‘The Power of the Dog’ wins best picture at UK’s BAFTAs

By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Sci-fi epic “Dune” has won five prizes and dark Western “The Power of the Dog” has been named best film at the British Academy Film Awards. Jane Campion was named best director for “The Power of the Dog,” only the third woman to win the prize in the awards’ seven-decade history. Lead acting trophies went to Hollywood star Will Smith and British performer Joanna Scanlan. The awards returned Sunday with a live, black-tie ceremony after a pandemic-curtailed event in 2021. The prizes recognized a wide range of talents — including the first deaf acting winner in Troy Kotsur for “CODA.”