Off the back of the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, the big behemoths of awards season are looming: and the BAFTA nominations are officially in. The UK’s biggest film celebration has unveiled its full list of nominees, celebrating the best movies from Britain and beyond – and leading the pack with 14 nominations is All Quiet On The Western Front, Edward Berger’s fresh adaptation of the 1929 war novel. As well as receiving nominations for Best Film and Director, it received recognition in Supporting Actor for Albrecht Schuch, Film Not In The English Language, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Sound, Original Score and several more.
Not far behind it are Everything Everywhere All At Once and The Banshees Of Inisherin – which received 10 nominations each. They’re both up for Best Film, as well as Original Screenplay and Director (for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and Martin McDonagh, respectively). On team Everything Bagel, Michelle Yeoh bagged a nomination for Leading Actress, with Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis earning nods for Support Actor and Actress (no Stephanie Hsu, though – somehow being majorly overlooked this awards season). On team Jenny The Donkey, there were plenty of acting nominations too – with Colin Farrell up for Leading Actor, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan both up for Supporting Actor, and Kerry Condon up for Supporting Actress.
Also faring well in the running is Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis – which is among the five flicks nominated for Best Film. It earned nine nods overall, not for Luhrmann himself, but for Austin Butler in Leading Actor, Cinematography, Sound, Editing and more. Rounding out the Best Film nominees is TÁR – which also saw Todd Field in the running for Director and Original Screenplay, Cate Blanchett for Leading Actress, and a Sound nomination.
Elsewhere, there’s plenty to shout about. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande pulled in four noms – for Daryl McCormack (also in the public-voted EE Rising Star category) and Emma Thompson in the acting lists, plus Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut for writer Katy Brand. Park Chan-wook’s Korean thriller Decision To Leave has him up for Director, while the movie is in the running for Film Not In The English Language. Brendan Fraser received an Best Actor nomination for The Whale (with Hong Chau for Supporting Actress, plus an Adapted Screenplay nod – though notably it’s not up for Best Film or Director), Angela Bassett’s heartbreaking turn as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has her up for Supporting Actress, and the Animated category is a short list of bangers: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, and Turning Red.
Cinematographer Greig Fraser is up for his stellar work on The Batman, while Top Gun: Maverick’s maverick editor Eddie Hamilton has been recognised in his field. There’s some love for The Woman King, with Gina Prince-Bythewood up for Director and Viola Davis for Best Actress, Paul Mescal earned recognition for Aftersun (which also saw nominations for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut for Charlotte Wells), and a Visual Effects nomination for Avatar: The Way Of Water – we’re interpreting that one as an award specifically for Payakan.
The biggest shocker here, no Stephanie Hsu aside? There’s not a jot for Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, sure to get, well, everyone talking. And while Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans got an Original Screenplay nod, it didn’t make it into Best Film, Director, or any of the acting categories. Plus, there's nothing for international sensation RRR – even in the Film Not In The English Language Category.
Will All Quiet On The Western Front sweep the board on the night? Are we living in a universe where Everything Everywhere All At Once bags all the awards? And if Banshees Of Inisherin doesn’t win, will there be dismembered fingers lobbed at the doors of BAFTA HQ? We’ll find out in a month’s time, with the BAFTA ceremony due to take place at Royal Festival Hall in London on 19 February. The countdown is on.
Read the full list of nominees here:
BEST FILM
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
TÁR
DIRECTOR
All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Decision To Leave – Park Chan-wook
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
TÁR – Todd Field
The Woman King – Gina Prince-Bythewood
LEADING ACTOR
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Daryl McCormack – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Billy Nighy – Living
LEADING ACTRESS
Câte Blanchett – TÁR
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Emma Thompson – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse
Albrecht Schuch – All Quiet On The Western Front
Micheal Ward – Empire Of Light
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Dolly De Leon – Triangle Of Sadness
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Carey Mulligan – She Said
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
TÁR – Todd Field
Triangle Of Sadness – Ruben Östland
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
Living – Kazuo Ishiguro
The Quiet Girl – Colm Bairéad
She Said – Rebecca Lenkiewicz
The Whale – Samuel D. Hunter
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Aftersun
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brian & Charles
Empire Of Light
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder
DOCUMENTARY
All That Breathes
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Fire Of Love
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All Quiet On The Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Corsage
Decision To Leave
The Quiet Girl
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Aftersun – Charlotte Wells
Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre
Electric Malady – Marie Lidén
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Katy Brand
Rebellion – Maia Kenworthy
ANIMATED FILM
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
CINEMATOGRAPHY
All Quiet On The Western Front – James Friend
The Batman – Greig Fraser
Elvis – Mandy Walker
Empire Of Light – Roger Deakins
Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda
EDITING
All Quiet On The Western Front – Sven Budelmann
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Elvis – Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton
ORIGINAL SCORE
All Quiet On The Western Front – Volker Bertelsmann
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees Of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Son Lux
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Alexandre Dusplat
PRODUCTION DESIGN
All Quiet On The Western Front – Christian M. Goldbrick, Ernestine Hipper
Babylon – Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
The Batman – James Chinlund, Lee Sandales
Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Curt Enderle, Guy Davis
COSTUME DESIGN
All Quiet On The Western Front – Lisy Christl
Amsterdam – JR Hawbaker, Albert Wolsey
Babylon – Mary Zophres
Elvis – Catherine Martin
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris – Jenny Beavan
MAKE UP & HAIR
All Quiet On The Western Front – Heike Marker
The Batman – Naomie Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir
Elvis – Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulstron, Shane Thomas
Matilda The Musical – Naomie Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin
The Whale – Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot
SOUND
All Quiet On The Western Front
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Elvis
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
All Quiet On The Western Front
Avatar: The Way Of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
CASTING
Aftersun – Lucy Pardee
All Quiet On The Western Front – Simone Bär
Elvis – Nikki Barrett, Denise Chadian
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Sarah Halley Finn
Triangle Of Sadness – Pauline Hansson
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
Middle Watch
Your Mountain Is Waiting
BRITISH SHORT FILM
The Ballad Of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
An Irish Goodbye
EE RISING STAR
Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl McCormack
Emma Mackey
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim