The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has revealed its list of nominees for its forthcoming BAFTA award ceremony slated for February 2nd, 2020. Most notably, the nominations are being led by Joker, which received a total of 11 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and a Best Actor in a Leading Role nod for Joaquin Phoenix, who you’d remember had also won the Best Performance by an Actor award at the Golden Globes earlier this week.
Following closely in second place are The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, both of which are tied for 10 nominations apiece. Both films will also be contending for Best Film and Best Director, along with Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. The Sam Mendes-directed World War I epic, 1917, seems poised to take home top honors though, receiving nods for both Best Film and Outstanding British Film, and 9 nominations in total.
Despite being populated by awards season favorites and an overall predictability to its selections, the nominations have been receiving criticism for their lack of diversity in the acting and directing categories. The chair of the BAFTA’s film committee himself, Marc Samuelson, has admitted in a statement to Variety at being disappointed by this development, saying, “It’s just a frustration that the industry is not moving as fast as certainly the whole BAFTA team would like it to be.”
The full list of nominees are as follows:
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
- The Two Popes
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose
- Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
- Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
- Charlize Theron, Bombshell
- Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Leonardo Dicaprio, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
- Adam Driver, Marriage Story
- Taron Egerton, Rocketman
- Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
- Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Laura Dern, Marriage Story
- Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
- Florence Pugh, Little Women
- Margot Robbie, Bombshell
- Margot Robbie, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- 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
Best Director
- Sam Mendes, 1917
- Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
- Todd Phillips, Joker
- Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
- Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
- Awkwafina
- Jack Lowden
- Kaitlyn Dever
- Kelvin Harrison Jr.
- Micheal Ward
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, Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director)
Best Film Not in the English language
- The Farewell
- For Sama
- Pain And Glory
- Parasite
- Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
Best Documentary
- American Factory
- Apollo 11
- Diego Maradona
- For Sama
- The Great Hack
Best Animated Film
- Frozen 2
- Klaus
- A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Toy Story 4
Best Original Screenplay
- Booksmart
- Knives Out
- Marriage Story
- Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Little Women
- The Two Popes
Best Original Score
- 1917
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Little Women
- Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Best Cinematography
- 1917
- The Irishman
- Joker
- Le Mans ’66
- The Lighthouse
Best Costume Design
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Judy
- Little Women
- Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
Best Editing
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Le Mans ’66
- Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
Best Production Design
- 1917
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood
Best Makeup and hair
- 1917
- Bombshell
- Joker
- Judy
- Rocketman
Best Sound
- 1917
- Joker
- Le Mans ’66
- Rocketman
- Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Best Special Visual Effects
- 1917
- Avengers: Endgame
- The Irishman
- The Lion King
- Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Best British Short Film
- Azaar
- Goldfish
- Kamali
- Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone (If You’re A Girl)
- The Trap
Best British Short Animation
- Grandad Was A Romantic
- In Her Boots
- The Magic Boat
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