Wallace & Gromit scoop top awards at Baftas as Conclave wins 4 gongs including Best Film

WALLACE & Gromit had a cracker of a night at the Baftas — but Conclave was the biggest winner.

The plasticine icons scooped two gongs while the papal thriller, starring Ralph Fiennes, lifted four, including the ­coveted Best Film award.

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The Brutalist was also honoured with four awards at the event in London — including the Leading Actor gong for Adrien Brody.

Wallace & Gromit scooped Best Animated Film and won in the new Children’s And Family Film category for Vengeance Most Fowl.

The latter was watched by more than 20million Brits after it aired on BBC One on Christmas Day.

Singer Camila Cabello posed for a photo with figurines of Wallace & Gromit after presenting them with their second award.

Despite their success, it was the team behind Conclave who celebrated most after also collecting the Outstanding British Film gong.

After being presented with the Best Film honour by Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, director Edward Berger said: “Thank you very much. We are deeply humbled. This is such a big, big honour.”

The political thriller about the election of a new Pope with Fiennes, 62, in the lead role, also won in the Editing and Adapted Screenplay categories.

Meanwhile, the three hours 35 minutes period drama The Brutalist was also celebrating its four awards.

Leading Actor went to Brody, 51, Director to Brady Corbet, 36, Original Score to Daniel Blumberg, 35, and a nod for Cinematography.

Despite being the biggest film at the UK box office last year, Wicked’s leading ladies Cynthia Erivo, 38, and Ariana Grande, 31, missed out in their categories.

However, the musical did pick up awards in the Costume Design and Production Design categories.

Elsewhere, Mikey Madison, 25, was the surprise winner for Leading Actress for Anora, beating competition from The Substance’s Demi Moore, 62.

Anora, which also won in the Casting category, is about a young sex worker who spontaneously marries the son of an oligarch.

Insisting she wanted to recognise sex workers, Mikey said during her speech: “I see you, you deserve respect and human decency. I will always be a friend and ally.”

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Comedy-drama A Real Pain won the Supporting Actor award for Kieran Culkin, 42, and the Original Screenplay prize for actor and director Jesse Eisenberg, 41.

Expressing his surprise on stage, Jesse said: “I didn’t write anything because I didn’t think I’d win.

“I do want to share this with my wife, who didn’t come because she didn’t think I’d win.”

Meanwhile backstage, Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park, 66, was keen to tease a future on the BBC for the duo.

He said: “The BBC is the home of Wallace & Gromit, it would be weird not to be shown on the BBC.

“There are always Wallace & Gromit ideas spinning around. So watch this space.”

The Documentary gong went to Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, following his rise to the star of the 1978 superhero movie — and the 1995 horse fall tragedy that left him paralysed.

There was also success for Dune: Part Two in the Sound and Special Visual Effects categories.

West Belfast rap group Kneecap’s self-titled film was named Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

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