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 The movie earned five British Academy of Film and Television
Arts (BAFTA) awards, including for cinematography and sound, at
a ceremony in London, two weeks before it vies for Hollywood's
top honors, the Oscars.
In the film, which has already picked up several trophies in
this awards season and leads Oscar nominations, DiCaprio
portrays fur-trapper Hugh Glass, who after being attacked by a
bear, is left for dead by his companions during an 1820s
expedition. He survives in harsh winter conditions and sets out
for revenge.
DiCaprio is heavily favored to win the best actor Academy Award
on Feb. 28, which would be his first in five Oscar acting
nominations. In collecting his first BAFTA, he paid tribute to
his mother and listed actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman and
Peter O'Toole among his inspirations.
"All of this was not expected tonight ... Often we have talked
about how difficult this movie was to make, and it was, but we
are so proud," he told reporters.
Inarritu, the Mexican director whose film "Birdman" won last
year's best picture Oscar, said the prizes were "overwhelming".
Continuing a winning streak for the portrayal of a young mother
held captive with her son in "Room", Brie Larson prevailed in
the leading actress category and is also favored to win the
Oscar.
Kate Winslet won the supporting actress category for her
portrayal in "Steve Jobs" of the late Apple co-founder's
colleague Joanna Hoffman, while Mark Rylance was named best
supporting actor for his Soviet spy role in "Bridge of Spies".
Action adventure "Mad Max: Fury Road" was the second biggest
winner on the night with four prizes in editing, makeup and
hair, costume design and production design.
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Financial misdeeds movie "The Big Short" won for adapted screenplay
and "Spotlight", a film about a newspaper investigation into
Catholic Church sex abuse, won best original screenplay. Irish
immigrant story "Brooklyn" won outstanding British film.
Lesbian romance drama "Carol" went home empty-handed after leading
BAFTA nominations with "Bridge of Spies" with nine nods each.
The industry did not shy away from the big theme of the awards
season: the outcry over the lack of diversity among Oscar nominees
in the four acting categories for the second straight year, which
revived the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. Several guests poked fun at the
controversy and the Oscar organizers, the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
"I have never been invited to the Oscars because, as you know, they
are racist," Australian comedienne Rebel Wilson said as she
introduced a BAFTA award.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" won the BAFTA for best special visual
effects while cast member John Boyega was named the EE Rising Star,
the only award voted for by the public. "I haven't been doing for a
long time," he said. "It's a fluke."
(Reporting By Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Dominic Evans and
Mary Milliken)
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