‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ wins Seven BAFTA Trophies in Surprise Sweep

Awards season got on a plane and headed to London on Sunday for the 2023 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, which recognised achievement in film during 2022.

And given how competitive the awards race has been this year, it was another surprising night, as war drama ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ –– already a favorite with 14 nominations –– went home with seven trophies.

What did ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ win at the BAFTAs?

The movie, adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel by director Edward Berger and writers Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson was the big winner on the night, taking home Best Film, Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Not In The English Language, cinematography, score, sound.

It was all the more impressive, since ‘Western Front’ split its wins between technical trophies and some of the bigger categories, while most of its competition won either acting or technical awards. “For a German-language film, we’ve been blessed with so many nominations, and winning this is just incredible,” said producer Malte Grunert on stage while picking up Best Film.

What other movies won trophies at the BAFTAs?

The runner up in sheer awards haul was Kerry Condon, a Best Screenplay award for McDonagh and Outstanding British Film, which led its director to crack, “I know that every Irish person in the cast and crew is saying, ‘Best what award?’” (the film was partly financed by the UK’s Film4).

‘Brendan Fraser for Best Actor, while some of its crew won in categories such as Costume Design and Make-Up And Hair.

Of the more expected winners, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ added another animation award to its crammed trophy case.

Who lost out at the BAFTAs this year?

Despite becoming something of an awards juggernaut, ‘Living’ also went home without anything to show for the evening.

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Here is your full list of the winners…

BEST FILM

'All Quiet on the Western Front’ – Winner
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Elvis’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘TÁR’

DIRECTOR

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Edward Berger – Winner
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, Martin McDonagh
‘Decision to Leave’, Park Chan-wook
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, Daniel Scheinert
‘TÁR’, Todd Field
‘Gina Prince-Bythewood

LEADING ACTOR

Austin Butler, 'Elvis' – Winner
Colin Farrell, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Brendan Fraser, ‘Billy Nighy, ‘Living’

LEADING ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, ‘TÁR’ – Winner
Michelle Yeoh, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

ING ACTOR

Barry Keoghan, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ – Winner
Empire of Light’

ING ACTRESS

Kerry Condon, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ - Winner
Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, Martin McDonagh - Winner
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
‘Steven Spielberg
‘TÁR’, Todd Field
‘Triangle of Sadness’, Ruben Östlund

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell –Winner
‘Living’, Kazuo Ishiguro
‘Colm Bairéad
‘She Said’ – Rebecca Lenkiewicz
‘The Whale’ – Samuel D. Hunter

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ – Winner
‘Aftersun’
‘Brian and Charles’
Empire of Light’
‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
‘Living’
‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’
‘See How They Run’
‘The Swimmers’
‘The Wonder’

DOCUMENTARY

‘Navalny’ – Winner
‘All That Breathes’
‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’
‘Fire of Love’
‘Moonage Daydream’

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ – Winner
‘Argentina, 1985’
‘Corsage’
‘Decision to Leave’
‘The Quiet Girl’

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

‘Aftersun’, Charlotte Wells – Winner
‘Blue Jean’, Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre
‘Electric Malady’, Marie Lidén
‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’, Katy Brand
‘Rebellion’, Maia Kenworthy

ANIMATED FILM

‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ – Winner
‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’
‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’
‘Turning Red’

CINEMATOGRAPHY

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, James Friend – Winner
‘Greig Fraser
‘Elvis’, Mandy Walker
‘Empire of Light’, Roger Deakins
‘Top Gun: Maverick’, Claudio Miranda

EDITING

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, Paul Rogers - Winner
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Sven Budelmann
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
'Elvis', Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
'Top Gun: Maverick', Eddie Hamilton

ORIGINAL SCORE

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Volker Bertelsmann - Winner
‘Justin Hurwitz
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, Carter Burwell
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, Son Lux
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’, Alexandre Desplat

PRODUCTION DESIGN

‘Babylon’, Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino - Winner
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Christian M. Goldbrick, Ernestine Hipper
‘The Batman’, Lee Sandales
‘Elvis’, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’, Curt Enderle, Guy Davis

COSTUME DESIGN

‘Elvis’, Catherine Martin – Winner
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Lisy Christl
‘Amsterdam’, JR Hawbaker, Albert Wolsey
‘Babylon’, Mary Zophres
‘Jenny Beavan

MAKE UP & HAIR

‘Elvis’, Shane Thomas – Winner
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Heike Marker
‘The Batman’, Naomie Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir
‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’, Naomie Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin
‘The Whale’, Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot

SOUND

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ – Winner
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
‘Elvis’
‘TÁR’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ – Winner
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘The Batman’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’

CASTING

‘Elvis’, Nikki Barrett, Denise Chadian – Winner
‘Aftersun’, Lucy Pardee
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, Simone Bär
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, Sarah Halley Finn
‘Triangle of Sadness’, Pauline Hansson

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ – Winner
‘Middle Watch’
‘Your Mountain is Waiting’

BRITISH SHORT FILM

‘An Irish Goodbye’ – Winner
‘The Ballad of Olive Morris’
‘Bazigaga’
‘Bus Girl’
‘A Drifting Up’

EE RISING STAR

Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl McCormack
Sheila Atim

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