This year’s nominations, which bypassed many top Oscar contenders, are the first after a 2020 overhaul of BAFTA voting procedures that was designed to make the selections more diverse
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“Nomadland,” “The Father,” “The Mauritian,” “Promising Young Woman” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” were nominated as the best films of 2020 at the EE British Academy Film Awards, which were announced on Tuesday in London.
The nominations were heavily weighted toward indie films and will likely bear only a passing resemblance to next week’s Academy Award nominations. They clearly showed the impact of last fall’s overhaul of the BAFTA voting process, a move that was designed to increase the diversity of its selections.
Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” and Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks” led all films with seven nominations, with “Nomadland” the only film to be nominated in the Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay categories. Zhao was one of four female directing nominees alongside Shannon Murphy for “Babyteeth,” Jasmila Zbanic for “Quo Vadis, Aida?” and Sarah Gavron for “Rocks.” Those three became the first women nominated in the category, after only seven had received nominations in BAFTA’s 73-year history.
Other directing nominees were Thomas Vinterberg for “Another Round” and Lee Isaac Chung for “Minari.” The slate left out a number of formidable contenders, including David Fincher for “Mank,” Aaron Sorkin for “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Paul Greengrass for “News of the World,” Regina King for “One Night in Miami” and Emerald Fennell for “Promising Young Woman.”
The acting categories were also notable for who wasn’t nominated. In Best Actress, the nominees included Bukky Bakray for “Rocks,” Radha Blank for “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” Wunmi Mosaku for “His House” and Alfre Woodard for “Clemency,” but did not include Carey Mulligan for “Promising Young Woman” or Viola Davis for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Best Actor included Adarsh Gourav for “The White Tiger,” Mads Mikkelsen for “Another Round” and Tahar Rahim for “The Mauritanian,” but not Gary Oldman for “Mank.” And notable contenders in the supporting categories who were bypassed included Ellen Burstyn for “Pieces of a Woman,” Olivia Colman for “The Father,” Amanda Seyfried for “Mank” and Sacha Baron Cohen for “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
In most categories, voters from specific BAFTA chapters selected the nominees from a shortlist of 10-20 films with the help of juries. In some categories, including Best Director and the acting categories, a jury also selects the nominees.Voters are required to see all the films on the longlist before voting in a category, with the number of nominees expanded from five to six in the acting and directing categories and from five to 10 in the Outstanding British Film category.
The expansion of categories and the use of juries rather than general voters will make this year’s nominations a less reliable Oscar predictor than usual. In the past, the two groups overlapped to a significant degree: Last year, for instance, in 16 categories common to both shows, 70 of the 80 BAFTA nominees went on to receive Oscar nominations, with four or five BAFTA nominees in each category repeating their success with Oscar voters. (This does not include the animated feature, documentary and Best Film Not in the English Language categories, which draw from different slates of qualifying films.) Five categories, including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, were exact matches between the two shows.
The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday, April 11.
The nominees:
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
Misbehaviour
Mogul Mowgli
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
Saint Maud
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH ACTOR, DIRECTOR OR WRITER
His House, Remi Weekes
Limbo, Ben Sharrock and Irune Gurtabi
Moffie, Jack Sidey
Rocks, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
Saint Maud, Rose Glass
FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Another Round
Dear Comrades!
Les Misérables
The Life Ahead
Minari
Quo Vadis, Aida?
DOCUMENTARY
Collective
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Dick Johnson is Dead
The Dissident
My Octopus Teacher
The Social Dilemma
ANIMATED FILM
Onward
Soul
Wolfwalkers
DIRECTOR
Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg
Babyteeth, Shannon Murphy
Minari, Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland, Chloe Zhao
Quo Vadis, Aida?, Jasmila Zbanic
Rocks, Sarah Gavron
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 SCREENPLAY
Another Round
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
The Trial of the Chicago 7
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Dig
The Father
The Mauritanian
Nomadland
The White Tiger
CASTING
Calm With Horses
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
The Mauritanian
News of the World
Nomadland
COSTUME DESIGN
Ammonite
The Dig
Emma.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
EDITING
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
MAKE UP & HAIR
The Dig
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
ORIGINAL SCORE
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Promising Young Woman
Soul
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Dig
The Father
Mank
News of the World
Rebecca
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Greyhound
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
SOUND
Greyhound
News of the World
Nomadland
Soul
Sound of Metal
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
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
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