This year’s awards season has been a special treat due to the absence of a clear-cut frontrunner, with The Big ShortSpotlightThe Revenant, and Mad Max: Fury Road all in relatively close competition — up until very recently, at least. While early nominations were split between these four heavy-hitting movies, The Revenant has broken out in recent weeks as the various awards-giving bodies have had their ceremonies. Artistic intention be damned, the sheer technical bravado of Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s western may be enough to push it through to a big victory on Oscar night, if last night’s showing at the BAFTAs is any example.

The grueling survival tale won big at Britain’s most prestigious awards ceremony last night, taking home the Best Film prize and earning individual awards for Iñárritu and leading man Leonardo DiCaprio in the Director and Leading Actor categories, respectively. The film also picked up a couple more victories in the technical fields, winning the Sound and Cinematography prizes. (Of particular note is The Revenant’s director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki, who stands to win an unprecedented third consecutive Oscar for Cinematography, having already been recognized for his work on Birdman and Gravity.) Fury Road came off the rosiest after The Revenant, winning in four of the technical categories, confirming that the film’s best shot at a higher-profile win would be for director George Miller, who could give Iñárritu a run for his money. The highlight of the evening was a surprise recognition of Force Awakens star John Boyega as the recipient of the Rising Star award, handed out to a British actor destined for greatness. Take a look at the full list of winners below:

BEST FILM
The Revenant
Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon

LEADING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant

LEADING ACTRESS
Brie Larson
Room

DIRECTOR
The Revenant
Alejandro G. Iñárritu

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road
Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Wild Tales
Damián Szifron

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short
Adam McKay, Charles Randolph

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director), Rupert Llyod (Producer)
Theeb

COSTUME DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jenny Beavan

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet
Steve Jobs

ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out
Pete Docter

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Rylance
Bridge Of Spies

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD
(voted for by the public)
John Boyega

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan

SOUND
The Revenant
Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom

EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
Margaret Sixel

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Edmond
Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy

BRITISH SHORT FILM
Operator
Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan

ORIGINAL MUSIC
The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone

DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Revenant
Emmanuel Lubezki

MAKE UP & HAIR
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Brooklyn
John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby

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