Wagner Moura on BAFTA red carpet as 'O Agente Secreto' leaves empty-handed
wagner moura walked the BAFTA red carpet in London on Sunday, but his film O Agente Secreto, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, lost the two awards for which it had been nominated: Best Original Screenplay and Best Film in a Non-English Language.
Wagner Moura on the red carpet
Wagner Moura attended the ceremony in London after having received a Golden Globe for best actor in a film drama; he did not contend in any individual BAFTA category. Photographs captured him on the red carpet as O Agente Secreto missed out on both of its nominated awards.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Uma Batalha Após a Outra dominated
Uma Batalha Após a Outra emerged as the big winner, taking Best Film and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, plus awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor for Sean Penn and Best Cinematography. The film had been the most nominated, with 14 nominations, and finished the night with six wins.
Sinners, Pecadores and a discrepancy over Best Original Screenplay
The coverage in the provided context lists strong showings for films with similar names: Pecadores is named as the winner of Best Original Screenplay, while Sinners is described elsewhere as having won Best Original Screenplay as part of a four-win night. The provided material contains both statements; the two mentions conflict on that single award.
Sinners is also credited with historic success in the provided material: it won four BAFTAs, the largest number for a film by a Black director at the ceremony, and its haul included Best Original Screenplay (see note on discrepancy), Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson, Best Editing for Michael P. Shawver and Best Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku.
Acting honors and other major winners
Robert Aramayo won Best Actor for I Swear; the context notes he was the only British actor among the principal nominees. Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, which also earned the prize for Best British Film. Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Uma Batalha Após a Outra.
Brazil’s nominations and losses
Brazil had multiple entries on the night: O Agente Secreto lost its two nominations (Best Original Screenplay and Best Film in a Non-English Language). Adolpho Veloso was nominated for Best Cinematography for Sonhos de Trem but was defeated by Michael Bauman, credited for the cinematography of Uma Batalha Após a Outra. Petra Costa’s documentary Apocalipse nos Trópicos was nominated for Best Documentary and lost to Pavel Talankin and David Borestein for Mr. Nobody Against Putin.
Box-office figures, national firsts and what’s next
The context highlights box-office figures in Portugal for several films: Uma Batalha Após a Outra (referred to as Batalha Atrás de Batalha) has been seen by about 150, 000 Portuguese viewers; Valor Sentimental surpassed 22, 000 viewers in Portugal; and O Agente Secreto was noted as reaching about 90, 000 viewers in Portugal. Valor Sentimental, by Joachim Trier, is described as the first Norwegian film to receive a BAFTA.
The provided coverage also calls Hamnet, Uma Batalha Após a Outra and Sinners favorites heading into the Academy Awards, which are scheduled for March 15. The context adds that the Tomates Dourados were handed out as part of the season’s awards coverage.
Next on the calendar in the provided material is the Academy Awards on March 15, where several of the night’s BAFTA winners are listed as contenders.
