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\u201cConclave<\/a>\u201d won the best movie title at the EE British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday \u2014 adding the latest twist to a chaotic awards season in which no one movie has dominated the major ceremonies.<\/p>\n The film, which stars Ralph Fiennes and was directed by Edward Berger is a thriller about the selection of a new pope. It took home four awards on Sunday at Britain\u2019s equivalent of the Oscars, commonly known as the BAFTAs, although, aside from best film, those were all in minor categories: best editing, best adapted screenplay and outstanding British film.<\/p>\n In securing the best film award, \u201cConclave\u201d beat Sean Baker\u2019s \u201cAnora<\/a>,\u201d a dramedy in which an exotic dancer marries a the son of a Russian oligarch, and \u201cThe Brutalist<\/a>,\u201d about a Jewish architect (Adrien Brody) rebuilding his life in the United States after the Holocaust.<\/p>\n It also triumphed over the Bob Dylan biopic \u201cA Complete Unknown<\/a>\u201d and \u201cEmilia P\u00e9rez<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cConclave\u201d hadn\u2019t previously featured among the major winners this awards season. It only secured one Golden Globe, for best screenplay, at a ceremony in which \u201cEmilia P\u00e9rez\u201d and \u201cThe Brutalist\u201d were the big winners<\/a>. More recently, the momentum for the best picture Oscar<\/a> had swung to \u201cAnora,\u201d after that movie picked up major honors at this year\u2019s Critic\u2019s Choice<\/a> ceremony and the Directors Guild of America<\/a> and Producers Guild of America<\/a> awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Yet the prominence of \u201cConclave\u201d at the BAFTAs will give the movie momentum going into this year\u2019s Academy Awards, scheduled for March 2. There is significant overlap between the voting bodies for both awards, and the BAFTAs and Oscars regularly have the same winners.<\/p>\n The cast and crew of \u201cConclave\u201d looked stunned when the best film prize was announced. Isabella Rossellini, who plays a nun in the movie, stood onstage smiling gleefully throughout Berger\u2019s acceptance speech, in which he said he was \u201cdeeply humbled\u201d to see his film receive the honor.<\/p>\n In the best director category, Brady Corbet was the victor for \u201cThe Brutalist,\u201d winning out over Berger as well as Sean Baker (\u201cAnora\u201d), Jacques Audiard (\u201cEmilia P\u00e9rez\u201d), Denis Villeneuve (\u201cDune: Part Two<\/a>\u201d) and Coralie Fargeat (\u201cThe Substance,<\/a>\u201d a body-horror gross-out about a washed-up TV star, played by Demi Moore<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe Brutalist\u201d had a strong night, taking home four awards \u2014 the same as \u201cConclave\u201d \u2014 with Adrien Brody winning the prize for best leading actor. In that category, Brody beat Colman Domingo (\u201cSing Sing<\/a>\u201d), Ralph Fiennes (\u201cConclave\u201d), Hugh Grant (\u201cHeretic<\/a>\u201d), Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (\u201cA Complete Unknown\u201d) and Sebastian Stan (\u201cThe Apprentice<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In the leading actress category, Mikey Madison won for her role in \u201cAnora,\u201d besting Demi Moore, as well as Cynthia Erivo (\u201cWicked\u201d), Marianne Jean-Baptiste<\/a> (\u201cHard Truths<\/a>\u201d) and Saoirse Ronan (\u201cThe Outrun<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n In her acceptance speech, Madison asked for a moment \u201cto recognize the sex worker community,\u201d adding: \u201cI see you. You deserve respect and human decency.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n was also a nominee for best actress for \u201cEmilia P\u00e9rez,\u201d although she did not attend the ceremony, held just weeks after a journalist resurfaced<\/a> some old social media posts in which Gasc\u00f3n made derogatory comments about Muslims and George Floyd, among others.<\/p>\n When Audiard, the director of \u201cEmilia P\u00e9rez,\u201d accepted the award for best film not in the English language, he thanked \u201cmy dear Karla Sof\u00eda\u201d alongside the rest of the movie\u2019s stars. Zoe Salda\u00f1a also name-checked Gasc\u00f3n, among others, when she accepted the best supporting actress award. The best supporting actor award went to Kieran Culkin for \u201cA Real Pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n