2021 bafta nominations

By @nadreviews

The EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) have announced their nominations celebrating the best in film of 2020. The list of nominations is full of snubs, which in a way is something to celebrate. Unexpectedly missing the cut were major contenders such as Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) and Olivia Colman (The Father), who have done well throughout this awards season. To the point, this year’s BAFTA nominees feel like a refreshing change of pace, giving recognition to a lot of wonderful (and often small) films that were not being recognized otherwise. Films such as Sarah Gavron’s Rocks, Remi Weekes’ His House, Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth, and Radha Blank’s The Forty-Year-Old Version reflect some of the many brilliant creatives who made beautiful work in the past year, amongst the Oscar contenders we’ve been hearing about more often. Here is the full list of nominations: 

Best Film
The Father
The Mauritanian
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Outstanding British Film
Calm With Horses
The Dig
The Father
His House
Limbo
The Mauritanian
Mogul Mowgli
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
Saint Maud

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
His House, Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
Limbo, Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director) and 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 and Claire Wilson (Writers)
Saint Maud, Rose Glass (Writer/Director) and Oliver Kassman (Producer) [also produced by Andrea Cornwell]

Film Not In The English Language
Another Round
Dear Comrades!
Les Misérables
Minari
Quo Vadis, Aida?

Documentary
Collective
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
The Dissident
My Octopus Teacher
The Social Dilemma

Animated Film
Onward
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Shannon Murphy, Babyteeth
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Jasmila Žbanić, Quo Vadis, Aida?
Sarah Gavron, Rocks

Original Screenplay
Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Jack Fincher, Mank
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson, Rocks
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Adapted Screenplay
Moira Buffini, The Dig
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, The Father
Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, and M.B. Traven, The Mauritanian
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Ramin Bahrani, The White Tiger

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
Youn Yuh-jung, 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
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
Emile Mosseri, Minari
James Newton Howard, News of the World
Anthony Willis, Promising Young Woman
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross, Soul

Casting
Shaheen Baig, Calm With Horses
Alexa L. Fogel, Judas and the Black Messiah
Julia Kim, Minari
Lindsay Graham Ahanonu and Mary Vernieu, Promising Young Woman
Lucy Pardee, Rocks

Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt, Judas and the Black Messiah
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
Alwin H. Küchler, The Mauritanian
Dariusz Wolski, News of the World
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland

Editing
Yorgos Lamprinos, The Father
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Frédéric Thoraval, Promising Young Woman
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Production Design
The Dig
The Father
Mank
News of the World
Rebecca

Costume Design
Ammonite
The Dig
Emma.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank

Make Up & Hair
The Dig
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio

Sound
Greyhound
News of the World
Nomadland
Soul
Sound of Metal

Special Visual Effects
Greyhound
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet

British Short Animation
The Fire Next Time
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Song of a Lost Boy

British Short Film
Eyelash
Lizard
Lucky Break
Miss Curvy
The Present 

EE Rising Star Award
Bukky Bakray
Conrad Khan
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Morfydd Clark
Sope Dirisu

The EE BAFTAs will take place the weekend of April 10th/11th, and will air on the BBC.