Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Big at the BAFTAs

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During the 77th British Academy Film Awards that occurred on the 18th of February, 2024, “Oppenheimer” made waves by winning seven of its thirteen nominations, including Best Film.

“Thank you for letting us all take on something quite dark and seeing the potential in that,” says Christopher Nolan, during his speech for winning Best Director. “Our film ends on what I think is a dramatically necessary note of despair. But in the real world, there are all kinds of individuals and organisations who have fought long and hard to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world and since its peak in 1967, they’ve done it by almost 90%.” He then goes on to commend their efforts and states that they show the necessity and potential for world peace.

Christopher Nolan is honoured to collect the Director BAFTA ❤️ #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/DWNxzSGK4B

— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 18, 2024

As well as taking home awards for Best Film and Best Director, “Oppenheimer” also received awards for its cast, namely Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actor in a Supporting Role respectively. Other awards include Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Original Score.

“Oppenheimer” was not the only film to receive multiple awards at the event. Emma Stone won Best Actress in a Leading Role for playing Bella Baxter in “Poor Things”, which also received awards for Best Costume Design, Best Make Up & Hair, Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects. Outstanding British Film was awarded to “The Zone of Interest” as well as Best Sound and Best Film Not in the English Language. Finally, “The Holdovers” won two of its seven nominations: Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Casting.

Your Leading Actress winner is Emma Stone! #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/Gyk48SQXrZ

— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 18, 2024

All award winners and nominations are listed below:

Best Film:

• Oppenheimer
• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Poor Things

Best Director:

• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
• Bradley Cooper,  Maestro
• Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
• Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
• Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
• Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

• Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
• Bradley Cooper, Maestro
• Colman Domingo, Rustin
• Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
• Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
• Teo Yoo, Past Lives

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

• Emma Stone, Poor Things
• Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
• Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
• Carey Mulligan, Maestro
• Vivian Oprah, Rye Lane
• Margot Robbie, Barbie

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

• Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
• Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Jacob Elordi, Saltburn
• Ryan Gosling, Barbie
• Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers
• Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
• Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
• Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
• Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers
• Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest
• Rosamund Pike, Saltburn

Best Original Screenplay:

• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Maestro
• Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• American Fiction
• All of Us Strangers
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best Animated Film:

• The Boy and the Heron
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
• Elemental
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary:

• 20 Days in Mariupol
• American Symphony
• Beyond Utopia
• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
• Wham!

Best Film Not in the English Language

• The Zone of Interest
• 20 Days in Mariupol
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Past Lives
• Society of the Snow

Best Casting

• The Holdovers
• All of Us Strangers
• Anatomy of a Fall
• How to Have Sex
• Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Cinematography

• Oppenheimer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best Costume Design

• Poor Things
• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer

Best Editing

• Oppenheimer
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best Make Up & Hair

• Poor Things
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer

Best Original Score

• Oppenheimer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Poor Things
• Saltburn
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Production Design

• Poor Things
• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest

Best Sound

• The Zone of Interest
• Ferrari
• Maestro
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer

Best Special Visual Effects

• Poor Things
• The Creator
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Napoleon

Outstanding British Film

• The Zone of Interest
• All of Us Strangers
• How to Have Sex
• Napoleon
• The Old Oak
• Poor Things
• Rye Lane
• Saltburn
• Scrapper
• Wonka

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

• Earth Mama
• Blue Bag Life
• Bobi Wine: The People’s President
• How to Have Sex
• Is There Anybody Out There?

Best British Short Animation

• Crab Day
• Visible Mending
• Wild Summon

Best British Short Film

• Jellyfish and Lobster
• Festival of Slaps
• Gorka
• Such a Lovely Day
• Yellow

EE Rising Star Award

• Mia McKenna-Bruce
• Phoebe Dynevor
• Ayo Edebiri
• Jacob Elordi
• Sophie Wilde