(Left) Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features ©2024 All Rights Reserved. (Right) Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.
Preview:
- ‘Conclave’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ are leading the BAFTA nomination pack.
- ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’ also nabbed nominations.
- The awards will be handed out on February 16th in London.
As the tragic wildfires continue to wreak havoc across Hollywood award bodies, with nomination announcements and ceremonies delayed or cancelled, the UK’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts is pushing ahead with their own annual celebration.
The nominations for this year’s BAFTA film awards have been announced, and it’s a good year for ‘Conclave’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ in particular, which were nominated for 12 and 11 awards respectively.
Who else is up for BAFTA Film Awards?
Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unkown’. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
Beyond the big two, there was also good news for movies such as ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Anora,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘A Complete Unknown,’ which have cropped up on a variety of other lists so far and are all expected to scoop various trophies once awards season can truly progress.
And this being the UK, there are naturally some categories that don’t crop up elsewhere, spotlighting British talent (which explains why Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz,’ which hasn’t exactly been grabbing up nominations, saw more love here.
What are the snubs and surprises of this year’s ‘BAFTA’ Film Awards?
Denzel Washington plays Macrinus in ‘Gladiator II’ from Paramount Pictures.
While ‘Gladiator II’ has had a hard time cracking nomination lists, we were surprised to see Denzel Washington shut out of the Supporting Actor line-up.
Luca Guadagnino’s duo ‘Queer’ and ‘Challengers’ were both Golden Globe nominated, including for leads Daniel Craig and Zendaya, but neither made the cut today. Both had made the BAFTA longlist.
‘Paddington in Peru,’ meanwhile, the third film in the beloved bear franchise, had the biggest opening for a British film since 2021 and has made a whopping $43M in the UK, but reviews weren’t as favorable as the first two films in the series and the movie couldn’t secure a BAFTA nom even despite the new kids and family category this year.
Both previous ‘Paddington‘ movies received multiple BAFTA nominations.
The BAFTA Awards this year will be held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on February 16th, hosted once more by former ‘Doctor Who’ actor David Tennant.
Related Article: ‘Wicked’ and ‘Conclave’ Lead The Critics Choice Film Awards Nominations With 11 Each
Here’s the full list of nominees:
BEST FILM
Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24.
- ‘Anora’
- ‘The Brutalist’
- ‘A Complete Unknown’
- ‘Conclave’
- ‘Emilia Pérez’
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
(L to R) Elliott Heffernan and Saoirse Ronan in ‘Blitz,’ now in theaters and premiering globally on Apple TV+ on November 22.
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Dev Patel in ‘Monkey Man,’ directed by Dev Patel. Copyright: © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Hoard,’ Luna Carmoon (Director, Writer)
- ‘Kneecap,’ Rich Peppiatt (Director, Writer)
- ‘Monkey Man,’ Dev Patel (Director)
- ‘Santosh,’ Sandhya Suri (Director, Writer), James Bowsher (Producer), Balthazar de Ganay (Producer) [also produced by Alan McAlex, Mike Goodridge]
- ‘Sister Midnight,’ Karan Kandhari (Director, Writer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.
DOCUMENTARY
Christopher Reeve as Superman in the documentary feature ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ANIMATED FILM
Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’, directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2024.
- ‘Flow’
- ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’
- ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
- ‘The Wild Robot’
DIRECTOR
Director Denis Villeneuve on the ‘Dune: Part Two’ global press tour. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(L to R) Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on the set of ‘A Real Pain’. Photo by Agata Grzybowska, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
- ‘Kneecap,’ Writer Rich Peppiatt, Story by Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
- ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg
- ‘The Substance,’ Coralie Fargeat
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Director James Mangold attends Searchlight Pictures’ ‘A Complete Unknown’ World Premiere on Dec 10, 2024 in Los Angeles.
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ James Mangold and Jay Cocks
- ‘Conclave,’ Peter Straughan
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Jacques Audiard
- ‘Nickel Boys,’ RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
- ‘Sing Sing,’ Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story by Clint Bentley,
Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
LEADING ACTRESS
Marianne Jean-Baptiste in ‘Hard Truths’. Copyright: Thin Man Films Ltd.
LEADING ACTOR
Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’. Photo: Briarcliff Entertainment.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Isabella Rossellini stars as Sister Agnes in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Guy Pearce in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24.
CASTING
(L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker, Samantha Quan
- ‘The Apprentice,’ Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Yesi Ramirez
- ‘Conclave,’ Nina Gold, Martin Ware
- ‘Kneecap,’ Carla Stronge
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nicholas Hoult stars as Thomas Hutter in director Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Features LLC.
EDITING
(L to R) Brían F. O’Byrne as Cardinal O’Malley and Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
COSTUME DESIGN
Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
MAKE-UP & HAIR
Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti
- ‘Nosferatu,’ David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
- ‘The Substance,’ Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli
- ‘Wicked,’ Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix.
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Shiz University in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
SOUND
(L to R) Pedro Pascal plays General Acacius and Paul Mescal plays Lucius in ‘Gladiator II’ from Paramount Pictures.
- ‘Blitz,’ John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
- ‘Gladiator II,’ Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey, Danny Sheehan
- ‘The Substance,’ Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard
- ‘Wicked,’ Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Jonno Davies as “Robbie Williams” in ‘Better Man’ from Paramount Pictures.
- ‘Better Man,’ Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
- ‘Gladiator II,’ Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
- ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,’ Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
- ‘Wicked,’ Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- ‘Adiós,’ José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
- ‘Mog’s Christmas,’ Robin Shaw, Joanna Harrison, Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
- ‘Wander to Wonder,’ Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Maarten Swart
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- ‘The Flowers Stand, Silently Witnessing,’ Theo Panagopoulos, Marissa Keating
- ‘Marion,’ Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine, Marija Djikic
- ‘Milk,’ Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene
- ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors,’ Franz Böhm, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer
- ‘Stomach Bug,’ Matty Crawford, Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Jharrel Jerome (Anthony Robles) in ‘Unstoppable’. Photo Credit: Ana Carballosa/Prime Video.
