The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has unveiled the nominations for the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards, celebrating the very best in film over the past year. A total of 45 feature films received nominations.
Leading the tally was All Quiet on the Western Front with 14 nominations, followed by The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once with 10 nods apiece. Next was Elvis with nine nominations followed by Tรกr with five.
Up for Best Film are All Quiet on the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Tรกr.
All Quiet on the Western Front equals Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2001) as the film not in the English language with the most nominations in BAFTA’s history.
In the Best Director category, there are a number of first time nominees: Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King); Todd Field (Tรกr), Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front). Also up for Best Director are Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Park Chan-wook (Decision To Leave).
First time nominees also figure heavily this year among actors, with 14 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories receiving their first BAFTA Film nomination. They include Ana De Armas (Blonde), Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
The Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Producer category consisted entirely of women nominees: Charlotte Wells, writer/director, Aftersun; Georgia Oakley, writer/director and Hรฉlรจne Sifre, producer, Blue Jean; Marie Linden, director, Electric Malady; Katy Brand, writer, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; and Maia Kenworthy, director, Rebellion.
Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, said: “The EE BAFTA Film Awards are a celebration of the full spectrum of craft and creativity that go into filmmaking. We extend our warmest congratulations to the 215 people nominated today who represent 45 extraordinary films, spanning a vast range of narrative styles, genres and perspectives. We are proud of the role our Awards play in inspiring the public and future filmmakers around the world, and we look forward to celebrating all the nominees and their films at the ceremony next month.”
Krishnendu Majumdar, chair of BAFTA, said: “The EE BAFTA Film Awards are at the heart of our mission to recognize exceptional storytelling and the immensely talented people who bring those stories to the big screen, inspiring both audiences and future filmmakers alike. The range of films recognized by our 7,500 voters, spanning blockbusters to independent debuts, offers a uniquely British perspective on this year’s best films from around the world. It is a huge achievement to reach this final stage–congratulations to today’s nominees.”
Anna Higgs, chair of the BAFTA Film Committee: “It is heartening to see that BAFTA’s ongoing work to level the playing field continues to have a positive impact on the diversity and scope of talent and titles nominated today. I’m delighted to see an all-women list in our Outstanding Debut category, as well as so many first-time nominees across the board. Today is about celebrating the phenomenal success of this year’s nominees, who together with their fellow filmmakers and crews, have created a truly remarkable year of films.”
The BAFTA Film Awards will take place on Sunday, February 19, at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Award-winning actor, presenter and author Richard E. Grant will host the ceremony.
The nominees for the EE Rising Star Award were announced on January 17 as Aimee Lou Wood, Daryl McCormack, Emma Mackey, Naomi Ackie and Sheila Atim. It is the only award voted for by the British public and it is presented annually to a performer who has demonstrated exceptional talent early in their careers.
The final, third round of voting opens tomorrow (Friday, January 20) to determine the winners. Round Three is voted for by the full film voting BAFTA membership, and its opt-in chapters or juries. More information can be found here on BAFTA’s voting processes.
Here’s a full rundown of the nominees:
BEST FILM
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Malte Grunert
- THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
- ELVIS Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
- TรR Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells, Producer(s) TBC
- THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
- BRIAN AND CHARLES Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward
- EMPIRE OF LIGHT Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris
- GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand
- LIVING Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro
- ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly
- SEE HOW THEY RUN Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell
- THE SWIMMERS Sally El Hosaini, Producer(s) TBC, Jack Thorne
- THE WONDER Sebastiรกn Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)
- BLUE JEAN Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hรฉlรจne Sifre (Producer)
- ELECTRIC MALADY Marie Lidรฉn (Director)
- GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Katy Brand (Writer)
- REBELLION Maia Kenworthy (Director)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Malte Grunert
- ARGENTINA, 1985 Santiago Mitre, Producer(s) TBC
- CORSAGE Marie Kreutzer
- DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok
- THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairรฉad, Cleona Nรญ Chrualaoรญ
DOCUMENTARY
- ALL THAT BREATHES Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
- ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
- FIRE OF LOVE Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman
- MOONAGE DAYDREAM Brett Morgan
- NAVALNY Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae
ANIMATED FILM
- GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
- MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey
- PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Joel Crawford, Mark Swift
- TURNING RED Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins
DIRECTOR
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger
- THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh
- DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook
- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
- TรR Todd Field
- THE WOMAN KING Gina Prince-Bythewood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh
- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
- THE FABELMANS Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
- TรR Todd Field
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Ruben รstlund
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
- LIVING Kazuo Ishiguro
- THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairรฉad
- SHE SAID Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- THE WHALE Samuel D. Hunter
LEADING ACTRESS
- CATE BLANCHETT Tรกr
- VIOLA DAVIS The Woman King
- DANIELLE DEADWYLER Till
- ANA DE ARMAS Blonde
- EMMA THOMPSON Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
- MICHELLE YEOH Everything Everywhere All At Once
LEADING ACTOR
- AUSTIN BUTLER Elvis
- COLIN FARRELL The Banshees of Inisherin
- BRENDAN FRASER The Whale
- DARYL McCORMACK Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
- PAUL MESCAL Aftersun
- BILL NIGHY Living
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- ANGELA BASSETT Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- HONG CHAU The Whale
- KERRY CONDON The Banshees of Inisherin
- DOLLY DE LEON Triangle of Sadness
- JAMIE LEE CURTIS Everything Everywhere All At Once
- CAREY MULLIGAN She Said
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- BRENDAN GLEESON The Banshees of Inisherin
- BARRY KEOGHAN The Banshees of Inisherin
- KE HUY QUAN Everything Everywhere All At Once
- EDDIE REDMAYNE The Good Nurse
- ALBRECHT SCHUCH All Quiet on the Western Front
- MICHEAL WARD Empire of Light
ORIGINAL SCORE
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Volker Bertelmann
- BABYLON Justin Hurwitz
- THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Carter Burwell
- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Son Lux
- GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Alexandre Desplat
CASTING
- AFTERSUN Lucy Pardee
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Simone Bรคr
- ELVIS Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian
- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Sarah Halley Finn
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Pauline Hansson
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT James Friend
- THE BATMAN Greig Fraser
- ELVIS Mandy Walker
- EMPIRE OF LIGHT Roger Deakins
- TOP GUN: MAVERICK Claudio Miranda
EDITING
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Sven Budelmann
- THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
- ELVIS Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Paul Rogers
- TOP GUN: MAVERICK Eddie Hamilton
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Christian M. Goldbreck, Ernestine Hipper
- BABYLON Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
- THE BATMAN James Chinlund, Lee Sandales
- ELVIS Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
- GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Curt Enderle, Guy Davis
COSTUME DESIGN
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lisy Christl
- AMSTERDAM J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky
- BABYLON Mary Zophres
- ELVIS Catherine Martin
- MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS Jenny Beavan
MAKE UP & HAIR
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Heike Merker
- THE BATMAN Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir
- ELVIS Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas
- ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin
- THE WHALE Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot
SOUND
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prรกลกil, Markus Stemler
- AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendoyln Yates Whittle
- ELVIS Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley
- TรR Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke
- TOP GUN: MAVERICK Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Mรผller, Frank Petzoid
- AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon
- THE BATMAN Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy
- EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz
- TOP GUN: MAVERICK Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella
- MIDDLE WATCH John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy
- YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS Alex Kayode-Kay
- BAZIGAGA Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail
- BUS GIRL Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen
- A DRIFTING UP Jacob Lee
- AN IRISH GOODBYE Tom Berkeley, Ross White
EE RISING STAR AWARD
- AIMEE LOU WOOD
- DARYL McCORMACK
- EMMA MACKEY
- NAOMI ACKIE
- SHEILA ATIM
