"1917" wins big at the BAFTA Film AwardsFebruary 3, 2020 - 10:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World War One film "1917" was the big winner at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, February 2, with seven prizes in total, the BBC reports. The trophies for Sir Sam Mendes's movie included best film, best British film, best director and best cinematography. Joker won three awards including best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, while Renee Zellweger was named best actress for her portrayal of Judy Garland. South Korean film "Parasite" won two prizes - for original screenplay and film not in the English language. There were no major upsets or surprise winners, with "1917" unarguably dominating the evening. Sir Sam is the first British winner of best director at the BAFTAs since Danny Boyle won for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009. Brad Pitt won best supporting actor for his role in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood". Laura Dern was named best supporting actress for her performance as a divorce lawyer in "Marriage Story". It is the first time since 1977 that all four of the BAFTA awards for acting have been won by Americans. Zellweger, Phoenix, Dern and Pitt have now won their acting categories at every major ceremony of awards season so far. In addition to their BAFTAs, they have won at the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics' Choice Awards. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |