In a refreshing change from last year’s BAFTA Film Awards, the 2021 nominations showcase a more diverse array of talents across categories. This year, we see more women and people of color possibly due to BAFTA’s newly implemented procedures regarding film review and voting, with around 1,000 new members from underrepresented groups added to the organization since last year.
Select categories (particularly acting and directing) have expanded their nominee lists in an effort to level the playing field amongst entries and keep lesser known stories and/or filmmakers in the conversation during awards season. BAFTA maintains that no quotas concerning demographics were put into place, nor is the shortlist designed to look diverse, but in actuality, is the result of membership and voting procedural improvements.
What we are seeing in the 2021 list is a wider variety of films represented across categories, with 50 different films nominated, as opposed to last year’s 39. Another turn-around is found in the female-led best director category with four out of the six nominations, compared to last year’s all-male lineup. 2021 also seems to be the year of the newcomer, demonstrated by the four out of the six best director nominees receiving their first BAFTA noms and 21 out of 24 performance nominees acknowledged as first-timers, as well.
Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland and Sarah Gavron’s Rocks are this year’s front-runners with 7 noms each, and both filmmakers are represented in the best director category. Following closely behind with 6 noms each are Mank, The Father, Minari, and Promising Young Woman.
The BAFTA ceremony will be divided into two, consecutive nights and conducted virtually on April 10th and 11th. Appearing on the BBC 2 channel on the first night will be awards concerning craftsmanship, while performance awards will feature on the second night on BBC 1.
74th-Annual BAFTA Film Awards Nominations:
BEST FILM
The Father – Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt
The Mauritanian – TBC
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Stuart Besser, Marc Platt
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Calm With Horses – Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson, Joe Murtagh
The Dig – Simon Stone, Gabrielle Tana, Moira Buffini
The Father – Florian Zeller, Philippe Carcassone, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt, Christopher Hampton
His House – Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward Kings, Roy Lee
Limbo – Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont
The Mauritanian – Kevin Macdonald, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
Mogul Mowgli – Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Thomas Benski, Bennett McGhee
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara
Rocks – Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Faye Ward, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
Saint Maud – Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
His House – Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
Limbo – Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), 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, Claire Wilson (Writers)
Saint Maud – Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer) [also produced by Andrea Cornwell]
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Dear Comrades! – Andrei Konchalovsky, Alisher Usmanov
Les Misérables – Ladj Ly
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh
Quo Vadis, Aida? – Jasmila Žbanić, Damir Ibrahimovich
DOCUMENTARY
Collective – Alexander Nanau
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet – Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey
The Dissident – Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen
My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster
The Social Dilemma – Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes
ANIMATED FILM
Onward – Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae
Soul – Pete Docter, Dana Murray
Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young
DIRECTOR
Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
Babyteeth – Shannon Murphy
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
Quo Vadis, Aida? – Jasmila Žbanić
Rocks – Sarah Gavron
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Round – Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
Mank – Jack Fincher
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
Rocks – Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Dig – Moira Buffini
The Father – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
The Mauritanian – Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani
LEADING ACTRESS
Bukky Bakray – Rocks
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Wunmi Mosakuh – 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
Yuh-jung Youn – 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
Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Minari – Emile Mosseri
News of the World – James Newton Howard
Promising Young Woman – Anthony Willis
Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
CASTING
Calm With Horses – Shaheen Baig
Judas and the Black Messiah – Alexa L. Fogel
Minari – Julia Kim
Promising Young Woman – Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu
Rocks – Lucy Pardee
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
The Mauritanian – Alwin H. Küchler
News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
EDITING
The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Dig – Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
The Father – Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
Mank – Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
News of the World – David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
Rebecca – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
COSTUME DESIGN
Ammonite – Michael O’Connor
The Dig – Alice Babidge
Emma – Alexandra Byrne
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth
Mank – Trish Summerville
MAKE UP & HAIR
The Dig – Jenny Shircore
Hillbilly Elegy – Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
Mank – Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
Pinocchio – Mark Coulier
SOUND
Greyhound – TBC
News of the World – Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney
Nomadland – Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder
Soul – Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker
Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Greyhound – Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Sebastian von Overheidt
The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins
Mulan – Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury
The One and Only Ivan – Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher
Tenet – Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
The Fire Next Time – Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe
The Owl and the Pussycat – Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
The Song of a Lost Boy – Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein
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