Oppenheimer’s road to Oscar glory is starting to take shape after dominating at this year’s EE BAFTA Film Awards.

The film, which explores the life and career of renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his work on building the first nuclear bomb, took home seven awards including the coveted Best Film prize.

Additionally, Irish star Cillian Murphy picked up the Best Leading Actor gong for his portrayal of Oppenheimer while co-star Robert Downey Jr. landed his second BAFTA win for his supporting turn as government official Lewis Strauss.

Once again, visionary filmmaker Christopher Nolan bolstered his hopes of a first Oscar success by nabbing Best Director while the film also claimed prizes for Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score for composer Ludwig Göransson.

The period comedy Poor Things enjoyed a strong evening with five accolades including a second Best Leading Actress BAFTA for Emma Stone as a recently-resurrected Victorian woman who seeks to find her own sexual awakening. The film also secured technical wins for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Visual Effects.

Meanwhile, Da’Vine Joy Randolph cemented her Oscar frontrunner status by taking home Best Supporting Actress for her emotional turn as a grieving cook in The Holdovers. The film itself also nabbed a win in the Best Casting category.

Another big winner on the night was the Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest which claimed three prizes including triumphs in both Outstanding British Film and Best Film Not in the English Language. It also overcame strong competition from Oppenheimer to land the Best Sound award.

Elsewhere, the satirical comedy American Fiction and the French legal drama Anatomy of a Fall were the key winners of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay respectively while the Hayao Miyazaki animation The Boy and the Heron was named Best Animated Film ahead of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Other films to prevail included 20 Days in Mariupol (Best Documentary Film), Jellyfish and Lobster (Best British Short Film), Crab Day (Best British Short Animation), and Earth Mama (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

The EE Rising Star Award category produced a surprise as rising British starlet Mia McKenna-Bruce clinched the win ahead of the likes of Ayo Edebiri and Jacob Elordi.

Finally, the BAFTA Fellowship was presented to British actress Samantha Morton (Minority Report, In America, Control) who dedicated her award to every child in care and poverty.

However, it was a night to forget for a number of prolific films as the hit fantasy comedy Barbie, the crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon, and the music-based drama Maestro all went home empty-handed despite multiple nominations.

On the ceremony front, Scottish actor David Tennant shone in his first gig as BAFTA host while comeback queen Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed a show-stopping rendition of her chart-topping hit ‘Murder on the Dance Floor’ after its recent resurgence through the film Saltburn.

Additionally, actress and singer Hannah Waddingham also delivered with a heartfelt rendition of ‘Time After Time’  during the In Memoriam segment.

The full list of EE BAFTA winners are:

BEST FILM
OPPENHEIMER

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Emma Stone, POOR THINGS

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN FICTION (Cord Jefferson)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)

BEST CASTING
THE HOLDOVERS

BEST EDITING
OPPENHEIMER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
OPPENHEIMER

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
POOR THINGS

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
POOR THINGS

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
POOR THINGS

BEST SOUND
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
POOR THINGS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
THE BOY AND THE HERON

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (UNITED KINGDOM)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
JELLYFISH AND LOBSTER

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
CRAB DAY

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
EARTH MAMA, Savanah Leaf (Writer/Director/Producer), Shirley O’Connor (Producer) & Medb Riordan (Producer)

EE RISING STAR AWARD
Mia McKenna-Bruce