Which film won the 70th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)…

Concept

The BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects honours the film whose visual-effects work — the integration of computer-generated imagery (CGI) with live-action footage — is judged the most technically accomplished of the year. The deciding criterion is the quality and seamlessness of the effects craft itself, not a film's overall acclaim, its acting, or its other wins.

Application

At the 70th BAFTA Awards (held February 2017, honouring 2016 films), the winner in this category was the Disney live-action remake of The Jungle Book. The film was built almost entirely from photorealistic CGI animals and jungle environments composited around a single live-action child actor, an achievement squarely matching the category's craft-based criterion.

Why the other films do not fit

• Manchester by the Sea was a dialogue-driven drama with no special-effects-led work; its 70th-BAFTA wins were Leading Actor (Casey Affleck) and Original Screenplay — acting and writing, not effects.

• Lion's 70th-BAFTA wins were Supporting Actor (Dev Patel) and Adapted Screenplay — a performance and a writing award, neither tied to the effects category.

• La La Land was the night's biggest overall winner (including Best Film and Best Director), but its strengths were music, choreography and cinematography rather than special visual effects.

Applying the category's criterion, the effects-driven film among the choices is The Jungle Book.