What Does The BAFTA Results Mean For The Oscars?

On Valentine's Day many were off with their significant other, I however spent my night watching this year's BAFTAs. The BAFTAs are the last award show before the big one, the Oscars, during each award season. It is the last indicator for who may win during this years Academy Awards.

Usually if the film/actor/actress has won at the BAFTAs and the Golden Globes they are a certainty for the prestigious final award, however this is not always the case as proven in 2002. Halle Berry lost out on the Globe and was not even nominated for a BAFTA but ended up walking away with the Leading Actress Oscar (Monster's Ball).

The winners of the 'Big Four' awards (Best Film, Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Best Director) at this years ceremony didn't provide any shocks, with 'The Revenant' walking away with three of them, but what does this mean for the Oscars?

Best Film

Of course 'The Revenant' walked away with this award this year, it is by far the biggest Oscar nominated film of the year, getting rave reviews left, right and centre. 'The Revenant' also won at this year's Golden Globe Awards, however lost out at the Critic's Choice Awards, the film 'Spotlight' walked away with that one, which is another movie that comes highly recommended this year, with a stellar cast and a captivating storyline.

This years awards are swaying towards 'The Revenant', despite there being a lot of tough competition, I believe that this film will be winning the big award on the 28th Feb. 

Best Actor

This is another award that 'The Revenant' has been dominating, with Leonardo DiCaprio walking away  with the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Critic's Choice and SAG award. It seems like he is a shoo-in for the Oscar.

Everyone is routing for Leo, since he is yet to win an Oscar despite being nominated 5 times so far. Luckily for all those people backing him it is looking like he will be finally getting his win.

Best Actress

This by far has been my favourite award to keep an eye on this year, as it is a difficult one to call. In my mind there are two frontrunners: Jennifer Lawrence for 'Joy' and Brie Larson for 'Room'. Both these young ladies won at the Globes, but since then Larson has been dominating, beating Lawrence at the Critic's Choice, also winning the BAFTA and SAG awards, both of which Lawrence was not nominated for. 

This is definitely a hard one to call, despite Lawrence being a favourite amongst the academy, at the moment I am leaning toward Brie Larson. She has put in a magnificent performance in 'Room' and deserves all the accolades coming her way.

Best Director

This is yet another award dominated by 'The Revenant'. Alejandro G. Iñárritu has created a visually stunning movie and people have stood up and noticed. Iñárritu won both the Globe and BAFTA, but lost out to George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) at the Critic's Choice Awards.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu walked away with the Best Director award last year for 'Birdman', which he also helped write the screenplay for. I believe that despite George Miller being a strong competitor with his equally as visually striking film Mad Max: Fury Road, Iñárritu will be victorious this year, winning the award back-to-back. 

There is some idea to who will be walking away with the Oscar, but still anything can happen in the film industry, so there is a strong possibility for some shocks on the night, which is what makes the award show so great and legendary.

To see the rest of the BAFTA winners - click here

To see the full list of Oscar nominations - click here