One Battle After Another wins 6 prizes including best picture at UK Baftas

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Politically charged thriller One Battle After Another took six prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards (Baftas) on Sunday, building momentum ahead of the Oscars next month.Blues-steeped vampire epic Sinners and gothic horror story Frankenstein won three awards each, while Shakespearean family tragedy Hamnet was named best British film.Jessie Buckley, as widely predicted, won the best actress prize for playing a grieving mother and wife of William Shakespeare, Agnes Hathaway, in Hamnet.In a major upset, Robert Aramayo took the best actor prize for the British indie film I Swear, beating stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet.One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s explosive film about a group of revolutionaries in conflict with the state, won the awards for directing, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing and Sean Penn’s supporting performance.“This is very overwhelming and wonderful,” Anderson said as he accepted the directing prize.

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