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Overview
- At the 79th BAFTAs in London, O Agente Secreto lost Original Screenplay to Pecadores and Non‑English Language Film to Valor Sentimental.
- Actor Wagner Moura attended with director Kleber Mendonça Filho and producer Emilie Lesclaux, representing the film on the red carpet.
- Other Brazilian nominees also missed out, with Petra Costa’s Apocalipse nos Trópicos losing documentary to Mr. Nobody Against Putin and Adolpho Veloso bested in cinematography by Michael Bauman for Uma Batalha Após a Outra.
- Despite the setback, O Agente Secreto remains an Oscar contender with four nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Wagner Moura), International Feature, and the new Casting/Direction of Casting category.
- BAFTA outcomes are viewed as a useful but imperfect gauge for the Academy Awards, which are voted on by a different electorate.