The 69th

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, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 14 February 2016 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of

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. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2015. The nominations were announced on 8 January 2016 by Stephen Fry and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw. '' Bridge of Spies'' and '' Carol'' received the most nominations at nine each. Despite leading the field in nominations, ''Carol'' failed to win any awards and ''Bridge of Spies'' won just one; Mark Rylance for Best Supporting Actor. '' The Revenant'' won the most awards at the ceremony with five, including Best Film,

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for Alejandro G. Iñárritu,

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for Leonardo DiCaprio, and

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for Emmanuel Lubezki. Brie Larson won Best Actress for '' Room'' and

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won Best Supporting Actress for ''

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''. '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' won four awards; Best Costume Design,

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, Best Makeup and Hair, and Best Production Design. '' Brooklyn'', directed by

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, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2015.

Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive ...

was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for his contribution to cinema. The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One and was watched by 4.5 million viewers, down from 4.9 million in 2015 and the lowest television audience since 2010.

Winners and nominees

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The nominees were announced on 8 January 2016. The winners were announced on 14 February 2016.

BAFTA Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

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Ceremony information

The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One at 9 p.m. GMT, around two hours later than the actual ceremony. For the eleventh time, Stephen Fry acted as the host. The ceremony commenced with a segment commemorating the year in film, which was accompanied by the song "Heroes" by David Bowie, who had died the previous month. Highlighting that the ceremony was being held on Valentine's Day, the ceremony showed a kiss cam where random celebrities such as Dame Maggie Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio were persuaded by Fry to kiss each other. Fry also received a number of negative comments after he said of Best Costume Design winner

Jenny Beavan Jenny Beavan, OBE (born 1950) is an English costume designer. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design eleven times, winning three awards for the movies ''A Room With A View'' (1985) (for which she shared an award w ...

('' Mad Max: Fury Road'') as "Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to an awards ceremony dressed as a bag lady". He subsequently deleted his Twitter account following criticism of his joke. A number of presenters referred to the lack of diversity at the Academy Awards. Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen both made jokes referring to the controversy.

was not present to collect his fellowship due to ill health. Jamie Foxx and Poitier's daughter, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, presented the award to him in person at his home in Los Angeles.

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, Lulu, and

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paid tribute to him in a filmed segment. The ''In Memoriam'' section featured Alan Rickman, Melissa Mathison, Andrew Lesnie,

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, Gayle Griffiths, Haskell Wexler, Colin Welland, James Horner, David Bowie, Ron Moody,

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, Julie Harris,

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Philip French Philip Neville French Order of the British Empire, OBE (28 August 1933 – 27 October 2015) was an English film critic and radio producer. French began his career in journalism in the late 1950s, before eventually becoming a BBC Radio prod ...

, Vilmos Zsigmond, Albert Maysles, Richard Johnson, Wes Craven, Jacques Rivette,

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, Tommie Manderson, Christopher Wood, Saeed Jaffrey,

Sheila Sim Sheila Beryl Grant Sim, Baroness Attenborough (5 June 1922 – 19 January 2016) was an English film and theatre actress. She was also the wife of the actor, director and peer Richard Attenborough. Career Sheila Beryl Grant Sim was born in L ...

, and

Sir Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Film Productions, Ham ...

In Memoriam

* Alan Rickman * Melissa Mathison * Andrew Lesnie *

Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...

*Gayle Griffiths * Haskell Wexler * Colin Welland * James Horner * David Bowie * Ron Moody *

* Julie Harris *

* Vilmos Zsigmond * Albert Maysles * Richard Johnson * Wes Craven * Jacques Rivette *

* Tommie Manderson * Christopher Wood * Saeed Jaffrey *

Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...

References

External links

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