The Power of the Dog

Jane Campion won the best director prize at Britain's Academy Awards for that tense western in an evening that saw a host of surprise winners.

At that award ceremony, Campion garnered attention when asked by Variety about disparaging comments that the actor Sam Elliott made about her movie, including questioning the “allusions to homosexuality” in the film. Campion also won best director — the third woman to take the prize in the award’s history — increasing her momentum ahead of this year’s Academy Awards. She was not present to pick up her award in London. On Saturday she had been in Los Angeles at the Directors Guild of America Awards, where she also won the highest prize.

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Its surprising victory over The Power of the Dog in best adapted screenplay confirms the Apple TV release as a serious player. “I’d just like to say congratulations to James Bond 007 for the 60th anniversary,” he said. Campion, who had been at the DGA in Los Angeles the previous night, was also a regretful no-show. Half of the six nominees for best supporting actress were Irish. But Jessie Buckley, Ruth Negga and Caitríona Balfe lost to hot favourite Ariana DeBose for her electric turn as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. DeBose is now a near-unbackable favourite for the Oscars. “I am someone who sings, dances, acts,” she said. “All hail the streaming revolution, but all hail the big screen too. Last year, best picture, best director and all the acting gongs tallied.

LONDON (AP) — Sci-fi epic “Dune” won five prizes and brooding Western “The Power of the Dog” was named best picture as the British Academy Film Awards returned Sunday with a live, black-tie ceremony after a pandemic-curtailed event in 2021.

“It’s a very scary and sad time,” he said on the red carpet. Cumberbatch wore a lapel badge in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag. In 2020, no women were nominated as best director for a seventh consecutive year, and all 20 nominees in the lead and supporting performer categories were white. She thanked "the women of this country who taught me what it is to be in this industry as a dark-skinned woman. Campion is only the third female winner in that category, but the second in two years after Chloe Zhao for “Nomadland” in 2021. Last year’s awards ceremony was largely conducted online, with only the hosts and presenters appearing in person.

Jane Campion's dark Western "The Power of the Dog" won BAFTAs for best director and best film on Sunday, beating Denis Villeneuve to the top prize although ...

That really is the power of film," Hamaguchi said. And long may they live together." "Coda" director Sian Heder won the award for best adapted screenplay, paying homage to the US fishermen who helped her understand their job and the deaf community who "shared their stories with me and trusted me". Troy Kotsur won the best supporting actor prize for his role as the deaf Massachusetts fisherman father of Jones's singing high school student in "Coda", accepting his prize in sign language. US actress and singer Ariana Debose won the award for best supporting actress for her role in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake, confessing to the audience that "I speak dance better than I speak English". Will Smith scooped the best actor prize for his portrayal of the Williams sisters' father and tennis coach in "King Richard", while Britain's Joanna Scanlan won best actress for her widow's role in drama "After Love".

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She continued: “I would like to thank the women of this country who taught me what it is to be in this industry as a dark-skinned woman. “It was on roller-skates. She also made a joke about the Sussexes ahead of showing the nominees for outstanding British film: “From drama to horror to fantasy, Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah had it all”. Have you considered maybe a deaf James Bond, 008?” The star, who had promised she would not shy away from daring jokes, later added: “I was going to do a musical number as host – it was about Prince Andrew. She took to the stage in a sparkly red gown and said: “I might look a bit different from the last time you saw me here.”

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On WTF, Elliott criticized the Western label The Power of the Dog had been given. Campion also responded to comments Elliott made that began to stretch outside the context of the film, calling some of his remarks "a little bit sexist." She went on to say that "there's a lot of room on the range" for projects set in the West and how the Western atmosphere can be presented.