstanding British debut for Aftersun, which is much deserved. Finally, as voted on by the public in the UK, this year’s EE rising star award went to Emma Mackey of Sex Education fame. Mackey can currently be seen in the British biographical drama Emily and is soon to appear in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.
Check out the full list of winners from the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards below! You can also find the winners for the 2023 Golden Globes, Critics Choice, Gotham Awards, and our very own DiscussingFilm Critic Awards right here on the site.
2023 BAFTA Film Award Winners
Best Film
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tár
Outstanding British Film
Aftersun
The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
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
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Aftersun, Charlotte Wells (writer/director) – WINNER
Blue Jean, Georgia Oakley (writer/director), Hélène Sifre (producer)
Electric Malady, Marie Lidén (director)
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, Katy Brand (writer)
Rebellion, Maia Kenworthy (director)
Best Film Not In The English Language
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Argentina, 1985
Corsage
Decision To Leave
The Quiet Girl
Best Documentary
All That Breathes
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Fire Of Love
Moonage Daydream
Navalny – WINNER
Best Animated Film
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Best Director
Edward Berger, All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Park Chan-Wook, Decision To Leave
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Todd Field, Tár
Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King
Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, Tár
Ruben Östlund, Triangle Of Sadness
Best Adapted Screenplay
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Kazuo Ishiguro, Living
Colm Bairéad, The Quiet Girl
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said
Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Tár – WINNER
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Ana De Armas, Blonde
Emma Thompson, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actor
Austin Butler, Elvis – WINNER
Colin Farrell, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Daryl Mccormack, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
Dolly De Leon, Triangle Of Sadness
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Carey Mulligan, She Said
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse
Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet On The Western Front
Micheal Ward, Empire Of Light
Best Original Score
Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
Carter Burwell, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Casting
Lucy Pardee, Aftersun
Simone Bär, All Quiet On The Western Front
Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian, Elvis – WINNER
Sarah Halley Finn, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Pauline Hansson, Triangle Of Sadness
Best Cinematography
James Friend, All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Greig Fraser, The Batman
Mandy Walker, Elvis
Roger Deakins, Empire Of Light
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Editing
Sven Budelmann, All Quiet On The Western Front
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa, Elvis
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All At Once – WINNER
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Costume Design
Lisy Christl, All Quiet On The Western Front
J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky, Amsterdam
Mary Zophres, Babylon
Catherine Martin, Elvis – WINNER
Jenny Beavan, Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
Best Production Design
All Quiet On The Western Front
Babylon – WINNER
The Batman
Elvis
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Makeup and Hair
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Batman
Elvis – WINNER
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
The Whale
Best Sound
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
All Quiet On The Western Front
Avatar: The Way Of Water – WINNER
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Best British Short Animation
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse – WINNER
Middle Watch
Your Mountain Is Waiting
Best British Short Film
The Ballad Of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
An Irish Goodbye – WINNER
EE Rising Star (Voted for by the public)
Sheila Atim
Naomi Ackie
Emma Mackey – WINNER
Aimee Lou Wood
Darryl McCormack
