The dark western
The Power of the Dog
was crowned best film on Sunday at the 75th Bafta ceremony, the British film awards, and earned New Zealander Jane Campion the prize for best director.
This Netflix production, also nominated in the Best Picture category for the Oscars on March 28, won ahead of
Belfast, Don't Look Up
!,
Dune
and
Licorice Pizza
.
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The American Will Smith, for his part, won the prize for best actor for his interpretation of the father and trainer of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams, in the film
The Williams method,
by Reinaldo Marcus Green.
The 53-year-old actor, also in the running for the Oscar, won ahead of Adeel Akhtar, Mahershala Ali, Benedict Cumberbatch, Leonardo DiCaprio and Stephen Graham.
The English Joanna Scanlan for her part won the prize for best actress, she who plays the role of a wife discovering the secrets of her suddenly deceased husband in
After Love.
The 60-year-old actress was thus ahead of Lady Gaga, Alana Haim, Emilia Jones, Renate Reinsve and Tessa Thompson.