Cillian Murphy, Christopher Nolan & Emma Stone
London: Christopher Nolan's biopic on the father of the atom bomb, J.Robert Oppenheimer, "Oppenheimer" wins big at the 77th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) on Sunday. The Cillian Murphy starrer, which features the birth of the atomic bomb itself, won seven prizes, including Best Picture, Director and Actor, at the prestigious awards while Oscars are due next month, the Associated Press reported.
Further, the Gothic fantasia "Poor Things", starring Emma Stone, won five prizes and "The Zone of Interest" three.
It was Nolan's first Best Director BAFTA, while Cillian Murphy won Best Actor for his portrayal of physicist J Robert Oppenheimer. Emma Stone won Best Actress for playing Bella Baxter in "Poor Things", the film which also won prizes for visual effects, production design, costume design, makeup and hair.
"Oppenheimer", which had 13 nominations, won Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr, along with Best Editing, Cinematography and Musical Score. It won the Best Film running against "Poor Things," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Anatomy of a Fall" and "The Holdovers."
Da'Vine Joy Randolph was named best supporting actress for playing a boarding school cook in "The Holdovers".
"Anatomy of a Fall" won Original Screenplay, while "American Fiction" won Best Adapted Screenplay.
However, Martin Scorcese's directorial "Killers of the Flower Moon" had nine nominations but was left empty-handed. Leonard Bernstein's biopic "Maestro" also won nothing after seven nominations. "Barbie", with five nominations, didn't win any.
Ukraine war documentary "20 Days in Mariupol," produced by The Associated Press and PBS "Frontline," won the prize for best documentary. The maker of the film, Mstyslav Chernov, said, "This is about Ukraine, about the people of Mariupol."
Chernov said the story of the city and its fall into Russian occupation "is a symbol of struggle and a symbol of faith. Thank you for empowering our voice, and let's just keep fighting."