BAFTA have announced their nominations for this year’s awards with Joker leading the way with 11 including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director.
Bringing up the rear are Netflix’s The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood from Sony with 10 nominations.
While I don’t see all three of these films winning all categories nomination in, but I do see a real possibility, following their Golden Globes win and it’s a British war film, 1917 doing brilliantly in the nine categories it’s nominated.
There were a couple of happy surprises with Jessie Buckley deservedly getting in the Best Actress category for her superb performance in Wild Rose. Meanwhile, in the Best Animation race, there are nominations for Netflix’s Christmas Klaus and I’m personally happy to see A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon is there.
Additionally, Parasite deservedly in the Best Film race and Booksmart getting an Original Screenplay nom.
On the other hand, there were some other questionable nominations with the fact there isn’t a person of colour nominated in any of the acting categories and this is highlighted by Margot Robbie having two Best Supporting Actress noms for Bombshell and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
There were two nominations for Scarlett Johansson, one in Best Actress for Marriage Story and the other in Best Supporting Actress for Jojo Rabbit.
It’s a shame because I don’t see ScarJo’s performance any better than say Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers and then you’ve got Ana de Armas who was fantastic in Knives Out.
Finally, you could make a real case for Awkwafina and Cynthia Erivo for their cracking performances in The Farewell and Harriet to be in the Best Actress race, but the question is who would you take out.
Apart from those, I think BAFTA has done a spot-on job and it’s great to see casting getting the recognition it deserves.
Here’s the full list of nominees and in bold will be ones I believe will win.
Best Film
1917
The Irishman
Joker
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Parasite
Outstanding British Film
1917
Bait
For Sama
Rocketman
Sorry We Missed You
Director
Sam Mendes (1917)
Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Todd Phillips (Joker)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite)
Leading Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Taron Egerton (Rocketman)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)
Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose)
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)
Charlize Theron (Bombshell)
Renee Zellweger (Judy)
Supporting Actor
Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood)
Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)
Al Pacino (The Irishman)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Brad Pitt (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Supporting Actress
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
Florence Pugh (Little Women)
Margot Robbie (Bombshell)
Margot Robbie (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Bait – Mark Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers)
For Sama – Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer), Edward Watts (Director)
Maiden – Alex Holmes (Director)
Only You – Harry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
Retablo Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/ Director)
Casting
Shayna Markowitz (Joker)
Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler (Marriage Story)
Victoria Thomas (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Sarah Crowe (The Personal History Of David Copperfield)
Nina Gold (The Two Popes)
Original Screenplay
Booksmart
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Parasite
Adapted Screenplay
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
The Two Popes
Animated Film
Frozen 2
Klaus
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Toy Story 4
Film Not In The English Language
The Farewell
For Sama
Pain And Glory
Parasite
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
Documentary
American Factory
Apollo 11
Diego Maradona
For Sama
The Great Hack
Cinematography
Roger Deakins (1917)
Rodrigo Prieto (The Irishman)
Lawrence Sher (Joker)
Phedon Papamichael (Le Mans ’66)
Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
Original Score
Thomas Newman (1917)
Michael Giacchino (Jojo Rabbit)
Hildur Gudnadottir (Joker)
Alexandre Desplat (Little Women)
John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker)
Editing
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Le Mans’ 66
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Sound
1917
Joker
Le Mans ‘’66
Rocketman
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Special Visual Effects
1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Production Design
1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Costume Design
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Judy
Little Women
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Make Up & Hair
1917
Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Rocketman
British Short Film
Azaar
Goldfish
Kamali
Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone
The Trap
British Short Animation
Grandad Was A Romantic
In Her Boots
The Magic Boat
EE Rising Star Award
Awkwafina
Kaitlyn Dever
Kelvin Harrison Jr
Jack Lowden
Michael Ward
The Bear Cave 