Barry Keoghan, Martin McDonagh and Kerry Condon win at the Baftas, but Farrell misses out
Martin McDonagh, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon all took home BAFTAs tonight
The Banshees of Inisherin stars Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, and director Martin McDonagh have all taken home awards from last night's Baftas.
However, there was less success in the Lead Actor category, where there were three Irish men nominated, Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) and Paul Mescal (Aftersun). They missed out to Austin Butler for his portrayal of Elvis in the biopic of the same name.
Kerry Condon won the gong for Best Supporting Actress, with Barry Keoghan taking home the award for Best Supporting Actor.
In her acceptance speech, Condon said thanked Martin McDonagh for the part and "for all the parts you gave me throughout my career".
"You make me so proud to be an Irish woman," she said.
She also thanked the “amazing cast” and her family as well as her horses and dogs.
She said winning the best supporting actress Bafta award for her role in The Banshees Of Inisherin is “really surreal”.
Speaking about how she was feeling from the Bafta winner’s room, Condon, 40, said: “Oh my God, the whole thing was just this blackout weird moment.
“All I remember is looking and seeing all the boys looking at me like, ‘get up’. It was just it was really surreal.”
Reflecting on why she felt her role of Siobhan resonated with so many, she said: “I hope it’s because she was able to be kind to somebody who annoyed her and I think it’s because she was evolved.
“And I think maybe because she showed a lot of inner strength and a lot of sadness that people experience, and also that a lot of her life is taking care of her brother or taking care of somebody else.
“And I think a lot of women sacrifice their lives for their children or for their husbands, or whoever.”
Barry Keoghan won supporting actor for The Banshees Of Inisherin, adding to the films collection of awards.
The 30-year-old Irish actor said he “should have planned this, really” before thanking his co-stars and Ireland.
He also dedicated the award to children from the area he comes from.
He said he feels the Bafta award success for The Banshees Of Inisherin will encourage artists in Ireland to “send the scripts in and go for what they want to do”.
Patrick Stewart presented outstanding British film to dark comedy The Banshees Of Inisherin, which also won best original screenplay.
Director and writer Martin McDonagh said: “I know every Irish person in the cast and crew are going ‘best what?'”
He also thanked the stand-in donkey, who he said is British and never made it on screen because she was “too tubby”, as well as thanking the cast and crew.
The film had been nominated for ten awards, but won just four on the night.
Meanwhile, Avatar: The Way of Water won the award for Special Visual Effects, Irishman Richard Baneham is part of the team there, and the Northern Irish film An Irish Goodbye won Best British Short Film for the duo of Tom Berkeley and Ross White.
In the Lead Actor category, there were three Irish men nominated, Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Nenagh's Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) and Kildare's Paul Mescal (Aftersun), but they all missed out to Austin Butler for his portrayal of Elvis in the biopic of the same name.
McCormack was also nominated in the Rising Star category, but lost out to Sex Education star Emma Mackey, for her role in last year’s Emily Brontë biopic, Emily.
The hit Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin missed out in both its categories, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language to All Quiet On The Western Front.
And, Dubliner Jonathan Redmond was nominated in the Editing category for his work on Elvis but lost out to Everything Everywhere All at Once.
