Since BAFTA never televises live we learn the winners before we've seen any excerpts from the show. This kills the normal suspense (however non-suspenseful) of "and the winner is..." but if you're trying to preserve that we'll hide the winners until after the jump. We'll deal with the details later once we've seen clips!
THE WINNERS ARE...
FILM The Revenant
DIRECTOR Alejandro González Iñarritu, The Revenant
ACTRESS Brie Larson, Room
ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
SUPPORTING ACTOR Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Will we see upsets in any of the major categories on Oscar night? Picture and Director still feel like they could go a number of ways (given the SAG for Spotlight and the PGA for The Big Short). And yet it's possible that The Revenant's big box office has pushed it out front.
Are Alicia Vikander and Sylvester Stallone way out in front or just slightly out front? My guess is that Vikander is secure in Supporting Actress (it helps to be a lead *sigh* and remember that she was nominated for Ex Machina in this category at BAFTA rather than The Danish Girl which they rightly put in leading) but Supporting Actor actually feels volatile despite Stallone's narrative. If Stallone doesn't pull it out it could actually be anyone on Oscar night.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Spotlight
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Big Short
CINEMATOGRAPHY The Revenant
EDITING Mad Max Fury Road
MAKEUP Mad Max Fury Road
PRODUCTION DESIGN Mad Max Fury Road
COSTUME DESIGN Mad Max Fury Road
VISUAL EFFECTS Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SCORE Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
SOUND Jon Taylor, The Revenant
It'll be interesting to see how closely Oscar matches in the craft categories. Production Design and Costume Design and Sound feel highly competitive. BAFTA ended up giving 5 prizes to The Revenant and 4 to Mad Max Fury Road and only 1 to most of the other pictures. Will Oscar really only favor those two pictures or might Spotlight and The Big Short be stronger here in the States?
DOCUMENTARY Amy
ANIMATED Inside Out
FOREIGN Wild Tales, Damián Szifron
SHORT Operator
ANIMATED SHORT Edmond
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP Sidney Poitier
BRITISH FILM Brooklyn
BRITISH DEBUT Naji Abu Nowar & Rupert Lloyd, (Writer/Director and Producer) of Theeb
RISING STAR John Boyega
BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA Angels The Costumiers