While Conclave picked up the awards for Best Picture and Outstanding British Film, its star, Ralph Fiennes, lost out on Best Actor to The Brutalist’s star Adrien Brody – with the film (which controversially employed AI to finetune the Hungarian accents of its stars) also winning Best Director and Best Original Score.
Despite glowing reviews, especially for Timothee Chalemet’s portrayal of the folk legend, A Complete Unknown lost out on Best Film (to Conclave) and Best Costume Design (to Wicked), while Adrian Brody took home Best Actor for his leading role in The Brutalist over Chalamet.
With Conclave’s prominent wins, it feels amiss that Fiennes lost out on the Best Actor prize, especially considering that he’s pretty much in every scene of the film.
Another year of the BAFTAs means another evening of internet chaos as viewers put their two cents into the shocks, surprises and snubs that took place during Britain’s biggest night of film.
For Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, the BAFTAs were another evening of losses following an unfortunate pattern of multiple nominations and zero wins at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards (leaving its chances at clinching an Oscar in a few weeks in doubt).
