'The Revenant' wins top prize at British Academy Film Awards

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  • Sarah-Jane Crawford attends the British Academy Film Awards ate Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 14. 

"Revenant" became the main victor on a night honoring BAFTA otherwise relatively evenly spread-out that saw 14 films emerge with prizes.

The film won the Best Film Award, Best Director and Best Actor awards, along with the best sound and best cinematography.

"Mad Max: Road Rage" won four awards, while «Carol,« which had led the nominations were among the few titles excluded completely.

Stephen Fry was, again, the main host of the evening, but the other presenters included Tom Cruise, Idris Elba (who lost in a Best Supporting Actor to Mark Rylance) and Cuba Gooding Jr..

There were many comedic digs discussion Oscars diversity across, such as those available Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen. The evening also saw Sidney Poitier receive the BFI Fellowship, but the iconic actress was too ill to attend to accept the award in a video.

In honor of the evening clash with Valentine's Day, BAFTA up a "Kiss Cam," aimed at real life couples, including Fassbender and Vikander, and least likely pairs like Maggie Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio.

"This year, the stars have conspired and collided with a way to make the BAFTA coincides with Valentine's Day," said Fry. "Love between two women, love among Roman Catholic priests ... ... and their lawyers."

Here is the complete list of winners:

best film

"The Revenant"

best actress

Leonardo DiCaprio, «The Soul"

Best actress

Brie Larson, "Room"

Best Makeup and Hair

Lesley Vanderwalt and Damian Martin, "Mad Max: Road Rage"

Best Director

Alejandro Inarritu c., "The soul"

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"

Best Supporting Actress

Kate Winslet, «Steve Jobs"

Best Foreign Film

"Wild Tales" (Argentina-Spain)

Best documentary

«Amy»

Best animated film

"Inside out"

Best Original Screenplay

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, "Focus"

Best adapted screenplay

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, «The big short"

Best cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki, "The soul"

Best editing

Margaret Sixel, "Mad Max: Road Rage"

Best production design

Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson, «Mad Max: Road Rage"

Best special visual effects

Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh and Neal Scanlan, "Star Wars: The force awakens"

Best costume design

Jenny Beavan, "Mad Max: Road Rage"

Sound Engineering

Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank Montaño a., Jon Taylor and Randy Thom, "The soul"

Outstanding British film for 2016

"Brooklyn"

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Abu Nowar Naji (director) and Rupert Lloyd (producer), «Theeb»

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