BAFTA 2022 Film Awards: Benedict Cumberbatch wears Ukraine pin as he attends with wife Sophie Hunter

It's one the most esteemed events in the social calendar: the BAFTA 2022 Film Awards, but this year takes place amid Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. 

And on Sunday, Benedict Cumberbatch, 45, wore a Ukraine pin on his classic tuxedo, while his wife Sophie Hunter, 43, looked elegant in a gold gown. 

The actor - who is nominated for Best Actor thanks to his performance in The Power Of The Dog - took the opportunity to show his support for the war-torn country, which has seen more than 2.6 million flee.

Making a statement: On Sunday, Benedict Cumberbatch, 45, wore a Ukraine pin on his classic tuxedo, while his wife Sophie Hunter, 43, looked elegant in a gold gown

Benedict jazzed up his tuxedo by opting for a velvet black jacket, but more importantly wore a blue and yellow pin to represent the Ukraine flag. 

Sophie oozed sophistication in her floor length dark gold frock, which featured pretty plaited straps and a faux cross-over neckline.  

The theatre and opera director was able to forgo a handbag thanks to the useful pockets in the skirt of her dress.

Sophie's brunette tresses were styled into a chic bun at the nape of her neck and she accessorised with drop-earings.  

Showing support: The actor - who is nominated for Best Actor thanks to his role The Power Of The Dog - took the opportunity to show his support for the war-torn country

It comes after BAFTA attendees were advised to 'dress respectably' due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

'Several senior showbiz agents have advised stars to dress respectably, amid fears attention-grabbing dresses and suits would appear distasteful in light of the Ukraine conflict,' a source told the Sun on Sunday.

'The last thing they want is something like Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress or anything too controversial.'

Gorgeous: Sophie oozed sophistication in her floor length dark gold frock, which featured pretty plaited straps and a faux cross-over neckline

The nominations for the BAFTA awards were announced last month with Dune, The Power Of The Dog and Belfast leading with 11, eight and six respectively.

Denis Villeneuve's star-studded sci-fi epic landed a slew of technical nods, along with a nod for the top prize for Best Film, while Jane Campion's dark Western and Kenneth Branagh's Irish biopic follows close behind with eight and six respectively.

It looks set to be a competitive evening in the acting categories, with Lady Gaga, Caitriona Balfe and Benedict Cumberbatch battling it out for the leading honours, alongside newcomers Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ariana DeBose and Adeel Akhtar.  

Backdrop: This photo reportedly shows smoke and damage at the Yavoriv training area that was targeted by Russian forces this morning

It comes after explosions were heard on the outskirts of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv after Russian forces launched an attack on a military base just 12 miles from the Polish border, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more.

Vladimir Putin's forces launched a missile strike on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, also known as Yavoriv military complex, just before 6am this morning.

Initial reports suggested the base had been targeted by eight missiles, but Maksym Kozytskyi, Governor of the region later confirmed 30 cruise missiles had been fired, killing nine people and injuring 57.

The base has previously been used to host Nato drills and up until recently has housed foreign military instructors, although its unclear if any have been caught up in the strike.  

BAFTAs 2022: THE WINNERS

Best Film

 The Power of the Dog- WINNER

Belfast

Don't Look Up

Dune

Licorice Pizza 

 

Outstanding British Film

Belfast- WINNER 

After Love

Ali & Ava 

Boiling Point

Cyrano

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

House of Gucci

Last Night in Soho

No Time To Die

Passing

Best Film: Dune is up for the big going as well as 10 more gongs

 

Leading Actress

Joanna Scanlan, After Love - WINNER 

Lady Gaga, House of Gucci

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Emilia Jones, CODA

Renata Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World 

Tessa Thompson, Passing

 

Leading Actor

Will Smith, King Richard- WINNER 

Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava

Mahershala Ali, Swansong

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Leonardo DiCaprio, Don't Look Up

Stephen Graham, Boiling Point 

 

Supporting Actress

Victory: Ariana DeBose was awarded the gong for Best Supporting Actress

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story - WINNER

Caitríona Balfe, Belfast

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter 

Ruth Negga, Passing

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Ann Dowd, Mass

 

Supporting Actor

Congrats: Troy Kotsur got Supporting Actor for his role in Coda 

Troy Kotsur, CODA- WINNER 

Mike Faist, West Side Story

Ciarán Hinds, Belfast 

Woody Norman, C'mon C'mon

Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog  

 

Director

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog- WINNER 

Aleem Khan, After Love

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

Audrey Diwan, Happening

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza 

Julia Ducournau, Titane

 

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

The Harder They Fall- WINNER 

After Love

Boiling Point 

Keyboard Fantasies

Passing

 

Adapted Screenplay

CODA- WINNER

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog  

 

Original Screenplay

Licorice Pizza- WINNER 

Being the Ricardos

Belfast

Don't Look Up

King Richard 

EE Rising Star Award

EE Rising Star Award: Bond star Lashana Lynch won

Lashana Lynch -WINNER 

Harris Dickinson

Millicent Simmonds 

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Ariana DeBose

Cinematography

Dune- WINNER

Nightmare Alley

No Time To Die

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

 

Animated Film

Encanto- WINNER

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs The Machines

 

Documentary

Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)- WINNER 

Becoming Cousteau

Cow

Flee

The Rescue 

 

Film Not in the English Language

Drive My Car- WINNER

The Hand of God

Parallel Mothers

Petite Maman

The Worst Person in the World

Costume Design

Costume Design: Cruella won the gong

Cruella- WINNER

Cyrano

Dune

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

 

Make Up & Hair

The Eyes of Tammy Faye- WINNER 

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune 

House of Gucci

Original Score: Don't Look Up is up for a gong 

Original Score

Dune - WINNER 

Being The Ricardos

Don't Look Up 

The French Dispatch

The Power of the Dog

 

Editing

No Time To Die- WINNER 

Belfast

Dune

Licorice Pizza 

Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Production Design

Dune - WINNER 

Cyrano 

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

Sound  

Dune - WINNER  

Last Night in Soho

No Time to Die

A Quiet Place Part II

West Side Story 

 

Special Visual Effects

Dune- WINNER 

British Short Animation

Casting

Boiling Point 

The Hand of God

King Richard

West Side Story

Editing: Black and white film Belfast is nominated