{"id":312222,"date":"2026-02-23T01:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/312222\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T01:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:17:13","slug":"bafta-snubs-chalamet-for-rightful-champion-hulls-robert-aramayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/312222\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafta snubs Chalamet for rightful champion \u2014 Hull\u2019s Robert Aramayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hats off to Bafta for injecting an otherwise familiar awards season bunfight with a blast of gritty, sometimes foul-mouthed, authenticity. Yes, Leonardo DiCaprio\u2019s slick Hollywood thriller One Battle After Another was the night\u2019s big winner, winning six trophies including best film and best director for Paul Thomas Anderson. Yet the profoundly lovely homegrown drama I Swear, about the Scottish Tourette\u2019s syndrome campaigner John Davidson<\/a>, was the night\u2019s rightful champion. It grabbed three awards (it was nominated for five) including the coveted best actor trophy for the British former Rings of Power actor Robert Aramayo<\/a>, from Hull. <\/p>\n

Aramayo plays Davidson with mesmerising aplomb, delivering an intensely technical performance of facial ticks, physical twitches and sudden verbal eruptions \u2014 and yet also conveying deep ache and vulnerability. He was clearly the best actor in his category, although his win constituted a massive upset for a category that had, all season, effectively belonged to Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, star of Marty Supreme. <\/p>\n

Chalamet has spent the season scooping up best actor trophies and reflecting, with slight immodesty, on his so-called search for excellence. Yet the search proved fruitless with Bafta: Marty Supreme<\/a> was the night\u2019s super-snub (11 nominations, no wins) and this came one year after Bafta also ignored Chalamet\u2019s last awards season effort, A Complete Unknown (seven nominations, no wins). Was it something he said? <\/p>\n

\u2022 The low-budget Tourette\u2019s drama chasing Bafta glory<\/a><\/p>\n

Elsewhere the script mostly unfolded as planned. Jessie Buckley, on cue, collected her best actress trophy for Hamnet, continuing her inexorable march towards next month\u2019s Oscar podium. The wins for One Battle After Another were mostly deserved, or at least (from this One Battle agnostic) understandable. The best director gong for Paul Thomas Anderson made sense, considering this is one of the year\u2019s most heavily \u201cdirected\u201d movies \u2014 almost every shot is a \u201cwow\u201d signature statement, even when the camera is standing still. The film getting the trophy for best adapted screenplay trophy, however, was very much a stretch. It really should have gone to Hamnet\u2019s Chlo\u00e9 Zhao and Maggie O\u2019Farrell for their sterling work in transforming O\u2019Farrell\u2019s sprawling, non-chronological best-seller into a tightly-focused heartbreaker. <\/p>\n

The best film not in the English language award was also a shocker. In a category that was bursting with ingenious and stingingly relevant political dramas (The Secret Agent, The Voice of Hind Rajab, It Was Just an Accident), Bafta opted for the tame and inoffensive middlebrow snooze-fest Sentimental Value. That film had entered the night with a huge, and improbable, eight nominations. It had to get something, perhaps, to avoid the Chalamet effect. <\/p>\n

The best documentary award for the brilliant Russian propaganda feature Mr Nobody Against Putin<\/a> was another surprise win. The BBC Storyville production beat the glossier Netflix-backed awards season front runner The Perfect Neighbor. Much like the night\u2019s I Swear upset, it suggests that hard-working Bafta voters, this year at least, really did their homework. <\/p>\n

Who were the Bafta winners?Best film\"Leonardo<\/p>\n

Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

WARNER BROS\/GHOULARDI FILM COMPANY\/ALBUM<\/p>\n

The nominees<\/p>\n

Hamnet<\/a>
Marty Supreme<\/a>
One Battle After Another<\/a> \u2014 WINNER
Sentimental Value<\/a>
Sinners<\/a><\/p>\n

Best actress in a leading role\"Jessie<\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley, centre, in Hamnet<\/p>\n

AGATA GRZYBOWSKA\/FOCUS FEATURES VIA AP<\/p>\n

The nominees<\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley \u2014 Hamnet \u2014 WINNER
Rose Byrne \u2014 If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You
<\/a>Kate Hudson \u2014 Song Sung Blue<\/a>
Chase Infiniti \u2014 One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve \u2014 Sentimental Value
Emma Stone \u2014 Bugonia<\/p>\n

Best actor in a leading roleThe nominees<\/p>\n

Robert Aramayo \u2014 I Swear \u2014 WINNER
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet \u2014 Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio \u2014 One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke \u2014 Blue Moon<\/a>
Michael B Jordan \u2014 Sinners
Jesse Plemons \u2014 Bugonia<\/p>\n

Best director\"Leonardo<\/p>\n

The director Paul Thomas Anderson, left, with Leonardo DiCaprio<\/p>\n

P\u00c5L HANSEN\/ WARNER BROS PICTURES<\/p>\n

The nominees<\/p>\n

Paul Thomas Anderson \u2014 One Battle After Another \u2014 WINNER
Ryan Coogler \u2014 Sinners
Yorgos Lanthimos \u2014 Bugonia<\/a>
Josh Safdie \u2014 Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier \u2014 Sentimental Value
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao \u2014 Hamnet<\/p>\n

EE Rising Star award\"Robert<\/p>\n

Robert Aramayo in I Swear<\/p>\n

SONY PICTURES CLASSICS \/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION\/ALAMY<\/p>\n

The nominees<\/p>\n

Robert Aramayo \u2014 WINNER
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling<\/p>\n

Outstanding British filmThe nominees\"Jessie<\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in Hamnet<\/p>\n

ALAMY<\/p>\n

28 Years Later<\/a>
The Ballad of Wallis Island<\/a>
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy<\/a>
Die My Love<\/a>
H Is for Hawk<\/a>
Hamnet<\/a> \u2014 WINNER
I Swear<\/a>
Mr Burton<\/a>
Pillion<\/a>
Steve <\/a><\/p>\n

Best film not in the English languageThe nominees<\/p>\n

It Was Just an Accident<\/a>
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value \u2014 WINNER
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab<\/a><\/p>\n

Best adapted screenplayThe nominees\"Benicio<\/p>\n

Benicio Del Toro in One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

WARNER BROS\/AP<\/p>\n

Paul Thomas Anderson \u2014 One Battle After Another \u2013 WINNER
Tom Basden and Tim Key \u2014 The Ballad of Wallis Island
Harry Lighton \u2014 Pillion<\/a>
Will Tracy \u2014 Bugonia
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao and Maggie O\u2019Farrell \u2014 Hamnet <\/p>\n

Best original screenplayThe nominees<\/p>\n

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie \u2014 Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler \u2014 Sinners \u2014 WINNER
Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho \u2014 The Secret Agent
Kirk Jones \u2014 I Swear
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier \u2014 Sentimental Value <\/p>\n

Best actor in a supporting roleThe nominees<\/p>\n

Benicio del Toro \u2014 One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi \u2014 Frankenstein<\/a>
Paul Mescal \u2014 Hamnet
Peter Mullan \u2014 I Swear
Sean Penn \u2014 One Battle After Another \u2013 WINNER
Stellan Skarsgard \u2014 Sentimental Value<\/p>\n

Best actress in a supporting role\"Wunmi<\/p>\n

Wunmi Mosaku, centre, in Sinners<\/p>\n

WARNER BROS\/ALAMY<\/p>\n

The nominees<\/p>\n

Odessa A\u2019zion \u2014 Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas \u2014 Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku \u2014 Sinners \u2013 WINNER
Carey Mulligan \u2014 The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor \u2014 One Battle After Another
Emily Watson \u2014 Hamnet<\/p>\n

Other winners<\/p>\n

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer My Father\u2019s Shadow \u2013 Akinola Davies Jr (director), Wale Davies (writer)<\/p>\n

Best children\u2019s and family film Boong<\/p>\n

Best costume Frankenstein<\/p>\n

Special visual effects Avatar: Fire And Ash<\/p>\n

Production design Frankenstein<\/p>\n

Sound F1<\/p>\n

Make-up and hair Frankenstein<\/p>\n

Best original score Sinners<\/p>\n

Best animated film Zootropolis 2<\/p>\n

British short animation Two Black Boys In Paradise<\/p>\n

Best British short film This Is Endometriosis<\/p>\n

Casting I Swear<\/p>\n

Cinematography One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

Editing One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

Best documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hats off to Bafta for injecting an otherwise familiar awards season bunfight with a blast of gritty, sometimes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-312222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}