German language film All Quiet on the Western Front was the big winner at the British Film and Television Awards, scooping seven honours. The Netflix anti-war epic, directed by German filmmaker Edward Berger and based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, scooped top gongs including Best Film and Best Director. Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis also won four awards, with its star Austin Butler beating favourite Colin Farrell for Best Actor in a shock decision from the voting academy. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy won the Bafta for best British short animation. The Bafta for Best Documentary went to Navalny, while Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won the Bafta for Best Animated Film.
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