BAFTA Night One Winners Led By ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

The BAFTA Awards continue to break from tradition in a major way this year. After their decision to have smaller juries decide the nominations for many categories resulted in one of the most wildly exciting and unpredictable groups of nominees we’ve perhaps ever seen, the BAFTAs have split their awards presentation out over two nights. 

Night one was dedicated to eight categories mostly in the craft section, awarding artists in the fields of visual effects, production design, and more. 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom walked away from the night as the only film to garner multiple wins so far, giving it the narrow edge before the remainder of the categories are handed out on Sunday night. 

For the full list of winners from night one of the 2021 BAFTAs, see below: 

Sound: Sound Of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc 

Special Visual Effects: Tenet – Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley 

British Short Animation: The Owl And The Pussycat – Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf 

British Short Film: The Present – Farah Nabulsi 

Production Design: Mank – Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale 

Makeup & Hair: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal

Costume Design: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth

Casting: Rocks – Lucy Pardee