Which film won in the ‘Best Film’ category in the 70th British Academy Film…
2017
Which film won in the ‘Best Film’ category in the 70th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) given away in February 2017?
- A.
The Jungle Book
- B.
Manchester by the Sea
- C.
Moonlight
- D.
La La Land
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Correct answer: D
Concept
The British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) are the United Kingdom's leading film honours, presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The 'Best Film' category is the ceremony's top award, honouring the single outstanding film of the year regardless of its country of origin.
Application
The 70th British Academy Film Awards were held on 12 February 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, recognising the best films of 2016. In the 'Best Film' category the award went to La La Land, Damien Chazelle's romantic musical, which was the most-nominated film of the night and also took Best Director.
Cross-check / Contrast
Manchester by the Sea was nominated and won acting honours (Casey Affleck, Best Actor), but it did not take the Best Film award.
Moonlight was a major nominee that year and later won the Oscar for Best Picture, but at the BAFTAs the Best Film prize went elsewhere.
The Jungle Book won a BAFTA for Special Visual Effects, a technical category, not the top Best Film honour.
Therefore, the film that won 'Best Film' at the 70th BAFTA in February 2017 was La La Land.