A Real Pain, about mismatched cousins on a trip to explore their roots, won the BAFTA for best original screenplay, as well as Culkin’s acting award.
“I’d like to share this with my wife, who didn’t come because she didn’t think I’d win,” quipped writer-director Jesse Eisenberg, who also co-starred in the film.
Claymation caper Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl won awards for best animated feature and best family and children’s film.
Sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two won prizes for sound and visual effects, while blockbuster musical Wicked took the costume and production design trophies.
RISING STARS AND LIFETIME HONOURS
Most BAFTA winners are chosen by 8,000 members of the UK academy of industry professionals, with one – the Rising Star Award – selected by public vote from a shortlist of nominees. This year’s winner was David Jonsson, star of high finance TV drama series Industry and London rom-com Rye Lane.
“Star, I don’t know,” he said. “But rising, I guess.”
The prize for best British debut went to Rich Peppiatt, writer-director of Irish-language hip-hop drama Kneecap.
Willow and Return Of The Jedi actor Warwick Davis received the academy’s top honour, the BAFTA Fellowship, for his screen career and work to create a more inclusive film industry.
The 3-foot, 6-inch (1.1-metre) actor founded a talent agency for actors under 5 feet tall, because, he said, “short actors weren’t known for their talent, just their height”.
“This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me — and I’ve been in Star Wars,” Davis said as he accepted his award.
