Atom-bomb epic “Oppenheimer” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 13 categories including best film.
Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” received 11 nominations on the list announced Thursday, while historical epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” had nine each.
Other leading contenders include French courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall,” school story “The Holdovers” and Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro,” with seven nominations each. Exploration of love and grief “All of Us Strangers” was nominated in six categories and class-war dramedy “Saltburn” in five.
“Barbie,” one half of 2023’s “Barbenheimer” box office juggernaut, also got five nominations but missed out on a best picture nod.
The winners will be announced at a Feb. 18 ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall hosted by “Doctor Who” star David Tennant.
The prizes — officially the EE BAFTA Film Awards — are Britain’s equivalent of Hollywood’s Academy Awards and will be watched closely for hints of who may win at the Oscars on March 10.
The best film race pits “Oppenheimer” against “Poor Things,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Holdovers.”
“Poor Things” is also on the 10-strong list for the separate category of best British film, an eclectic slate that includes “Saltburn,” imperial epic “Napoleon,” south London romcom “Rye Lane” and chocolatier origin story “Wonka,” among others.
The best leading actor nominees are Bradley Cooper for “Maestro,” Colman Domingo for “Rustin,” Paul Giamatti for “The Holdovers,” Barry Keoghan for “Saltburn,” Cillian Murphy for “Oppenheimer” and Teo Yoo for “Past Lives.”
The best leading actress contenders are Fantasia Barrino for “The Color Purple,” Sandra Hรผller for “Anatomy of a Fall,” Carey Mulligan for “Maestro,” Vivian Oparah for “Rye Lane,” Margot Robbie for “Barbie” and Emma Stone for “Poor Things.”
Harrowing Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” produced by The Associated Press and PBS “Frontline,” is nominated for best documentary and best film not in the English language.
Britain’s film academy introduced changes to increase the awards’ diversity in 2020, when no women were nominated as best director for the seventh year running and all 20 nominees in the lead and supporting performer categories were white.
The voting process was rejigged to add a longlist round in the selection before the final nominees are voted on by the academy’s 8,000-strong membership of industry professionals.
Under the new rules, the director longlist had equal numbers of male and female filmmakers, but there is only one woman among the six best-director nominees, Justine Triet for “Anatomy of a Fall.” She is up against Andrew Haigh for “All of Us Strangers,”
Alexander Payne for “The Holdovers,” Bradley Cooper for “Maestro,” Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer” and Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest.” “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was a notable omission.
BAFTA chair Sara Putt said she was proud of the academy’s work on diversity, but “the playing field is not level.”
“We’re coming at this from a world that is not level, in that sense,” she said. “For every one film made by a woman, there are three films made by a man.
“So there’s a really long journey to go on.”
Here's a full rundown of nominees:
BEST FILM
- ANATOMY OF A FALL Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
- THE HOLDOVERS Mark Johnson
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Dan Friedkin, Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas
- OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
- POOR THINGS Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- ALL OF US STRANGERS Andrew Haigh, PGA
- HOW TO HAVE SEX Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon, Konstantinos Kontovrakis
- NAPOLEON Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh, David Scarpa
- THE OLD OAK Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
- POOR THINGS Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, Tony McNamara
- RYE LANE Raine Allen-Miller, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia
- SALTBURN Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Margot Robbie
- SCRAPPER Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough
- WONKA Paul King, Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman, Simon Farnaby
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer, PGA
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- BLUE BAG LIFE Lisa Selby (Director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (Director, Producer), Alex Fry (Producer)
- BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT Christopher Sharp (Director) [also directed Moses Bwayo]
- EARTH MAMA Savanah Leaf (Writer, Director, Producer), Shirley O’Connor (Producer), Medb Riordan (Producer)
- HOW TO HAVE SEX Molly Manning Walker (Writer, Director)
- IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? Ella Glendining (Director)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath
- ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
- PAST LIVES Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
- SOCIETY OF THE SNOW J.A. Bayona, Belen Atienza
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer, PGA
DOCUMENTARY
- 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath
- AMERICAN SYMPHONY Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino, Joedan Okun
- BEYOND UTOPIA Madeleine Gavin, Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum
- STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Annetta Marion
- WHAM! Chris Smith
ANIMATED FILM
- THE BOY AND THE HERON Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki
- CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET Sam Fell, Leyla Hobart, Steve Pegram
- ELEMENTAL Peter Sohn, Denise Ream
- SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg
DIRECTOR
- ALL OF US STRANGERS Andrew Haigh
- ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet
- THE HOLDOVERS Alexander Payne
- MAESTRO Bradley Cooper
- OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
- BARBIE Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
- THE HOLDOVERS David Hemingson
- MAESTRO Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer
- PAST LIVES Celine Song
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- ALL OF US STRANGERS Andrew Haigh
- AMERICAN FICTION Cord Jefferson
- OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan
- POOR THINGS Tony McNamara
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer
LEADING ACTRESS
- FANTASIA BARRINO The Color Purple
- SANDRA HรLLER Anatomy of a Fall
- CAREY MULLIGAN Maestro
- VIVIAN OPARAH Rye Lane
- MARGOT ROBBIE Barbie
- EMMA STONE Poor Things
LEADING ACTOR
- BRADLEY COOPER Maestro
- COLMAN DOMINGO Rustin
- PAUL GIAMATTI The Holdovers
- BARRY KEOGHAN Saltburn
- CILLIAN MURPHY Oppenheimer
- TEO YOO Past Lives
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- EMILY BLUNT Oppenheimer
- DANIELLE BROOKS The Color Purple
- CLAIRE FOY All of Us Strangers
- SANDRA HรLLER The Zone of Interest
- ROSAMUND PIKE Saltburn
- DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH The Holdovers
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- ROBERT DE NIRO Killers of The Flower Moon
- ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Oppenheimer
- JACOB ELORDI Saltburn
- RYAN GOSLING Barbie
- PAUL MESCAL All of Us Strangers
- DOMINIC SESSA The Holdovers
ORIGINAL SCORE
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Robbie Robertson
- OPPENHEIMER Ludwig Gรถransson
- POOR THINGS Jerskin Fendrix
- SALTBURN Anthony Willis
- SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Daniel Pemberton
CASTING
- ALL OF US STRANGERS Kahleen Crawford
- ANATOMY OF A FALL Cynthia Arra
- THE HOLDOVERS Susan Shopmaker
- HOW TO HAVE SEX Isabella Odoffin
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Rodrigo Prieto
- MAESTRO Matthew Libatique
- OPPENHEIMER Hoyte van Hoytema
- POOR THINGS Robbie Ryan
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST ลukasz ลปal
EDITING
- ANATOMY OF A FALL Laurent Sรฉnรฉchal
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Thelma Schoonmaker
- OPPENHEIMER Jennifer Lame
- POOR THINGS Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST Paul Watts
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- BARBIE Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
- OPPENHEIMER Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman
- POOR THINGS Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuล, Katarzyna Sikora
COSTUME DESIGN
- BARBIE Jacqueline Durran
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Jacqueline West
- NAPOLEON Dave Crossman, Janty Yates
- OPPENHEIMER Ellen Mirojnick
- POOR THINGS Holly Waddington
MAKE UP & HAIR
- KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen
- MAESTRO Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell
- NAPOLEON Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon
- OPPENHEIMER Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid
- POOR THINGS Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston
SOUND
- FERRARI Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser
- MAESTRO Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor
- OPPENHEIMER Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A. Rizzo
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- THE CREATOR Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke
- NAPOLEON Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet
- POOR THINGS Simon Hughes
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- CRAB DAY Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak
- VISIBLE MENDING Samantha Moore, Tilley Bancroft
- WILD SUMMON Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Jay Woolley
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- FESTIVAL OF SLAPS Abdou Cissรฉ, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer
- GORKA Joe Weiland, Alex Jefferson
- JELLYFISH AND LOBSTER Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai
- SUCH A LOVELY DAY Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton, Kate Phibbs
- YELLOW Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati, Yiannis Manolopoulos
EE RISING STAR AWARD
- PHOEBE DYNEVOR
- AYO EDEBIRI
- JACOB ELORDI
- MIA MCKENNA-BRUCE
- SOPHIE WILDE
