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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Your support makes all the difference.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
Mia McKenna-Bruce arrives
Rising Star nominee Mia McKenna-Bruce has arrived, donning a strapless dress and sparkling necklace.
The How to Have Sex star spoke to The Independent on the red carpet about the importance of intimacy coordinators on set – and having fun getting ready with her director Molly Manning Walker ahead of tonight’s ceremony.
The Independent’s very own...
Bafta expert and film fan Jacob Stolworthy is on the ground, feeding us live updates from Royal Festival Hall!
Josh Hartnett...
The Oppenheimer star dons a marroon suit and matching bow-tie as he takes the red carpet.
His co-stars, Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr, are bound to be on their way soon.
Murder on the Dancefloor hit-maker Sophie Ellis-Bextor, everybody!
Former EE Rising Star nominee and ‘One Love’ star Kingsley Ben-Adir
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