As things stand, The Power of the Dog is galloping its way towards Oscar glory after scoring two key wins at last night’s BAFTA film awards.

The moody western drama landed the coveted Best Film prize, while an absent Jane Campion eased her way to another Best Director win for her work behind the camera.

However, the biggest winner on the night was the sci-fi blockbuster Dune as it scooped five prizes for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score for musician Hans Zimmer.

Elsewhere, an absent Will Smith took a giant stride towards a maiden gold statue by landing Best Actor for his portrayal of tennis coach Richard Williams in the sports biopic King Richard.

Both supporting races are also looking game set match after deaf actor Troy Kotsur and Broadway star Ariana DeBose took home Supporting Actor and Actress respectively for their roles in CODA and West Side Story. CODA also prevailed in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, while West Side also picked up the Best Casting prize.

In a bizarre predicament, none of this year’s Oscar contenders for Best Actress were nominated by BAFTA. As a result, this enabled British performer Joanna Scanlan to win her category for her powerful performance as a widowed Muslim in the indie-drama After Love.

Elsewhere, the Irish drama Belfast won the Outstanding British Film category, while Pixar’s Encanto was named Best Animated Film.

On a night dedicated to the 60th anniversary of James Bond, the action blockbuster No Time to Die won Best Editing while actress Lashana Lynch was the winner of this year’s EE Rising Star Award.

Other films to triumph on the night included Licorice Pizza (Best Original Screenplay), Cruella (Best Costume Design), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Best Makeup & Hairstyling), Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Best Documentary) and The Harder They Fall (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer).

However, a number of films with multiple nominations went home empty-handed including Don’t Look Up, House of Gucci, Boiling Point, Cyrano, The French Dispatch, The Lost Daughter and Passing.

The ceremony welcome a full capacity audience for the first time in two years, with Australian comedian actress Rebel Wilson earning mixed reviews for her presenting gig.

The full list of winners are….

BEST FILM
THE POWER OF THE DOG

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BELFAST

BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST ACTOR
Will Smith, KING RICHARD

BEST ACTRESS
Joanna Scanlan, AFTER LOVE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Troy Kotsur, CODA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA (Siân Heder)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
LICORICE PIZZA (Paul Thomas Anderson)

BEST CASTING
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST EDITING
NO TIME TO DIE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
DUNE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
DUNE

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
CRUELLA

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

BEST SOUND
DUNE

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
DUNE

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
DUNE (Hans Zimmer)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
ENCANTO

BEST FILM NOT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE
DRIVE MY CAR (JAPAN)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
SUMMER OF SOUL (OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
THE BLACK COP

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
THE HARDER THEY FALL, Jeymes Samuel 

RISING STAR AWARD
Lashana Lynch