The nomination of Shaunak Sen’s critically praised documentary All that Breathes for Best Documentary at this year’s Academy Awards made India shine. The somewhat disheartening news is that Navalny wins the BAFTA Award for Best Film in 2023.

The award for Documentary goes to Navalny @navalnydoc @dogwoof #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/7L1a82XTaC

— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 19, 2023

ALL THAT BREATHES LOSES BAFTA 2023

Other nominees for Best Documentary Feature at the BAFTAs in 2023 were All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Fire of Love, and A House Made of Splinters, for those uninformed. All That Breathes by Shaunak Sen was one of the leading contenders for the documentary award. However, the film lost to Navalny by Daniel Roher. The plot of the winning film centres around the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the subsequent inquiry into the matter.

Here are the complete list of winners BAFTA Awards 2023:

Best Film – All Quiet on the Western Front

Leading Actress – Cate Blanchett, Tar

Leading Actor – Austin Butler, Elvis

Best Director – Edward Berger, All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Casting – Elvis

Best Cinematography – All Quiet on the Western Front

Adapted Screenplay – All Quiet On The Western Front, Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell

Editing – Everything Everywhere All At Once, Paul Rogers

Cinematography – All Quiet On The Western Front, James Friend

Best Documentary – Navalny (Daniel Roher)

EE Bafta Rising Star Award – Emma Mackey

Film Not In The English Language – All Quiet On The Western Front

Best Costume Design – Catherine Martin, Elvis

British Short Film – An Irish Goodbye

Make up & Hair – Elvis; Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas

Production design – Babylon; Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino

Sound – All Quiet On The Western Front; Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler

Original Score – All Quiet On The Western Front; Volker Bertelmann

Supporting Actress – Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Supporting Actor – Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

ABOUT ALL THAT BREATHES

All that Breathes was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Golden Eye Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to being the most well-received documentary of the year, it has won several other major international honours at various film festivals across the world. Given the film’s original premise and critical acclaim, it would not be surprising to see Shaunak Sen accept the Oscar for Best Documentary alongside Hollywood’s biggest personalities, despite having lost the BAFTA.The BAFTA awards were broadcast live on Lionsgate Play from the Royal Festival Hall in London.

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