Jane Campion’s Western the power of the dog (The power of the dog) won on Sunday the Bafta awards from the British Film Academy for Best Director and Best Film, at a ceremony held in London.
Will Smith He won the best actor award for his portrayal of the Williams sisters’ father and tennis coach in Williams methodwhile the British Joanna Scanlan won the award for best actress for her role as a widow in the drama After Love.
The president of the BAFTAKrishnendu Majumdar said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine had “shocked the world” and assured that film academies across Europe share “the hope of a return to peace”.
Despite not winning the main awards, the science fiction film dunesby Denis Villeneuve, won awards for best special effects, cinematography, sound, score and production design.
The Japanese Ryūsuke Hamaguchi won the award for best foreign language film for Drive My Cara category in which the Spanish “Parallel Mothers” by Pedro Almodóvar also competed.
Kenneth Brangh For his part, he won the award for best British film for his semi-autobiographical Belfast.
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