BAFTA Film Awards 2016 – Winners and Highlights

Another British Academy Film Awards ceremony is in the books. From frigid conditions on the Red Carpet to the able and familiar hosting skills of Stephen Fry, by all accounts the star-studded presentation of golden masks went off pretty much as usual.

Right now is the time I should probably admit that I did not, in fact, watch the actual broadcast. (One of the few reasons I regret giving up my BBC America subscription.) However, I feel confident that my scanning of social media and YouTube has given me enough to go on to write this recap of Sunday night’s  events at London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

First off let me share some of the major winners of the night. In the Supporting categories, the Brits reigned supreme with Kate Winslet winning for Steve Jobs and Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies. Brie Larson continued to bring home the hardware for Best Actress in her role as an abducted mother in Room. But it was The Revenant that came out on top with five statues including Best Film, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and Best Director for Alejandro Inarritu.

Probably my favorite win of the evening was when the beautiful, joyous and simultaneously heartbreaking Brooklyn was named Best British film.