BAFTA Awards 2021: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' picks two awards

The unconventional 74th edition of the British Academy Film Awards BAFTAs held its first of two ceremonies on April 10 with the second one scheduled for the subsequent day Ma Raineys Black Bottom was the big winner on the opening night taking home two golden masksAccording to Variety the first night of the 2021 BAFTAs which was hosted virtually from Londons Royal Albert Hall by TV and BBC radio presenter Clara Amfo was a mostly craftcentered affair that also yielded wins for Mank Tenet and Sound of MetalDuring the ceremony eight primarily craftfocussed awards were handed out including casting costume makeup and hair production design sound special visual effects British short film and British short animation The remaining awards including the performance and best film categories will be handed out on the second nightRocks was the first winner with Lucy Pardee scooping the award for Casting The UK indie movie was nominated for a leading seven BAFTAs this year joint most with Nomadland which is a hot favourite for the Best Film prize on the second nightDirector and writer Noel Clarke best known for the Kidulthood film trilogy were honoured with the outstanding British contribution to cinema award Supporting actor nominee Leslie Odom Jr performed Speak Now his Oscarnominated song from One Night in Miami for which he has earned a bestsupporting actor BAFTA nominationUnsurprisingly Netflix had a good evening following its mammoth 34 nominations by far the leading number for a distributor this year The streamer took home prizes including Costume Design and Hair amp Makeup which both went to Ma Raineys Black Bottoms and Production Design which was scooped by MankHeres a complete list of night ones winnersSound Sound of Of Metal Jaime Baksht Nicolas Becker Phillip Bladh Carlos Cortes Michelle Couttolenc WINNERGreyhound Beau Borders Christian P Minkler Michael Minkler Warren Shaw David WymanNews Of The World Michael Fentum William Miller Mike Prestwood Smith John Pritchett Oliver TarneyNomadland Sergio Diaz Zach Seivers M Wolf SnyderSoul Coya Elliott Ren Klyce David ParkerSpecial Visual EffectsTenet Scott Fisher Andrew Jackson Andrew Lockley WINNERGreyhound Pete Bebb Nathan Mcguinness Sebastian Von OverheidtThe Midnight Sky Matt Kasmir Chris Lawrence David WatkinsMulan Sean Faden Steve Ingram Anders Langlands Seth MauryThe One And Only Ivan Santiago Colomo Martinez Nick Davis Greg FisherBritish Short AnimationThe Owl And The Pussycat Mole Hill Laura Duncalf WINNERThe Fire Next Time Renaldho Pelle Yanling Wang Kerry Jade KolbeThe Song Of A Lost Boy Daniel Quirke Jamie Macdonald Brid ArnsteinBritish Short FilmThe Present Farah Nabulsi WINNEREyelash Jesse Lewis Reece Ike Ike NewmanLizard Akinola Davies Rachel Dargavel Wale DaviesLucky Break John Addis Rami Sarras PantojaMiss Curvy Ghada EldemellawyProduction DesignMank Donald Graham Burt Jan Pascale WINNERThe Dig Maria Djurkovic Tatiana MacdonaldThe Father Peter Francis Cathy FeatherstoneNews Of The World David Crank Elizabeth KeenanRebecca Sarah Greenwood Katie SpencerMakeup amp HairMa Raineys Black Bottom Matiki Anoff Larry M Cherry Sergio LopezRivera Mia Neal WINNERThe Dig Jenny ShircoreHillbilly Elegy Patricia Dehaney Eryn Krueger Mekash Matthew MungleMank Kimberley Spiteri Gigi WilliamsPinocchio Mark CoulierCostume DesignMa Raineys Black Bottom Ann Roth WINNERAmmonite Michael OconnorThe Dig Alice BabidgeEmma Alexandra ByrneMank Trish SummervilleCastingRocks Lucy Pardee WINNERCalm with Horses Shaheen BaigJudas and the Black Messiah Alexa L FogelMinari Julia KimPromising Young Woman Lindsay Graham Ahanonu Mary VernieuThe 74th edition of the BAFTAs was opened by paying tribute to the late Prince Philip who died yesterday at the age of 99 The Duke of Edinburgh was BAFTAs first president 60 years ago beginning a line of Royal patronage which continues with his son Prince William who had been scheduled to make an appearance during the awards but had to pull out after the news of the demise of his grandfatherThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever