Dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the biggest winner at the Bafta Film Awards, held in London on Sunday, an event which saw the campaign for women’s rights in the entertainment industry take centre stage.Three Billboards won five awards, including Best Film, Best Actress for its lead performer Frances McDormand and Best Supporting Actor award for Sam Rockwell. Writer-director Martin McDonagh also won for the film’s original screenplay.
The US-set film also won the best British film honours, qualifying on the basis of its creative team and the companies involved in producing it, many of whom are British.