The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards in 2021, celebrating the very best in film of the past year. Topping the tally with seven nominations apiece were writer-director Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland and director Sarah Gavron’s Rocks.
Tied with six noms each were The Father, Mank, Minari and Promising Young Woman.
Receiving five nods apiece were The Dig and The Mauritanian.
Five films tied with four nominations each: Another Round, Calm With Horses, Judas and the Black Messiah, News of the World, and Sound of Metal.
Garnering three nominations apiece were His House, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Soul and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
In a first for BAFTA, four women have been nominated in the Director category: Gavron for Rocks, Zhao for Nomadland, Shannon Murphy for Babyteeth and Jasmila Zbanic for Quo Vadis, Aida? Rounding out the directorial nominees are Lee Isaac Chung for Minari and Thomas Vinterberg for Another Round.
Inclusion and diversity also marked the acting categories. Last year not one actor of color was nominated. This time around 16 of the 24 acting nominees come from ethnic minority groups. Among them are Daniel Kaluuya and Dominique Fishback for Judas and the Black Messiah, Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Tahir Rahim for The Mauritanian, Radha Blank for The Forty-Year-Old Version, Leslie Odom Jr. for One Night in Miami, and Bukky Bakray for Rocks.
The nominations were announced by Aisling Bea and Susan Wokoma at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Amanda Berry OBE, chief executive of BAFTA, said: “The last year has seen the COVID-19 pandemic impact everyone, and the film industry is no exception. I would like to thank all those who have supported us and enabled BAFTA to continue to celebrate the very best work in film, from our members who embraced the changes we made to the voting process to the distributors for ensuring that many more films were available for online viewing. Film has always held an essential place in our culture but I think we can all agree that it has been even more important during this time. I very much look forward to celebrating the incredible talent of all our nominees across on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 April.”
Krishnendu Majumdar, chair of BAFTA, said: “This year’s nominations showcase and celebrate the remarkable range of performances and nominees behind the camera from 50 films and we’re delighted to recognize such high-quality work. We are also delighted to see the strength of British film shine through in all categories.
“After last year’s nominations, we started the BAFTA Review process with the intention of leveling the playing field and introduced a range of measures to ensure that all entered films were seen by our members and judged on merit. We hope today you can see some of those changes reflected in the breadth and depth of those nominated and we congratulate all our nominees.”
This year, the EE British Academy Film Awards will be celebrated across the weekend of April 10 and 11. Two shows, recognizing the very best in film of the past year, will be broadcast virtually from London’s Royal Albert Hall. The first show, celebrating the craft of film, will be broadcast on Saturday, April 10, on BBC Two and BBC Two HD. The show on Sunday, April 11, will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC One HD. Both programs will be broadcast in all major territories around the world.
Here’s a full rundown of nominees:
BEST FILM
- THE FATHER Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt
- THE MAURITANIAN Nominees TBC
- NOMADLAND Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 Stuart Besser, Marc Platt
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- CALM WITH HORSES Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson, Joe Murtagh
- THE DIG Simon Stone, Gabrielle Tana, Moira Buffini
- THE FATHER Florian Zeller, Philippe Carcassone, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt, Christopher Hampton
- HIS HOUSE Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward Kings, Roy Lee
- LIMBO Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont
- THE MAURITANIAN Kevin Macdonald, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
- MOGUL MOWGLI Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Thomas Benski, Bennett McGhee
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara
- ROCKS Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Faye Ward, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
- SAINT MAUD Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- HIS HOUSE Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
- LIMBO Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), Irune Gurtubai (Producer) [also produced by Angus Lamont]
- MOFFIE Jack Sidey (Writer/Producer) [also written by Oliver Hermanus and produced by Eric Abraham]
- ROCKS Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers)
- SAINT MAUD Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer) [also produced by Andrea Cornwell]
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- ANOTHER ROUND Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
- DEAR COMRADES! Andrei Konchalovsky, Alisher Usmanov
- LES MISÉRABLES Ladj Ly
- MINARI Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh
- QUO VADIS, AIDA? Jasmila Žbanić, Damir Ibrahimovich
DOCUMENTARY
- COLLECTIVE Alexander Nanau
- DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey
- THE DISSIDENT Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen
- MY OCTOPUS TEACHER Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster
- THE SOCIAL DILEMMA Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes
ANIMATED FILM
- ONWARD Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae
- SOUL Pete Docter, Dana Murray
- WOLFWALKERS Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young
DIRECTOR
- ANOTHER ROUND Thomas Vinterberg
- BABYTEETH Shannon Murphy
- MINARI Lee Isaac Chung
- NOMADLAND Chloé Zhao
- QUO VADIS, AIDA? Jasmila Žbanić
- ROCKS Sarah Gavron
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- ANOTHER ROUND Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
- MANK Jack Fincher
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Emerald Fennell
- ROCKS Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 Aaron Sorkin
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- THE DIG Moira Buffini
- THE FATHER Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
- THE MAURITANIAN Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
- NOMADLAND Chloé Zhao
- THE WHITE TIGER Ramin Bahrani
LEADING ACTRESS
- BUKKY BAKRAY Rocks
- RADHA BLANK The Forty-Year-Old Version
- VANESSA KIRBY Pieces of a Woman
- FRANCES McDORMAND Nomadland
- WUNMI MOSAKU His House
- ALFRE WOODARD Clemency
LEADING ACTOR
- RIZ AHMED Sound of Metal
- CHADWICK BOSEMAN Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- ADARSH GOURAV The White Tiger
- ANTHONY HOPKINS The Father
- MADS MIKKELSEN Another Round
- TAHAR RAHIM The Mauritanian
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- NIAMH ALGAR Calm With Horses
- KOSAR ALI Rocks
- MARIA BAKALOVA Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- DOMINIQUE FISHBACK Judas and the Black Messiah
- ASHLEY MADEKWE County Lines
- YUH-JUNG YOUN Minari
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- DANIEL KALUUYA Judas and the Black Messiah
- BARRY KEOGHAN Calm With Horses
- ALAN KIM Minari
- LESLIE ODOM JR. One Night in Miami…
- CLARKE PETERS Da 5 Bloods
- PAUL RACI Sound of Metal
ORIGINAL SCORE
- MANK Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- MINARI Emile Mosseri
- NEWS OF THE WORLD James Newton Howard
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Anthony Willis
- SOUL Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
CASTING
- CALM WITH HORSES Shaheen Baig
- JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH Alexa L. Fogel
- MINARI Julia Kim
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu
- ROCKS Lucy Pardee
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH Sean Bobbitt
- MANK Erik Messerschmidt
- THE MAURITANIAN Alwin H. Küchler
- NEWS OF THE WORLD Dariusz Wolski
- NOMADLAND Joshua James Richards
EDITING
- THE FATHER Yorgos Lamprinos
- NOMADLAND Chloé Zhao
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Frédéric Thoraval
- SOUND OF METAL Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 Alan Baumgarten
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- THE DIG Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
- THE FATHER Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
- MANK Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
- NEWS OF THE WORLD David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
- REBECCA Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
COSTUME DESIGN
- AMMONITE Michael O’Connor
- THE DIG Alice Babidge
- EMMA. Alexandra Byrne
- MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Ann Roth
- MANK Trish Summerville
MAKE UP & HAIR
- THE DIG Jenny Shircore
- HILLBILLY ELEGY Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle
- MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
- MANK Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
- PINOCCHIO Mark Coulier
SOUND
- GREYHOUND Nominees TBC
- NEWS OF THE WORLD Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney
- NOMADLAND Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder
- SOUL Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker
- SOUND OF METAL Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- GREYHOUND Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Sebastian von Overheidt
- THE MIDNIGHT SKY Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins
- MULAN Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury
- THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher
- TENET Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- THE FIRE NEXT TIME Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe
- THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
- THE SONG OF A LOST BOY Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- EYELASH Jesse Lewis Reece, Ike Newman
- LIZARD Akinola Davies, Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies
- LUCKY BREAK John Addis, Rami Sarras Pantoja
- MISS CURVY Ghada Eldemellawy
- THE PRESENT Farah Nabulsi
EE RISING STAR AWARD
- BUKKY BAKRAY
- CONRAD KHAN
- KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR
- MORFYDD CLARK
- SỌPẸ DÌRÍSÙ
