No big deal for “Oppenheimer” – but secured seven Bafta awards – Dagsavisen

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Bafta, or the British Academy Film Awards, is the British answer to the Oscars.

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” reigns supreme among the nominees. The historical drama with Cillian Murphy in the role of the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, was a big favorite ahead of the Bafta awards in London.

With 13 awards, it would break a 54-year-old record. It didn’t go quite so well, but it was still a party night for the Americans.

– I have so many people to thank for this, an incredible ensemble … an incredible crew, Nolan said in his acceptance speech.

Swedish music

The film won a total of seven awards, among them for best film. Norwegian Trond Fausa Aurvåg can treat himself to a small slice of that prize, he has a supporting role in the film.

Best Actor went to the Irishman Cillian Murphy. Robert Downey Jr has been awarded the award for best supporting actor as nuclear energy chief Lewis Strauss, also in the blockbuster film “Oppenheimer”.

Swedish Ludwig Göransson also received an Oppenheimer prize, he is honored for the music for the film. Swedish-Dutch Hoyte van Hoytema is awarded for best photography in the same film.

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Zero to “Barbie”

The award for best female lead went to Emma Stone for her performance in the gothic comedy “Poor Things”. This film received a total of eleven nominations.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph won the best supporting actress category for her interpretation of the grieving chef in the film “The Holdovers”.

“Barbie” was nominated for five awards, but the team actually had to go home empty-handed.

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Mariupol documents

Best documentary went to “20 days in Mariupol”, which is journalist Mstyslav Chernov’s personal account of the siege of the Ukrainian city in 2022.

– This is not about us, it is about Ukraine, about people in Mariupol… the day before yesterday another Ukrainian city fell, and many cities before that, Chernov said in his acceptance speech.

– So the story of Mariupol is a symbol of everything that happened, a symbol of struggle.

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