“Conclave” and “Emilia Perez” lead the nominations

Jacques Audiard’s film is notably selected for the best film prize. The ceremony for this British equivalent of the Oscars is scheduled to take place on February 16.

EMilia Perezthe latest film by Jacques Audiard, shines beyond French borders. The musical thriller, already rewarded at Cannes with the jury prize and the best actress prize, received eleven nominations for the Bafta Awards, the British equivalent of the Oscars. The feature film shot in Spanish, which tells the story of the gender transition of a Mexican drug trafficker, is notably nominated in the categories of best film, best non-English language film, best director, best adapted screenplay. Karla Sofía Gascón can hope to win the best actress award; Adriana Paz and Selena Gomez are in the race to be crowned best supporting actress. The only work to have caught the eye of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts: Conclave by Edward Berger, with twelve nominations.

On February 16, the date of the ceremony, the two films will be in competition with The Brutalist (nine nominations), The Substance by the Frenchwoman Coralie Fargeat, Anora by Sean Baker (nominated seven times) or Dune: Part 2 by Denis Villeneuve. Last year, the British Academy awarded the prize for best original screenplay to Anatomy of a fall. Only one award, while Justine Triet’s film was nominated in seven categories.

The Bafta ceremony generally provides a preview of the Oscars, awarded two weeks later in Los Angeles. Jacques Audiard’s UFO can indeed hope for success at the Oscars on March 3. Chosen to represent France for the best international film award, Emilia Perez was also shortlisted by the Academy in the categories of Best Sound, Best Music, Best Song and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

But Los Angeles is still in the grip of devastating fires, and the televised announcement of the nominations, postponed twice, will take place online on January 23. The gala evening scheduled for March 2 is currently being maintained. The Critics Choice Awards ceremony, which was to be held on Sunday, had to be postponed.

Best film
Anora
The Brutalist
A complete stranger
Conclave
Emilia Perez

Best British Film
Bird
Blitz
Conclave
Gladiator 2
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Lee
Love Lies Bleeding
The Outrun
Wallace and Gromit: The Palm of Vengeance

Best non-English language film
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Perez
I’m still here
Kneecap
Wild fig tree seeds

Best achievement
Sean Baker for Anora
Brady Corbet pour The Brutalist
Edward Berger for Conclave
Denis Villeneuve for Dune: part two
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez
Coralie Fargeat for The Substance

Best actress
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascón dans Emilia Perez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths
Mikey Madison in Anora
Demi Moore in The Substance
Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun

Best hope
Marisa Abel
Jharrel Jerome
David Johnson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan

Best Actor
Adrien Brody in The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet in A complete stranger
Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes in Conclave
Hugh Grant in Heretic
Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress
Selena Gomez in Emilia Perez
Ariana Grande in Wicked
Felicity Jones in The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis in The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini in Conclave
Zoe Saldana in Emilia Perez

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov dans Anora
Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing
Edward Norton in A complete stranger
Guy Pearce in The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice

Best music
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
The wild robot

Best Animated Film
Flow
Vice-versa 2
Wallace and Gromit: The Palm of Vengeance
The wild robot

Best Documentary
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man : The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best Debut for a British Writer, Director and Producer
Luna Carmoon pour Hoard
Rich Peppiatt pour Kneecap
Dev Patel for Monkey Man
Sandhya Suri, James Bowsher et Balthazar de Ganay pour Santosh
Karan Kandhari for Sister Midnight

Best Original Screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
Kneecap
A Real Pain
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay
A complete stranger
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing