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Nomadland took four top awards in the 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Actress for Frances McDormand.
A handful of films won two awards each, including Promising Young Woman, The Father, Sound of Metal, Soul, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Netflix was the big winner among distributors with five awards total — two for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and one each for Mank, His House, and documentary My Octopus Teacher — followed by Searchlight Pictures with Nomadland’s four.
The honors were awarded on April 11, 2021, with a precursor show on the 10th for all the crafts and below-the-line categories.
Read on for the full list 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards winners.
Best Film
98%
The Father
(2020)
75%
The Mauritanian
(2021)
93%
Nomadland
(2020)
– Winner
90%
Promising Young Woman
(2020)
89%
The Trial of the Chicago 7
(2020)
Best Actress
Bukky Bakray, Rocks
Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces Of A Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland – Winner
Wunmi Mosaku, His House
Alfre Woodard, Clemency
Leading Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound Of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger
Anthony Hopkins, The Father – Winner
Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
Supporting Actress
Niamh Algar, Calm With Horses
Kosar Ali, Rocks
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Dominique Fishback, Judas And The Black Messiah
Ashley Madekwe, County Lines
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari – Winner
Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas And The Black Messiah – Winner
Barry Keoghan, Calm With Horses
Alan Kim, Minari
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night In Miami…
Clarke Peters, Da 5 Bloods
Paul Raci, Sound Of Metal
Rising Star
Bukky Bakray – Winner
Conrad Khan
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Morfydd Clark
Sope Dirisu
Best British Film
94%
The Shadow of Violence
(2019)
87%
The Dig
(2021)
98%
The Father
(2020)
100%
His House
(2020)
93%
Limbo
(2020)
75%
The Mauritanian
(2021)
93%
Mogul Mowgli
(2020)
90%
Promising Young Woman
(2020)
– Winner
97%
Rocks
(2019)
92%
Saint Maud
(2019)
Outstanding Debut by British Writer, Producer, or Director
100%
His House
(2020)
Remi Weekes (Writer/Director) – Winner
93%
Limbo
(2020)
Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), Irune Gurtubai (Producer)
91%
Moffie
(2019)
Jack Sidey (Writer/Producer)
97%
Rocks
(2019)
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers)
92%
Saint Maud
(2019)
Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer)
Film Not In The English Language
Another Round – Winner
Dear Comrades!
Les Misérables
Minari
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Documentary
Collective
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
The Dissident
My Octopus Teacher – Winner
The Social Dilemma
Animated Film
Onward
Soul – Winner
Wolfwalkers
Director
Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
Babyteeth – Shannon Murphy
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao – Winner
Quo Vadis, Aida? – Jasmila Zbanic
Rocks – Sarah Gavron
Original Screenplay
Another Round
Mank
Promising Young Woman – Winner
Rocks, Theresa Ikoko
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Adapted Screenplay
The Dig
The Father – Winner
The Mauritanian
Nomadland
The White Tiger
Original Score
Mank
Minari
News Of The World
Promising Young Woman
Soul – Winner
Casting
Calm With Horses
Judas And The Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Rocks – Winner
Cinematography
Judas And The Black Messiah
Mank
The Mauritanian
News Of The World
Nomadland – Winner
Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound Of Metal – Winner
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Production Design
The Dig
The Father
Mank – Winner
News Of The World
Rebecca
Costume Design
Ammonite
The Dig
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Winner
Mank
Makeup & Hair
The Dig
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Winner
Mank
Pinocchio
Sound
Greyhound, Tbc
News Of The World
Nomadland
Soul, Coya Elliott
Sound Of Metal – Winner
Special Visual Effects
Greyhound
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One And Only Ivan
Tenet – Winner
British Short Animation
The Fire Next Time, Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe
The Owl and the Pussycat, Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf – Winner
The Song of a Lost Boy, Daniel Quirke, Jamie Macdonald, Brid Arnstein
British Short Film
Eyelash, Jesse Lewis Reece, Ike Newman
Lizard, Akinola Davies, Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies
Lucky Break, John Addis, Rami Sarras Pantoja
Miss Curvy, Ghada Eldemellawy
The Present, Farah Nabulsi – Winner
