"Land of the Nomads" won the British Oscar Israel today

Director Chloe Zhao's film continues to rake in awards on the way to the Oscars: Won Best Picture Award at BAFTA Awards • This weekend Zhao won the Grand Prix at the Directors Guild Awards Ceremony

• Frances McDormand in "Land of the Nomads"

Less than two weeks after the Oscars, the drama film "Land of the Nomads" continues to position itself as the clear favorite to win, after winning the grand prize at the Directors Guild Awards yesterday and the BAFTA Awards of the British Academy of Film Arts yesterday.

The BTA is the British equivalent of the American Oscars. The ceremony took place last night in London in an online format, and "Land of the Nomads" picked up four awards: in the directing category for the American-Chinese director Chloe Zhao, in the photography category, in the lead actress category for Frances McHurdova and Tonight: Best Picture 

The acclaimed film combines plot and documentary elements as well as non-actor cast members, McDormand plays a woman in her 60s, who travels with her van in the western United States, exchanging temporary jobs.

McDormand is a prominent Oscar nominee for her role, for the third time in her career.

The film "Promising Young Woman" starring Carrie Mulligan won the Best British Film Award as well as the Original Screenplay Award, signed by the film's director Emerald Panel.

In the lead actor category Anthony Hopkins won for "The Father" and the supporting actor awards were won by Daniel Chloeya for "Judas Iscariot and the Black Messiah" and Korean Yu Yong Yun for "Minari".

"Land of the Nomads" director Chloe Zhao also starred in the Directors Guild Awards ceremony held over the weekend, where she scooped the prestigious award in the Best Director category of a motion picture.

She is the first non-white woman to win this award, and the second woman in history to receive the award from colleagues in Hollywood.

The only one who did it before her was Catherine Bigelow, who won the award 12 years ago for "The Burden of Pain," and even picked up the Oscar that year.