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Conclave and Emilia Pérez battle it out at the BAFTAs

Full list of nominees revealed

by Jennie Kermode

Conclave

With 12 nominations, Vatican-set thriller Conclave has taken the lead in this year’s BAFTA race, but Emilia Pérez is hot on its heels with 11, and The Brutalist has nine. Despite being in large part about a desire to escape British influence, Kneecap has six, which the team behind it finds highly amusing.

The only woman to be nominated in the Best Director category, Coralie Fargeat responded “I am so honoured for The Substance to be nominated for five BAFTA awards alongside the work of some of the most inspiring talent in our global industry! This film is deeply personal and was inspired by my own desire to confront the suffocating societal expectations that are pressuring women's bodies and to break free those constraints that have been corseting women for so long...I am so proud to be part of [this event] and that the film can continue to grow its roots into real change.”

“We’re truly honoured by this nomination,” said Ashionye Ogene, producer of short film nominee Milk. “It’s a dream come true and a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team and the impact of honest, authentic storytelling. Milk is a deeply personal story for the director about recovery and relationships, but it’s also one that resonates universally with people from all walks of life. From its inception, we aimed for the film to carry a message of survival.”

As other events continue to change their dates to account for the knock-on effects of the wildfires devastating Los Angeles, it is not yet certain when the BAFTA ceremony will be held, but it is expected to be Tuesday 18 February.

Those nominations in full:

Best Film

Anora - Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker
The Brutalist - TBC
A Complete Unknown - Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, James Mangold
Conclave - Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A Jackman
Emilia Pérez - TBC

Outstanding British Film

Bird - Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
Blitz - Steve Mcqueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
Conclave - Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A Jackman, Peter Straughan
Gladiator II - Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig
Hard Truths - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Jj Ó Dochartaigh
Lee - Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs
Love Lies Bleeding - Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska
The Outrun - Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton

Director

Sean Baker - Anora
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Edward Berger - Conclave
Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

Best Leading Actor

Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Hugh Grant - Heretic
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Best Leading Actress

Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Selena Gomez - Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Showgirl
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Outstanding Début By A British Writer, Director Or Producer

Hoard - Luna Carmoon (director, writer)
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt (director, writer)
Monkey Man - Dev Patel (director)
Santosh - Sandhya Suri (director, writer), James Bowsher (producer), Balthazar De Ganay (producer) [also produced By Alan Mcalex, Mike Goodridge]
Sister Midnight - Karan Kandhari (director, writer)

Film Not In The English Language

All We Imagine As Light - Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard, Tbd
I’m Still Here - Walter Salles, Tbd
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig - Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei

Best Documentary

Black Box Diaries - Shiori Ito, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
Daughters - Natalie Rae, Angela Patton
No Other Land - Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story - Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gilliett, Robert Ford
Will & Harper - Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum

Best Animated Film

Flow - Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
Inside Out 2 - Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann

Children’s & Family Film

Flow - Gints Siibalodis, Matīss Kaža
Kensuke’s Kingdom - Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle, Camilla Deakin
Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann

Original Screenplay

Anora - Sean Baker
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt, story By Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Jj Ó Dochartaigh
A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat

Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown - James Mangold, Jay Cocks
Conclave - Peter Straughan
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys - Ramell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing - Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, story By Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield

Outstanding Début By A British Writer, Director Or Producer

Hoard - Luna Carmoon (director, writer)
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt (director, writer)
Monkey Man - Dev Patel (director)
Santosh - Sandhya Suri (director, writer), James Bowsher (producer), Balthazar De Ganay (producer) [also produced by Alan Mcalex, Mike Goodridge]
Sister Midnight - Karan Kandhari (director, writer)

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