The EE BAFTAs have made their mark on this year’s Oscar race as the film awards season reaches its dramatic conclusion.

After landing Golden Globe success last month, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s vengeance thriller The Revenant boosted its hopes of Best Picture glory by taking home five awards, including Best Director and the coveted Best Film accolade.

Central star Leonardo DiCaprio is all but certain to finally land his first Oscar after winning Leading Actor for his physically-challenging role as explorer Hugh Glass, while the film also collected the Cinematography and Sound accolades.

Leo’s former Titanic co-star Kate Winslet boosted her hopes of a second Academy Award win after she overcame Rooney Mara (Carol) and Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) to clinch Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Apple marketing executive Joanna Hoffman in the factual drama Steve Jobs.

An absent Brie Larson also moved closer to her own inevitable Oscar win after securing the Leading Actress gong for her powerful performance in Room, while the Supporting Actor award went to British performer Mark Rylance for his role as Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg’s Cold War drama Bridge of Spies.

His victory gives him a possible chance of overcoming category favourite Sylvester Stallone (Creed) when the pair go head-to-head at the Oscars in two weeks time.

 

Elsewhere, the post-apocalyptic action sequel Mad Max: Fury Road did well in the technical categories as it won four awards for Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, and Makeup & Hairstyling.

It was also a good night for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as the sci-fi blockbuster nabbed the Visual Effects prize as well as an EE Rising Star Award triumph for actor John Boyega.

There were also wins for Spotlight (Original Screenplay), The Big Short (Adapted Screenplay), Brooklyn (Outstanding British Film), Inside Out (Animated Film), Amy (Documentary) and Wild Tales (Foreign Language Film) while veteran composer Ennio Morricone landed the Original Music accolade for his work on Quentin Tarantino’s western drama The Hateful Eight.

Finally, Hollywood legend Sidney Poitier was the recipient of this year’s BAFTA Fellowship award for his mesmerising work over the past six decades which included his roles in The Defiant Ones (1958), Lilies of the Field (1963), To Sir, With Love, Guess Whose Coming to Dinner and In the Heat of the Night (all 1967).

The full list of EE BAFTA winners are…

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE BIG SHORT (Adam McKay & Charles Randolph)

 

BAFTA Fellowship
Sidney Poitier