Question: On 12 February 2017 the 70th BAFTA Award -2017 was announced, which film has been awarded as Best film?
(a) La La Land
(b) Lion
(c) The Revenant
(d) Mad Max: Fury Road
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 12 February 2017 70th British Academy Film Awards, and for sponsorship reasons the EE British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
- Film, La La Land received the most nominations in eleven categories
- List of winners is as follows:
- Best Film: La La Land
- Best Director: Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
- Best Actor: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
- Best Actress: Emma Stone (La La Land)
- Best Supporting Actor: Dev Patel (Lion)
- Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis (Fences)
- Best Original Music: La La Land
- Best Original Screenplay: Manchester by the Sea
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Lion
- Best Cinematography: La La Land
- Best Editing: Hacksaw Ridge
- Best Production Design: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Best British Short Film: Home
- Best British Film: I, Daniel Blake
- Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (Producers) for Under the Shadow
- Best Film Not in the English Language: Son of Saul
- Best Documentary:13th
- Best Animated Film: Kubo and the Two Strings
- Best Costume Design: Jackie
- Best Make Up & Hair: Florence Foster Jenkins
- Best Sound: Arrival
- Best Special Visual Effects: The Jungle Book
- Best British Short Animation: A Love Story
- EE Rising Star Award: Tom Holland
- BAFTA Fellowship: Mel Brooks
- Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema: Curzon Cinemas
- The British Academy Film Awards are presented in annually in an award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.
- The award was founded in 1947 by the British Film Academy.
- In 1958, the academy merged with The Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form The Society of Film and Television and later BAFTA in 1976.
Reference:
http://www.bafta.org/film/awards/the-ee-british-academy-film-awards-in-2017
http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/ee-british-academy-film-awards-winners-list-plain-text-2017