The Favourite unsurprisingly led the BAFTA noms today
BAFTA noms are officially here! The British Film Academy Awards count as an industry award, because there’s significant overlap with AMPAS voters. Aside from The Favourite doing well here, which everyone knew would happen, the biggest takeaways for me are 1) the continuing strength of BlacKkKlansman- it’s hit everywhere (most didn’t know if it would do so well with the Brits) and I’m seriously starting to wonder if it could be the stealth Best Picture winner after all; if the movie were to win the PGA or SAG ensemble (or both), it could easily become the frontrunner, 2) the mini-resurgence of First Man after it’s decent guild run- no Best Picture nomination but lots of tech nods, so there’s still a chance for this movie to pop up as a Picture nominee on Oscar morning, and 3) the near shutout of Black Panther, which only got in for visual effects. The superhero bias is still inherent and I shouldn’t have fooled myself over its chances to win.
BEST PICTURE
“BlacKkKlansman”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“A Star is Born”
BEST DIRECTOR
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Steve Coogan, “Stan & Ollie”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”
BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, “The Wife”
Lady Gaga, “A Star is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Viola Davis, “Widows”
Viola Davis lands a surprise nod for Widows while the British Emily Blunt is snubbed for Mary Poppins- there’s definitely a slot open in Best Actress for the Oscar nominations and I still think it could go to Yalitza Aparicio
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Sam Rockwell, “Vice”
Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Claire Foy, “First Man”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Margot Robbie, “Mary Queen of Scots”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Janusz Glowacki, Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Deborah Davis, Tony Mcnamara, “The Favourite”
Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, “Green Book”
Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
Adam McKay, “Vice”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Wilmott, “BlacKkKlansman”
Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Josh Singer, “First Man”
Barry Jenkins, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth, “A Star is Born”
Cold War keeps popping up in certain areas- could it get a surprise Best Director nomination from the Academy?
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Newton Thomas Sigel, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Lukasz Zal, “Cold War”
Robbie Ryan, “The Favourite”
Linus Sandgren, “First Man”
Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Mary Queen of Scots”
BEST FILM EDITING
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“First Man”
“Roma”
“Vice”
BEST MAKE UP & HAIR
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Mary Queen of Scots”
“Stan & Ollie”
“Vice”
Claire Foy makes it in for First Man and the movie gets 7 nominations- but no score for Justin Hurwitz??? Supposed supporting actress frontrunner Regina King was also inexplicably snubbed here like she was at SAG- I think she’ll still make it at the Oscars, but it’s a mystery how Beale Street is playing with the Academy
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
“The Favourite”
“First Man”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Roma”
BEST SCORE
“BlacKkKlansman”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“A Star is Born”
BEST SOUND
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“First Man”
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”
“A Quiet Place”
“A Star is Born”
BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Black Panther”
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
“First Man”
“Ready Player One”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Free Solo”
“McQueen”
“RBG”
“They Shall Not Grow Old”
“Three Identical Strangers”
Lauded with nods, but the Brits couldn’t bring themselves to nominate Bohemian Rhapsody in Best Film overall, so congratulations to them for having some shame
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Capernaum”
“Cold War”
“Dogman”
“Roma”
“Shoplifters”
BEST BRITISH FILM
“Beast”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“McQueen”
“Stan & Ollie”
“You Were Never Really Here”
BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Daniel Kokotajlo (writer/director), “Apostasy”
Michael Pearce (writer/director), “Beast”
Chris Kelly (writer/director/producer), “A Cambodian Spring”
Leanne Welham (writer/director), Sophie Harman (producer), “Pili”
Richard Billingham (writer/director), Jacquie Davies (producer), “Ray & Liz”
BEST BRITISH ANIMATED SHORT
“I’m OK”
“Marfa”
“Roughhouse”
BEST BRITISH LIVE-ACTION SHORT
“73 Cows”
“Bachelor”
“The Blue Door”
“The Field”
“Wale”
John C. Reilly had gotten some mentions for Stan & Ollie, but the Brits went for hometown boy Steve Coogan in Best Actor for the film, which was also nominated for Best British Film and Makeup
