It's the biggest night in British cinema - the 77th British Academy Film Awards
Hollywood stars and the elite of the UK's film-makers gathered for the ceremony in London
Oppenheimer - about the physicist described as the "father of the atomic bomb" - won the most awards of the night
Poor Things had a successful evening too, winning five awards
American Fiction, The Zone of Interest and The Holdovers were among the other winners
British films in contention included All of Us Strangers, Saltburn and How to Have Sex
The Prince of Wales, president of Bafta, was in attendance at the Royal Festival Hall
You can watch the ceremony on the livestream above or on BBC One - our live coverage here has been bringing you the results, as they happen
You can watch the Bafta Film Awards today on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 19:00 GMT to 21:00.
The ceremony will also be streamed at the top of this live page at 19:00. But we will be bringing you the results live, as they happen, ahead of that right here.
Audiences around the world will also be watching the awards, including on BritBox in North America.
Earlier on the red carpet, Sophie Ellis-Bextor revealed who sat in on the rehearsal for her Baftas performance of Murder on the Dancefloor.
Watch her explain to our correspondent Colin Paterson:
Sophie Ellis-Bextor reveals who sat in on the rehearsal
The song has enjoyed a renaissance after featuring in the infamous nude scene with Barry Keoghan at the end of Saltburn. Will Barry be squirming in his seat?
Hannah Waddingham, who neared national treasure status after co-hosting Eurovision last year, will also be performing a musical number.
Sandra Hüller could win in two acting categories tonight
German actress Sandra Hüller is enjoying a fruitful awards season – she’s up for a Bafta for best actress in French murder mystery film Anatomy of a Fall, and also has a shot in the best supporting actress category for her role in The Zone of Interest.
An adaptation of the late Martin Amis's novel of the same name, The Zone of Interest is about a family living next to Auschwitz.
Hüller tells Lizo that she knows both films are quite dark, but that life is dark and we shouldn't avoid talking about these themes.
Katie Razzall
Culture editor
Image source, ReutersPaul Giamatti, best actor nominee for his role in The Holdovers, tells me “it’s very exciting” to be at the Baftas, especially as “I wanted to come here to act, I didn’t have the guts.
"I was afraid to move to a different country but I revered a lot of British actors."
He praised his fellow nominee Cillian Murphy as a “great actor”.
When I put it him that it was between him and Murphy for the prize, he said nothing was certain in the race.
It “could be somebody else, a total surprise", he says.
The Holdovers he told me, was a “completely relatable” story and he was thrilled that it’s taken off here in the UK as well as the US.
Image source, ReutersChristopher Nolan, pictured with Cillian Murphy, will be hoping to win his first Bafta this evening
Here’s a quick reminder who’s up for some of the most high-profile awards:
Best film
Director
You can see all the nominations here.
Image source, Getty ImagesSomeone receiving one of the big prizes this evening is Samantha Morton, with the British actress being recognised with a Bafta Fellowship.
"I’m incredibly grateful to be here," she says.
"I think for me growing up in Nottingham in the care system... I look back on the early roles I had," she says, mentioning the crime drama Band of Gold, adding "it opened a huge amount of doors for me".
"Film changed my life and I wouldn’t be here without the opportunity to act."
She adds that she feels she has a "social obligation" in the roles she chooses, and how she performs them.
David Jonsson, star of Rye Lane
David Jonsson, star of south London love story Rye Lane, says being a part of the film was "beyond a dream".
"It's been a film that really encapsulated our London, the London that we love. It's more than a blessing, it really is."
Rye Lane is up for Outstanding British Film tonight, and Jonsson's co-star Vivian Oparah has been nominated for Best Actress.
Jonsson described her as a "phenomenal talent" who "deserves every bit of praise that's coming to her".
The stars have been stunning on the red carpet and we've already spotted Bridgerton royalty...
Image source, Lia Toby/BaftaQueen Charlotte has arrived! Bridgerton star India Amarteifio walks the red carpet
Image source, Gareth Cattermole/BaftaPaul Giamatti is here tonight as a leading actor nominee for The Holdovers
Image source, Lia Toby/BaftaSophie Ellis-Bextor is here - and she'd better not kill the groove!
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Doctor is here... David Tennant will be hosting this year's Baftas
There has been quite a lot of talk of notable snubs during this awards season, with many people thinking Irish actor Andrew Scott deserved a nod for his role in All of Us Strangers.
“I was absolutely fine [not being nominated]," he tells the BBC.
He says it is a "a film I am enormously proud of" and calls it a "modern classic".
The past couple of years have seen Irish contributions featuring heavily during awards seasons, with the likes of Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal, and the strong performance of the Banshees of Inisherin last year.
"I think it’s maybe there’s a strong tradition of storytelling in Ireland, maybe that’s it?" says Scott.
Image source, ReuDa'Vine Joy Randolph will be hoping to triumph for her role in The Holdovers
Here is the list of the actors and actresses vying to be recognised for their excellent supporting roles.
Supporting actress
Supporting actor
You can check all the other nominees in our list here.
We've also been hearing from Mia McKenna Bruce, who features in How to Have Sex, and has been nominated for the Rising Star Award.
Voted for by the public, previous winners of the illustrious prize include Daniel Kaluuya and Kristen Stewart.
"It’s just a dream come true. Growing up I’ve followed the Baftas and rising star in particular, to be in amongst it is just mind-blowing to me," she says.
She is nominated alongside four other actors: Phoebe Dynevor, Ayo Edebiri, Jacob Elordi and Sophie Wilde.
On themes on consent examined in How to Have Sex, she says: "The fact that it is getting so many people talking shows the need there is for films like this."
Image source, BaftaDominic Sessa, a supporting actor nominee for his role in The Holdovers, tells the BBC's Lizo Mzimba his character is "not particularly likeable" but that he enjoyed the challenge that brought.
"All actors like that, finding seemingly unlikeable people and giving the audience a reason to connect with them."
The Holdovers is also nominated for best film.
One of this year's most talked about films Saltburn has brought the song Murder on the Dancefloor to a new audience.
The song's performer Sophie Ellis Bextor says she was not overly concerned about it being used in a part of the film which involves naked dancing from its lead Barry Keoghan.
"There is a whole lot of what happens before the naked dancing," she says.
On the renewed interest in the song and the opportunities it has brought, she says: "I’m just having a ball you know. I’ve always loved singing this song, it’s a really good friend of mine."
Image source, Getty ImagesDoctor Who star David Tennant will host the prestigious awards ceremony for the first time.
The Scottish actor takes over from last year's host, Richard E Grant, who presented alongside Alison Hammond.
Tennant, 52, has had an extensive career in film, television and radio, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Broadchurch and Good Omens. He recently returned to Doctor Who, where he first stepped into the Tardis as the 10th Doctor in 2005, for the show's 60th anniversary episodes.
Oppenheimer leads this year's Bafta Film Award nominations with a total of 13.
Christopher Nolan's summer box office rival Barbie received five nominations, making it level with cult hit drama Saltburn.
Poor Things has 11 nods, while Killers of the Flower Moon and The Zone of Interest both have nine.
The top nominees are:
Oppenheimer is the bookies’ favourite for best film, Christopher Nolan for best director and Cillian Murphy for best actor awards, and Emma Stone is a strong favourite for the best actress award for her role in Poor Things.
If Nolan does triumph, it will surprisingly be his first Bafta win, despite being behind hit films including Dunkirk, Inception and his Batman trilogy.
Katie Razzall
Culture editor
Image source, ReutersThe past year’s movies have delivered extraordinary roles for women - from Emma Stone’s tour de force in Poor Things to Margot Robbie’s feminist Barbie, to Da’Vine Joy Randolph as a bereaved mother and school cook in The Holdovers.
For decades, actresses have (rightly) complained about being offered “wife of” parts; roles that see them as an adjunct to the leading man, rather than fully fleshed out characters in their own right.
But even the “wife of” parts for this year’s nominees are written as equals - think Sandra Huller as the chilling wife of an Auschwitz commandant in The Zone of Interest or Carey Mulligan as the actress wife of Leonard Bernstein in Maestro.
“Progress isn’t a straight line,” Mulligan told me recently, “but everything is moving in the right direction”.
The high number of strong contenders in the actress categories means some have been pushed out of this year’s Baftas. Neither Annette Bening for Nyad nor Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon are in the running today. But both are nominated for best actress at the Oscars.
We are starting to hear from a few of this evening's stars on the red carpet.
The BBC's Lizo Mzimba has just spoken to Molly Manning Walker, nominated in the outstanding debut category for her film How to Have Sex.
Speaking about how widely the film has been picked up, she says it is now being brought into schools in lessons about teaching consent.
"It just feels like it’s bigger than the film now. And I’m just happy to see it fly and do its thing," she says.
She says she did not realise how special the film was until it was put before audiences, and that "women feel seen" by the subject of the film.
Image source, ReutersAmong all the buzz around awards season, much of the speculation and controversy surrounds who’s going to get the statuette for their acting chops in a leading role.
Here’s a quick rundown of who’s up for those key awards:
Leading actress
Leading actor
See a list of all the nominees here, external.
Noor Nanji
Culture reporter at Royal Festival Hall
The sun has (thankfully) come out, and the final preparations for the Baftas are being made.
The red carpet has been rolled out, tripods have been set up, and the photographers are ready in their best position.
Once the media lock-in began, nobody could go in or out… so some journalists made a frantic last-minute trip to the loos.
There was a lot of scrambling, but there has been a great vibe, with everyone excited for the celebs to start swanning in.
Aside from the behemoth Oppenheimer, films on course for Bafta success include the outlandish Poor Things, with 11 nominations, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and German-language film The Zone of Interest, both with nine nominations.
Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things and Oppenheimer are all vying for the coveted best film award, alongside so-called dramedy The Holdovers and courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall.
German actress Sandra Hüller is nominated twice, in the best actress category for Anatomy of a Fall, and in the best supporting actress category for The Zone of Interest.
And Maestro’s Bradley Cooper is also nominated twice, for best director and best actor, playing composer Leonard Bernstein - despite that nose controversy - although he looks unlikely to win either.
Meanwhile Flowers of the Moon star Lily Gladstone, arguably the frontrunner for this year’s best actress Oscar, was not nominated at all - leaving Emma Stone as the pacemaker among leading ladies.