BAFTA 2019: Film 'The Favourite' wins seven, "Roma" four awards

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Feb 11, 2019

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BAFTA 2019: Film 'The Favourite' wins seven, "Roma" four awards

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Film "The Favourite" won seven honours, and the Mexican black and white drama "Roma" registered four big wins in British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA 2019, in London last night.

At the BAFTA ceremony hosted by Joanna Lumley, The Favourite won best actress for Olivia Colman and best supporting actress for Rachel Weisz, Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design, Make Up and Hair.

Netflix production 'Roma', a cinematic love letter to director Alfonso Cuaron's childhood in Mexico City also had a successful night picking up four prizes - best film, best director, best cinematography and best film not in the English language. Rami Malek won best actor for playing Freddie Mercury in the film Bohemian Rhapsody.