While the awards season is disrupted in Los Angeles by the fires ravaging the city, the British Film Academy (Bafta) unveiled this Wednesday, January 15, in London, the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards. The British thriller Conclave tops the nominations with 12 mentions, just ahead Emilia Perez which continues to feature prominently, after dominating the Golden Globe nominations. Jacques Audiard’s film was nominated eleven times, including for best film, best direction, best adapted screenplay, best actress in a leading role (Karla Sofía Gascón), and best actress in a supporting role (Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez).
Emilia Perez is not the only French production or co-production to stand out among the nominees: Flow is present twice (best animated film and the newly created category of best family and children’s film), All We Imagine as Light is nominated for best foreign language film, Santosh (co-produced by Haut et Court) nominated in the best British first film category and Kensuke’s Kingdom (co-produced by Le Pacte) present in the best family and children’s film category.
Also note five nominations for The Substance including best direction and best original screenplay for Coralie Fargeat, best sound and best makeup and hairstyles.
Best film :
Anora
The Brutalist
A complete stranger
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Best achievement :
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Edward Berger – Conclave
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Perez
Denis Villeneuve – Dune, part two
Best British Film :
Bird
Blitz
Conclave
Gladiator II
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Lee
Love Lies Bleeding
The Outrun
Wallace and Gromit: The Palm of Vengeance
Actress in a leading role
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Perez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
Actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A complete stranger
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Best Supporting Actress
selena gomez – Emilia Perez
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez
Supporting actor
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A complete stranger
Guy Pierce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Scénario original
Anora
The Brutalist
Kneecap
A Real Pain
The Substance
Adapted scenario
A complete stranger
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Best Foreign Language Film
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Perez
I’m still here
Kneecap
The seeds of the wild fig tree
Family or children’s film
Flow
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Wallace and Gromit: The Palm of Vengeance
The wild robot
Best Animated Film
Flow
Vice-versa 2
Wallace and Gromit: The Palm of Vengeance
The wild robot
Find the full list of nominations on the Bafta website.
