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BAFTA Awards 2024: the big winners, the surprises, and the shock snubs

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It seemed fairly obvious that Oppenheimer and Poor Things were going to win lots and lots but… this much? Seven for the former and five for the latter?

One suspects it is a source of some embarrassment to BAFTA that, despite eight previous nominations, has never taken home a statue. His films have invented a new genre – the intelligent-verging-on-incomprehensible blockbuster – and he has done more for British cinema than most.

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