Baftas 2024 - as it happened: Oppenheimer wins big at star-studded movie awards ceremony
Host David Tennant led the high-profile event honouring the best films, actors and directors of the past year
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The Baftas 2024 have taken place, with the biggest film stars in the world in attendance at a ceremony that honoured the best movies and actors of the last year.
Hollywood actors, including Emma Stone, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, were present at the ceremony, which took place at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday (18 February).
The winners were named exactly one month after the nominated films, actors, directors and writers were revealed by former EE Rising Star nominees Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir during a live press conference.
This year’s Baftas, which aired on BBC One, were presented by actor David Tennant. This marked the Scottish actor’s first TV appearance since returning for a series of Doctor Who specials in 2023.
Films in contention at this year’s ceremony included Oppenheimer, which swept the board at both the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards earlier this month, as well as its rival blockbuster Barbie, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things, starring Stone.
Find all of the Bafta 2024 updates – as they happened – below
Cillian Murphy thanks his ‘Oppen-homies'
OK, yes, that was a deserving win.
Idris Elba is heare to present Best Actress (last year’s Best Actor winner Austin Butler clearly wasn’t free...)
And the winner is...
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things WINNER
Michael J Fox gets a standing ovation. He’s here to present Best Film.
Best Film goes to...
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer WINNER
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Cillian Murphy reacts to Best Actor win for ‘Oppenheimer'
“Oh boy, holy moly, thank you very, very much Bafta,” Cillian Murphy said, calling director Christopher Nolan and his producer wife Emma Thomas “the most dynamic, kindest producer-director partnership in Hollywood”.
He told the crowd: “Thank you for seeing something in me that I probably didn’t see in myself” and, addressing Noland, said: Thank for always pushing me and demanding excellence because that is what you deliver time and time again.”
He then said he was “in awe” of his “fellow nominees and my Oppenhomies”.
The verdict is in on David Tennant’s hosting stint
The jury is out. The Doctor Who actor took on hosting duties for 2024 – and the reuslt was a miax bag of safe jokes.
Still, many have thrown their support on the star despite many of his jokes not quite landing as effectively as they should have.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph gets emotional afyer winning Best Supporting Actress
The Holdovers Bafta winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph got so emotional on stage she even made her co-star Paul Giamatti misty eyed.
“Paul Giamatti, oh gosh, I cry every time I say your name,” she said. “You represent everything that is true and good about this craft. Your generosity, curiosity and rigour inspired me every day on that film. I’m proud to call you a friend and thank you for never wavering.”
Talking about her role in the film, Randolph said: “The Holdovers was a little movie that we made in Boston about three people that came together to form a little family... Mary is so much bigger than me. She showed us all what is possible when we look behind the differences.”
She added: “Telling her story is a responsibility that I cannot lightly and this award is a beautiful reminder of how her story has rippled through the world. Thank you so much.”
Full list of Baftas 2024 winners
Find the full ist of winners at this year’s Baftas below..
The big winner of the evening was – predictably – Oppenheimer, but there were immsensely deserving wins for The Holdovers and The Zone of Interest.
The full list of Bafta 2024 winners – updating live
The best movies, actors and directors of the year set to be announced in London
Michael J Fox gets standing ovation at the Baftas
Michael J Fox, who was nominated for his Apple TV+ documentary, received a rapturous response from the crowd after taking to the stage to present the award for Best Film (which went to Oppenheimer).
Robert Downey Jr delivers a rousing speech
After taking home Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr gave an entertaining anecdote about his career to date.
“When I was 15, I wanted to be Peter O’Toole. When I was 25, I worked for Richard Attenbourgh and Anthony Hopkins. When I was 35, I finally understood why Dickie thought Tony would be a better role model for me than Peter,” Downey Jr. said. “When I was 42, I did two films for Guy Ritchie and learned how to make big Hollywood movies with a civil British flare. I then played a guy named Tony in the MCU for about 12 years.”
“And then recently, that dude Chris Nolan suggested I attempt an understated approach as a last-ditch effort to perhaps resurrect my dwindling credibility. So I share this with my fellow nominees, this has been an exceptional year.”
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