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BAFTA Speeches: Brad Pitt's Brexit Joke, Rebel Wilson's Royal Family Comments & More

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11:14 3 Feb 2020


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BAFTA 2020

The 73rd BAFTA Awards took place in the Royal Albert Hall, London last night.

1917 was the big winner of the night taking home seven prizes.

While the main acting awards went to Renee Zellweger for Judy and Joaquin Phoenix for Joker.

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Speeches

The winning speeches were a big talking point this morning.

With lots of stars touching on topical subjects such as Brexit, Megxit and sustainability.

Bafta Film Awards 2020 GIF by BAFTA

Graham Norton

Graham Norton opened the ceremony with a joke-filled four minutes.

He slagged of the Irishman and Cats and touched on the issues of sustainability and white male privilege.

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson delivered a hilarious speech before announcing the winner for Best Director.

She shocked some of the guests (including Prince William and Kate) when she joked about recent issues surrounding the Royal Family.

She also made a number comments on the lack of gender diversity displayed in the Best Director category.

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie accepted the Supporting Actor award on behalf of Brad Pitt.

He won for his role alongside Robbie in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. 

Reading a speech written by Pitt Robbie joked that he would call his trophy Harry because, "he's really excited about bringing it back to the States with him."

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix went down a more serious route when he accepted the award for Leading Actor.

He spoke about people of colour being made to feel unwelcome in the BAFTA categories.

"That's the message that we're sending to people who have contributed so much to our medium..."

Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi won the Adapted Screenplay away for his movie Jojo Rabbit. 

Being from New Zealand he joked, "coming from the colonies, we know it's been a hard week for you guys and it's been very nice to take a little bit of your gold."

Winners

Here's the full list of winners:

Best Film - 1917

Leading Actress - Renee Zellweger

Leading Actor - Joaquin Phoenix

Supporting Actress - Laura Dern

Supporting Actor  - Brad Pitt

Outstanding British Film - 1917 & Bait

Film Not In The English Language - Parasite

Documentary - For Sama

Animated Film - Klaus

Original Screenplay - Parasite

Adapted Screenplay - Jojo Rabbit

Original Score - Joker

Casting - Joker

Cinematography - 1917

Editing - Le Mans '66

Production Design - 1917

Costume Design - Little Women

Makeup & Hair - Bombshell

Sound - 1917

Special Visual Effects - 1917

Best Director - Sam Mendes (1917)

British Short Animation - Grandad Was A Romantic

British Short Film - Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone (If You're A Girl)

EE Rishing Star Award - Micheal Ward

The next big awards ceremony is the Oscars.

The 92nd Academy Awards are happening next Sunday, 9th February.


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