The other drama prizes, for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, went to «This Is Us» star Sterling K. Brown and David Harbour from «Stranger Things» respectively.
Not exact matches
Boasting breakout talent both in front of and behind the camera (tyro director Sophie Hyde picked up a helming
prize at Sundance), this accessible and mildly provocative
drama could do sturdy arthouse business in the U.S. and
other English - speaking territories.
Royal
drama picks up four Oscars, including best picture, best actor for Colin Firth, and surprise best director
prize for Tom Hooper, while
other fancied contenders falter
Co-written by estimable Frownland director Ronald Bronstein, it's inspired by the experiences of street kid Arielle Holmes, who plays a fictional version of herself alongside actor Caleb Landry Jones in what's described as «a tumultuous
drama about a New York City couple battling addiction in the midst of a love affair»... And finally, the
prize for oddest remake of the week: French thriller specialist Jean - François Richet is changing gear rather alarmingly with his, er, «reboot» is the word I'm looking for, of Claude Berri's 1977 comedy Un moment d'égarement, in which two fathers take their sexy adolescent daughters on vacation — and one of them is seduced by the
other's jeune fille.
One of my
other favorite films of the festival, Nadine Labaki's powerful
drama Capharnaüm, won the Jury
Prize (essentially third
prize) which is a relief at least.
Other TV gongs paid tribute to the old veterans — Mad Men's Jon Hamm took home Best Actor in a
Drama for the series» final season — and celebrated new faces — Lady Gaga's turn in American Horror Story: Hotel earned a Best Actress in a Limited Series
prize.
Among the
other winners at today's awards lunch will be Sir Kenneth Branagh, picking up the best actor
prize for his performance as a Swedish detective in the three - part BBC1
drama Wallander.
Up for four
other prizes — including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay — the Austrian end - of - life
drama will likely follow in the footsteps of the three previous Best Foreign Film / Best Picture double nominees (Life is Beautiful, Z, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), easily taking the Foreign Film Oscar and leaving the big one for domestic product.
Other winners included Jean - Marc Valee, whose work on «Big Little Lies» saw him pick up Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series, while «City of Ghosts» director was honoured in the documentary category, and Reed Morano beat off competition from «Stranger Things» Duffer Brothers and three «Game of Thrones» directors - Jeremy Podeswa, Matt Shakman and Alan Taylor - to take the
drama series
prize for «The Handmaid's Tale» episode «Offred».
If they indeed go 0 - 3 on Sunday and «The Shape of Water» takes the top
prize, the fantasy
drama will join eight
other Best Picture champs that did not convert any of its three - plus acting nominations into wins.