BAFTA Film Awards: ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ Performance Rocks the Ceremony
It was “Murder on the Dancefloor” at Sunday’s BAFTA Film Awards ceremony in London. English singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed her 2001 smash hit “Murder on the Dancefloor,” featured in Emerald Fennell’s BAFTA-nominated film Saltburn, at the ceremony, greeted by joyous screams and much applause from the crowd in attendance.
She was surrounded by a group of dancers who showed off their moves during the number’s finale.
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The British Academy’s big annual awards night, hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man), attracted a star-studded audience to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London. Among the pre-announced BAFTA presenters were such celebrities as David Beckham, Cate Blanchett, Dua Lipa, Idris Elba, Hugh Grant and Gillian Anderson.
Even the runup to Sunday’s film honors has had industry folks buzzing with anticipation. In addition to the “Murder on the Dancefloor” performance, organizers promised a musical number performed by Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham.
Of course, the 77th BAFTA film honors are mostly about the famous mask trophies being awarded to winners.
Christopher Nolan’s biographical epic Oppenheimer is leading the pack of the 2024 BAFTA film nominees with 13 nominations, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedy science fantasy Poor Things with 11 noms. Martin Scorsese’s Western crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon received nine BAFTA nods, tying with Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest.
Last year, Netflix’s German antiwar epic All Quiet on the Western Front made good on its record number of BAFTA nominations with a haul of seven wins, including for best film, best director and best adapted screenplay.
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