Actor Leonardo Di Caprio with his Best Actor award for his role in the film The Revenant. Photo / AP
Actor Leonardo Di Caprio with his Best Actor award for his role in the film The Revenant. Photo / AP
The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road were the big winners at the 2016 BAFTAs.
Leonardo DiCaprio won the Leading Actor award for his role as legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass in the survival movie, while Alejandro G. Inarritu won Best Director and saw his movie also triumph in the Film,Sound and Cinematography categories.
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, left, actor Leonardo Di Caprio, right, with the Best Film and Best Actor award for the film The Revenant presented by actor Tom Cruise, centre. Photo / AP
Mad Max: Fury Road also won a number of awards, including Editing, Production Design, Costume Design and Make-up and Hair.
Along with Leonardo's win for Leading Actor, the acting categories also saw Brie Larson take home the Leading Actress award for
Rising Star winner John Boyega at the BAFTA 2016 film awards. Photo / AP
Other notable winners included Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor John Boyega, who beat off competition from Taron Egerton, Dakota Johnson, Bel Powley and Brie Larson to take home the EE Rising Star award, the only gong voted for by the public.
Brooklyn - which was co-financed by the BBC - was awarded the Outstanding British Film award while Amy, based on the life of the late Amy Winehouse, won Best Documentary.
Inside Out took the Best Animated Film award while The Big Short and Spotlight won Adapted and Original Screenplay respectively.
The 2016 BAFTAs were held at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden for the 10th year in a row and hosted by Stephen Fry.
Image 1 of 7: Actress Emilia Clarke arrives at the BAFTA 2016 film awards at the Royal Opera House in London. Photo / AP
