The movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom has won two prizes on the first night of the Bafta Film Awards, which are being split over two days for the first time.
Many of the technical prizes were handed out Saturday, with the main awards still to be presented Sunday.
Riz Ahmed, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Kirby and Daniel Kaluuya are among the stars up for acting awards.
Both halves of the ceremony are being presented from the Royal Albert Hall, but winners are appearing virtually.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom stars Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman as members of a 1920s blues band.
Other winners included Rocks, a low-budget British film starring a group of teenage girls, many of whom had not acted before; Christopher Nolan’s time-bending thriller Tenet; and Mank, in which Gary Oldman plays Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J Mankiewicz.
The Duke of Cambridge had been due to appear in a pre-recorded segment, but pulled out following the death of his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh. Host Clara Amfo paid tribute to Prince Philip, who was Bafta’s first president from 1959-66.
On Sunday, prizes including best film, director, screenplay and animated feature will be handed out, as well as the acting awards.
While the nominees will all appear remotely on Sunday, stars including Hugh Grant, Tom Hiddleston, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Phoebe Dynevor will be at the London venue to announce the winners.
They will be joined by fellow award presenters Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cynthia Erivo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Richard E Grant, Felicity Jones, Asim Chaudhry, James McAvoy, David Oyelowo, Pedro Pascal and Jonathan Pryce.
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