Morning all!
In recent years, the British Academy have started taking a cue from their American counterpart by announcing the nominations for their annual film awards at an early morning press conference (although, thankfully, not as early as 5:30am). But it was at the slightly more respectable time of 07:30 this morning (9th January) that Will Poulter and Hayley Squires announced this year's BAFTA Film Award nominees.
Here's a selection of the nominees:
BEST FILM
BlackKkKlansman
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Beast
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
McQueen
Stan & Ollie
You Were Never Really Here
LEADING ACTOR
Christian Bale (Vice)
Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
LEADING ACTRESS
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Viola Davis (Widows)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (Vice)
Claire Foy (First Man)
Margot Robbie (Mary Queen Of Scots)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)
A full list of nominees can be found here.
The Favourite is indeed the favourite with a staggering 12 nominations, with Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma, and A Star Is Born with seven apiece. Interestingly, of Roma's seven nods, Alfonso Cuaron is nominated for six of them! (Must be some kind of record, surely?). Mind you, of A Star Is Born's seven, Bradley Cooper has five.
Pretty much the same names that you've come to expect throughout the season- although Steve Coogan's nod was a nice touch, and it was interesting to see the director choices (this is Pawlikowski's first nomination in this awards season). This is also Viola Davis' first nomination this season. Widows as a whole seems to have been overlooked somewhat. That said, it's been a strong year for film, so not everything is going to get the recognition it perhaps should.
This year's EE Rising Star nominees are Jessie Buckley, Cynthia Erivo, Barry Keoghan, Lakeith Stanfield, and Letitia Wright. This award is voted on by the general public and you can vote for your favourite here.
The BAFTA Film Awards will be handed out on Sunday 10th February with the utterly radiant and sublime Joanna Lumley hosting for a second year.
Congratulations to all nominees!
Next up is the Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday 13th January, so there'll be a post about that on Monday (14th January)
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