One Battle After Another wins 6 prizes including best picture at UK Baftas

Robert Aramayo won best actor for the British indie film I Swear, beating stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet.

Politically charged thrillerOne Battle After Anothertook six prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards (Baftas) on Sunday, building momentum ahead of the Oscars next month.

Blues-steeped vampire epicSinnersand gothic horror storyFrankensteinwon three awards each, while Shakespearean family tragedyHamnetwas named best British film.

Jessie Buckley, as widely predicted, won the best actress prize for playing a grieving mother and wife of William Shakespeare, Agnes Hathaway, inHamnet.

In a major upset, Robert Aramayo took the best actor prize for the British indie filmI Swear, beating stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet.

One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s explosive film about a group of revolutionaries in conflict with the state, won the awards for directing, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing and Sean Penn’s supporting performance.

“This is very overwhelming and wonderful,” Anderson said as he accepted the directing prize.

Source: News - South China Morning Post