Oppenheimer triumphs at 2024 BAFTA Film Awards
Al Jazeera
An epic about the making of the atomic bomb wins seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor.
Oppenheimer, a three-hour epic about the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II, has swept the board at the 77th British Academy Film Awards, winning seven prizes including the top honours for best film, best director and best actor.
The wins on Sunday cement the film’s frontrunner status for the Oscars next month.
British-born filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who directed Oppenheimer, won his first best director BAFTA award for the film, while Irish performer Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called father of the atomic bomb.
In his acceptance speech, Nolan thanked his cast and crew and the film’s backers for “taking on something dark”.
“In the real world there are all kinds of individuals and organisations who have fought long and hard to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world… in accepting this I do want to acknowledge their efforts,” he added.
