It’s no surprise that The Banshees of Inisherin won big at the BAFTAs this year.
The film was among the frontrunners at the awards and, sure, weren’t we just delighted.
Early on in the ceremony, it picked up an impressive three awards.
Barry Keoghan picked up Best Supporting Actor, winning out over his Banshees co-star, Brendan Gleeson.
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Kerry Condon was then announced as Best Supporting Actress. Although there was a bit of a La La Land mix-up as Carey Mulligan’s name was read out incorrectly. Thankfully this was edited out of the television broadcast.
Martin McDonagh was delighted to pick up Best Screenplay all within the first hour of the ceremony.
No small feat.
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So it was no surprise when it won Outstanding British Film. It can be classified as a British film as it was funded by Film4, the British production company Blueprint, and US company TGS; it is distributed by Searchlight.
But it’s definitely an Irish film through and through.
It was quite the shock when Martin McDonagh didn’t pick up Best Director, that nod went to Edward Berger for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front.
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The American actor beat out Paul Mescal and Daryl McCormack on the night.
It wasn’t just The Banshees that flew the Irish flag at the BAFTAs. Northern Irish film, An Irish Goodbye won Best British Short Film.
It was an unfortunate night for An Cailín Ciúin as it missed out to All Quiet on the Western Front in both of its categories.
While she’s not Irish, we’re adopting her. Director Charlotte Wells won Outstanding British Debut for her film, Aftersun which starred our very own, Paul Mescal.
