BEST FILM
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H Is for Hawk
Hamnet
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Ceremony
My Father’s Shadow
Pillion
A Want in Her
Wasteman

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Arco
Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootopia 2

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab

DOCUMENTARY
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

ANIMATED FILM
Elio
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

DIRECTOR
Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Pillion

LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia

LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo – I Swear
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Emily Watson – Hamnet

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Peter Mullan – I Swear
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

CASTING
I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

EDITING
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

MAKE UP & HAIR
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

ORIGINAL SCORE
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus

SOUND
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise

BRITISH SHORT FILM
Magid / Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
This Is Endometriosis
Welcome Home Freckles

EE BAFTA RISING STAR AWARD
Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling

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Predictions are provided by: Alyssa Christian, Amy Kim, Cody Dericks, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, Matt Neglia, Megan Lachinski, Nadia Dalimonte, Tom O’Brien & Will Mavity

BEST FILM
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” (ALL)
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“28 Years Later”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”
“Die My Love”
“H Is for Hawk”
“Hamnet” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia & Tom)
“I Swear” (Will)
“Mr. Burton”
“Pillion”
“Steve”

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“The Ceremony”
“My Father’s Shadow” (Cody, Tom & Will)
“Pillion” (Alyssa, Amy, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Megan & Nadia)
“A Want in Her”
“Wasteman”

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
“Arco” (Daniel & Will)
“Boong”
“Lilo & Stitch”
“Zootopia 2” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Dan, Ema, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia & Tom)

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent” (Tom)
“Sentimental Value” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia & Will)
“Sirāt”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”

DOCUMENTARY
“2000 Meters to Andriivka” (Dan, Josh, Megan & Will)
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Cover-Up”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” (Daniel)
“The Perfect Neighbor” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Ema, Matt, Nadia & Tom)

ANIMATED FILM
“Elio”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” (Cody, Daniel, Matt & Will)
“Zootopia 2” (Alyssa, Amy, Dan, Ema, Josh, Megan, Nadia & Tom)

DIRECTOR
“Bugonia,” Yorgos Lanthimos
“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao
“Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie
“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson (ALL)
“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“I Swear”
“Marty Supreme”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Josh, Matt & Megan)
“Sinners” (Ema, Nadia, Tom & Will)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bugonia”
“Hamnet” (Daniel, Megan & Tom)
“One Battle After Another” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Dan, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Will)
“Pillion”

LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet” (ALL)
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”

LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo, “I Swear” (Dan)
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia, Tom & Will)
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion, “Marty Supreme”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value” (Alyssa & Ema)
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners” (Megan & Will)
Carey Mulligan, “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another” (Amy, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom)
Emily Watson, “Hamnet”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Peter Mullan, “I Swear”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value” (ALL)

CASTING
“I Swear”
“Marty Supreme” (Josh, Matt & Megan)
“One Battle After Another” (Amy, Dan, Daniel & Tom)
“Sentimental Value” (Cody, Nadia & Will)
“Sinners” (Alyssa & Ema)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Frankenstein”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” (Amy, Daniel, Ema, Megan & Will)
“Sinners” (Matt, Nadia & Tom)
“Train Dreams” (Alyssa, Cody, Dan & Josh)

COSTUME DESIGN
“Frankenstein” (ALL)
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good”

EDITING
“F1” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Dan, Josh & Megan)
“A House of Dynamite”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” (Daniel, Ema, Matt, Nadia, Tom & Will)
“Sinners”

MAKE UP & HAIR
“Frankenstein” (ALL)
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good”

ORIGINAL SCORE
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another” (Tom)
“Sinners” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia & Will)

PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Frankenstein” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia, Tom & Will)
“Hamnet” (Dan)
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (ALL)
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Lost Bus”

SOUND
“F1” (ALL)
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Warfare”

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“Cardboard” (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Megan & Will)
“Solstice” (Ema)
“Two Black Boys in Paradise” (Amy, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom)

BRITISH SHORT FILM
“Magid / Zafar” (Josh)
“Nostalgie” (Cody, Daniel, Ema, Matt, Megan, Nadia, Tom & Will)
“Terence” (Alyssa)
“This Is Endometriosis”
“Welcome Home Freckles” (Amy & Dan)

EE BAFTA RISING STAR AWARD
Robert Aramayo (Alyssa, Amy, Daniel, Ema, Megan, Nadia, Tom & Will)
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti (Matt)
Archie Madekwe (Cody, Dan & Josh)
Posy Sterling

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BEST FILM
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“28 Years Later”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”
“Die My Love”
“H Is for Hawk”
“Hamnet”
“I Swear”
“Mr. Burton”
“Pillion”
“Steve”

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“The Ceremony”
“My Father’s Shadow”
“Pillion”
“A Want in Her”
“Wasteman”

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
“Arco”
“Boong”
“Lilo & Stitch”
“Zootopia 2”

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sirāt”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”

DOCUMENTARY
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Cover-Up”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
“The Perfect Neighbor”

ANIMATED FILM
“Elio”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

DIRECTOR
“Bugonia,” Yorgos Lanthimos
“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao
“Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie
“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“I Swear”
“Marty Supreme”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bugonia”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Pillion”

LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”

LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo, “I Swear”
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion, “Marty Supreme”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
Carey Mulligan, “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Emily Watson, “Hamnet”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Peter Mullan, “I Swear”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”

CASTING
“I Swear”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Frankenstein”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”

COSTUME DESIGN
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good”

EDITING
“F1”
“A House of Dynamite”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

MAKE UP & HAIR
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good”

ORIGINAL SCORE
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Lost Bus”

SOUND
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Warfare”

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“Cardboard”
“Solstice”
“Two Black Boys in Paradise”

BRITISH SHORT FILM
“Magid / Zafar”
“Nostalgie”
“Terence”
“This Is Endometriosis”
“Welcome Home Freckles”

EE BAFTA RISING STAR AWARD
Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling

The EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony takes place on February 22nd. What do you think of the nominations? Check out our latest Oscar nomination predictions here and all other upcoming awards season dates here. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our X account.

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BEST FILM
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“28 Years Later”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”
“The Choral”
“Die My Love”
“Hamnet”
“I Swear”
“Pillion”
“Steve”
“Warfare”

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“Mother Vera”
“My Father’s Shadow”
“Pillion”
“Urchin”
“Wasteman”

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
“Elio”
“How To Train Your Dragon”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“It Was Just an Accident”
“No Other Choice”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sirāt”

DOCUMENTARY
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Riefenstahl”

ANIMATED FILM
“Arco”
“Elio”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

DIRECTOR
“Bugonia,” Yorgos Lanthimos
“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao
“Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie
“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“I Swear”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Bugonia”
“Hamnet”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Train Dreams”

LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”

LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo, “I Swear”
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
Gwyneth Paltrow, “Marty Supreme”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Emily Watson, “Hamnet”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”

CASTING
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Die My Love”
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”

COSTUME DESIGN
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“Sinners”

EDITING
“28 Years Later”
“F1”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

MAKE UP & HAIR
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”

ORIGINAL SCORE
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“The Lost Bus”
“Mickey 17”
“Superman”

SOUND
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Sinners”
“Warfare”

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“Brain Space”
“Death’s Peak”
“Ovary-Acting”

BRITISH SHORT FILM
“Magid / Zafar”
“Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites”
“The Pearl Comb”
“Welcome Home Freckles”
“Wonderwall”

The EE British Academy Film Awards nominations will be announced on January 27th. The EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony takes place on February 22nd. What do you think of these predictions? Check out our latest Oscar predictions here and all other upcoming awards season dates here. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our X account.

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The Brits Favor The English LanguageIt was disappointing but unsurprising when the recently announced Actor Awards nominations exclusively favored English-language films, entirely snubbing high-profile contenders from such well-regarded films as “The Secret Agent” and “Sentimental Value.” But few could’ve predicted that the BAFTAs would be similarly-minded. “Sentimental Value” was still to be found in plenty of the above-the-line categories, although Elle Fanning’s absence is one of the most surprising acting misses of the day. But other than Joachim Trier’s latest, none of the other major international contenders made much of a dent. In fact, “Sentimental Value” is the only one to make the Best Film longlist. Major players like “It Was Just an Accident,” “No Other Choice,” “The Secret Agent,” “Sirāt,“ and  “The Voice of Hind Rajab“ made it into Best Film Not in the English Language, of course, but were hardly found anywhere else. “It Was Just an Accident“ and “The Secret Agent“ only managed an additional mention in Original Screenplay; Wagner Moura’s absence for his critically acclaimed performance in “The Secret Agent“ is especially shocking. “The Voice of Hind Rajab“ got a Best Director mention for Kaouther Ben Hania, and “Sirāt“ can also be found in Best Casting (although notably not in Best Sound or Score categories, where it’s still very much in play for Oscar nominations), while Park Chan-wook’s most recent masterpiece, “No Other Choice,” only received the one mention. This general aversion to non-English films is especially confounding given how international the BAFTAs’ tastes have usually been.

Try Not To Act UpsetA handful of actors are likely waking up to less-than-happy phone calls from their agents. Elle Fanning and Wagner Moura are undoubtedly the most shocking acting snubs, but other performers who’ve been less prominent this season, who may have been hoping for a last-minute campaign boost from today’s announcement, are certainly disappointed. Glenn Close (“Wake Up Dead Man“), George Clooney (“Jay Kelly“), and both actors from “The Smashing Machine“(Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt) were absent today. In addition, Miles Caton (“Sinners“) is the only nominee of those who received nods from the Actor Awards to miss here, but his co-star Delroy Lindo received a mention from his fellow Brits.

A Few Small MentionsAs usual this season, “One Battle After Another“ is top of the heap here. It received a record-breaking 16 mentions – the most of any film since the BAFTAs began announcing longlists five years ago. In fact, the only places where it arguably missed were in the longshot category of Best Special Visual Effects, along with a potential second Best Supporting Actress mention for Regina Hall (Teyana Taylor is safe, of course). “Hamnet“ and “Sinners” aren’t terribly far behind, with 14 mentions apiece, followed by “Marty Supreme“ with 13. Despite a shocking snub (more on that later), “Frankenstein“ also cracked into the double digits with 12 mentions, tying with “Bugonia.“ The latter film’s tally is undeniably the most surprising of the films that received 10+ mentions. The latest Yorgos Lanthimos film has been a quiet but steady presence all awards season, meaning it’s looking more and more likely that it could receive not only widely predicted Best Actress and Adapted Screenplay nominations from the Oscars, but also a potential Best Picture nod.

As always with the BAFTAs, some films from the UK received more attention today than from any other awards groups this year, including six mentions for both “I Swear“ (including Best Film) and “Pillion,“ five for “The Ballad of Wallis Island“ (including Best Film), plus four each “28 Years Later“ and “Die My Love.” It’s unlikely that these films will make much of a splash on the BAFTAs’ list of actual nominations, much less the Academy’s, but it’s still great to see undersung films like these receive recognition this late in the season.

Going In An Unexpected DirectionIn their goal of striving for gender equity, the BAFTA’s Best Direction longlist is required to be evenly split between male and female nominees. As such, there are always surprising omissions from this category, and this year was no different. Guillermo del Toro (“Frankenstein“) and Jafar Panahi (“It Was Just an Accident“) were both nowhere to be found despite being fixtures of most pundits‘ Oscar predictions. Panahi was also passed over by yesterday’s Directors Guild Awards nominations, although given that guild’s heavy favoritism for English-language and populist films, that omission was far from surprising. Most still expect Panahi to make it into Best Director at the Oscars, so now the question remains – who from the DGA list will get the chop? 

Yorgos Lanthimos surprisingly popped up here, reflecting the BAFTAs’ general affection for “Bugonia.“ In addition, some female directors who have otherwise been mostly absent from the awards season were spotlighted, including Kathryn Bigelow (“A House of Dynamite“), Kaouther Ben Hania (“The Voice of Hind Rajab“), Hikari (“Rental Family“), and Lynne Ramsay (“Die My Love“). However, this only makes it even more shocking that Mona Fastvold was passed over for her beautiful work directing “The Testament of Ann Lee.“ In fact…

“Ann Lee“ Needs A MiracleThe Amanda Seyfried-led musical was completely shut out of today’s longlists. Its leading actress was passed over, along with the film’s score, reflecting the general apathy that voting bodies have shown toward the film all season. It missed a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture, despite having an entire separate category that usually highlights musicals, and it was similarly passed over completely by Oscar shortlists. Outside of a stunning upset, the acclaimed film feels destined for a total shut-out on Oscar nomination morning.

How Do You Say “RIP“ in Na’vi?“The Testament Of Ann Lee” isn’t the only film that can be declared all but dead after today’s announcement. Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly” once seemed as if it could be Netflix’s big player this season. Alas, after yesterday’s Actor Awards shut out and only one mention from BAFTA for Adam Sandler’s supporting performance, it’s likely that it will receive just as many Oscar nominations as Baumbach’s previous acclaimed films, “Frances Ha,” “The Meyerowitz Stories,“ and “Mistress America”: zero. 

After it received respectful but underwhelmed reactions following early critic screenings, “Avatar: Fire and Ash“ seemed to have bounced back thanks to strong word-of-mouth (repeat viewers have been especially laudatory of its rewatchability) and incredible box office. But after receiving just two perfunctory mentions today (Best Sound and Special Visual Effects), it seems as if this will be the first film in James Cameron’s sci-fi series to miss a Best Picture nomination.

A Dynamite MorningOn the other hand, some films that had been put to bed as serious contenders experienced a bit of an unexpected boost today. Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite“ received mixed notices, but roared back with four mentions today, most notably in Best Editing, where it’s still very much in play for an Oscar nomination. Few would have expected that it would be Netflix’s second-best performer today after, of course, “Frankenstein.“ James Vanderbilt’s World War II drama “Nuremberg“ also had a shockingly big morning, receiving six mentions, including Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, and Leading Actor for Russell Crowe. If nothing else, this is good news for its chances in the Academy’s Best Makeup and Hairstyling category, where it was shortlisted. And while certainly far from out of the running (or, flying), “Wicked: For Good“ hardly stumbled at all here, receiving eight mentions – the most of any movie not cited for Best Film. In fact, the only categories where the first film was mentioned last year that its sequel missed are Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, and Casting, and “For Good“ even picked up a mention in Best Score, which the prequel did not. Congrats, Arianators! Similarly, “Blue Moon“ overperformed with three nominations, with mentions in Original Screenplay and Supporting Actor (Andrew Scott) raising the profile of the film, which has otherwise mostly been singled out for awards for its lead performance from Ethan Hawke. Could it sneak into Oscar’s screenplay category? Or does this just help increase Hawke’s chances to possibly win?

Only A Tiny Little Help With The Shorts

For those real Oscar nerds hoping to get any sense of direction with their predictions for the short film categories, the BAFTAs offered little aid. Only two short films that were mentioned today were also shortlisted by the Oscars – “Cardboard“ in Animation and “The Pearl Comb“ in Live Action. Still, there’s often very little overlap between the BAFTAs and the Oscars in the eventual nominees for these categories, so, as always, predicting the shorts remains the most challenging part of being an awards prognosticator.

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BEST FILM
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“I Swear”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“28 Years Later”
“Ballad of a Small Player”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy”
“The Choral”
“Die My Love”
“Goodbye June”
“H Is for Hawk”
“Hamnet”
“I Swear”
“Mr. Burton”
“Pillion”
“The Roses”
“Steve”
“Warfare”

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“The Ceremony”
“The Man in My Basement”
“Mother Vera”
“My Father’s Shadow”
“Pillion”
“Ocean With David Attenborough”
“The Shadow Scholars”
“Urchin”
“A Want in Her”
“Wasteman”

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
“Arco”
“Boong”
“Elio”
“Grow”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“Lilo & Stitch”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“It Was Just an Accident”
“La Grazia”
“Left-Handed Girl”
“No Other Choice”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“Rental Family”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sirāt”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”

DOCUMENTARY
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Becoming Led Zeppelin”
“Cover-Up”
“The Librarians”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
“Ocean With David Attenborough”
“One to One: John & Yoko”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Riefenstahl”

ANIMATED FILM
“Arco”
“The Bad Guys 2”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
“Elio”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

DIRECTOR
“Bugonia,” Yorgos Lanthimos
“Die My Love,” Lynne Ramsay
“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao
“A House of Dynamite,” Kathryn Bigelow
“Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie
“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“Rental Family,” Hikari
“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler
“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Kaouther Ben Hania

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Blue Moon”
“A House of Dynamite”
“I Swear”
“Is This Thing On?”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Weapons”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“28 Years Later”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Pillion”
“Train Dreams”
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”

LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked: For Good”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Andrea Riseborough, “Dragonfly”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”

LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo, “I Swear”
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Russell Crowe, “Nuremberg”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Harry Melling, “Pillion”
Cillian Murphy, “Steve”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion, “Marty Supreme”
Brenda Blethyn, “Dragonfly”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
Carey Mulligan, “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
Gwyneth Paltrow, “Marty Supreme”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Emily Watson, “Hamnet”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Peter Mullan, “I Swear”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly”
Andrew Scott, “Blue Moon”
Alexander Skarsgård, “Pillion”
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”

CASTING
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“A House of Dynamite”
“I Swear”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Pillion”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Sirāt”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Ballad of a Small Player”
“Bugonia”
“Die My Love”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”

COSTUME DESIGN
“Bugonia”
“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good”

EDITING
“28 Years Later”
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“A House of Dynamite”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Weapons”

MAKE UP & HAIR
“Bugonia”
“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“Wicked: For Good”

ORIGINAL SCORE
“28 Years Later”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good

PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Ballad of a Small Player”
“Bugonia”
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Mickey 17”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Mickey 17”
“Superman”
“Tron: Ares”
“Wicked: For Good”

SOUND
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“The Lost Bus”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Warfare”
“Wicked: For Good”

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
“Brain Space”
“Cardboard”
“Death’s Peak”
“Ovary-Acting”
“Solstice”
“Two Black Boys in Paradise”

BRITISH SHORT FILM
“22+1”
“Blondi”
“Magid / Zafar”
“Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites”
“Nostalgie”
“The Pearl Comb”
“Terence”
“This Is Endometriosis”
“Welcome Home Freckles”
“Wonderwall”

The EE British Academy Film Awards nominations will be announced on January 27th. The EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony takes place on February 22nd. What do you think of the longlists? Check out our latest Oscar nomination predictions here and all other upcoming awards season dates here. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our X account.

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CHILDREN’S: NON-SCRIPTED
BOOSNOO! – Production Team – Visionality, Mackinnon & Saunders / Sky Kids
DISABILITY AND ME (FYI INVESTIGATES) – Matt Peacock, Marshall Corwin – Fresh Start Media / Sky Kids
OPERATION OUCH! – Production Team – Maverick TV / CBBC
REU & HARPER’S WONDER WORLD – Andy Mundy-Castle, Emine Yalchin – Doc Hearts / Channel 5

CHILDREN’S: SCRIPTED
CBeebies AS YOU LIKE IT AT SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE – Production Team –BBC Studios Kids & Family / CBeebies
HORRIBLE HISTORIES – Production Team – Lion Television / CBBC
READY EDDIE GO! – James Murphy, Joseph Morpurgo, Justin Lowings – Hocus Pocus Studio / Sky Kids
TWEEDY & FLUFF – Corrinne Averiss, Chris Randall, Martin Tapley – Second Home Studios, Stitchy Feet / Channel 5

CURRENT AFFAIRS
LIFE AND DEATH IN GAZA (STORYVILLE) – Natasha Cox, Lara El Gibaly, Haya Al Badarneh, Sarah Keeling, Simon Cox, Mustafa Khalili – BBC World Service, BBC Eye / BBC Two
MATERNITY: BROKEN TRUST (EXPOSURE) – Laura Warner, Becky Southworth, Tom Keeling, Emma Lysaght, Lewis Albrow, Martin Kayser-Landwehr – Pulse Films / ITV1
STATE OF RAGE – Marcel Mettelsiefen, Ahisha Ghafoor, Stephen Ellis, Ismail Hussam Banighorra, Aviya Shar-Yashuv, Mayte Carrasco – Duskwater Films / Channel 4
UKRAINE’S WAR: THE OTHER SIDE (EXPOSURE) – Sean Langan, Leslie Knott, Matt Scholes – Sean Langan, Tiger Nest Films / ITV1

DAYTIME
CLIVE MYRIE’S CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE – Des Henderson, Emma Parkins, Ed Stobart, Jane Magowan, Denis Minihan – Alleycats TV / BBC Two
LOOSE WOMEN – Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1
MORNING LIVE – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES – Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Anna Blakemore, Abby Brakewell, Tom Banks – Remarkable TV / BBC Two

DRAMA SERIES
BLUE LIGHTS – Stephen Wright, Louise Gallagher, Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Jack Casey, Amanda Black – Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC One
SHERWOOD – James Graham, Clio Barnard, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross, Harriet Spencer, Kate Ogborn – House Productions / BBC One
SUPACELL – Rapman, Mouktar Mohammed, Steve Searle, Joanna Crow – Netflix, New Wave Agency, It’s A Rap / Netflix
WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT – Peter Kosminsky, Noëlette Buckley, Susanne Simpson, Peter Straughan, Lisa Osborne, Colin Callender – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT*
THE 1% CLUB – Dean Nabarro, Andy Auerbach, Richard Can’t Riet, Clare Barton, Hennie Clough – Magnum Media / ITV1
MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW – Production Team – Hungry McBear / BBC One
TASKMASTER – Andy Devonshire, Andy Cartwright, James Taylor, Alex Horne, Jon Thoday – Avalon UK / Channel 4
WOULD I LIE TO YOU? – Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Barbara Wiltshire, Jake Graham, Zoe Waterman, Charlotte Bracey-Current – Zeppotron / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
ANTHONY MCPARTLIN, DECLAN DONNELLY – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – Lifted Entertainment, Mitre Studios / ITV1
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN – The Traitors – Studio Lambert / BBC One
GRAHAM NORTON – The Graham Norton Show – So Television / BBC One
JOE LYCETT – Late Night Lycett – Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited / Channel 4
ROMESH RANGANATHAN, ROB BECKETT – Rob & Romesh Vs. – CPL Productions / Sky Max
STACEY SOLOMON – Sort Your Life Out – Optomen / BBC One

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
IN VOGUE: THE 90s – Liesel Evans, Jonathan Smith, Hugo MacGregor, Vikki Miller, Charlotte Permutt, Matthew Hill – RAW, Vogue Studios / Disney+
RACE ACROSS THE WORLD – Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One
ROB AND RYLAN’S GRAND TOUR – Rob Rinder, Rylan Clark, Lana Salah, Simon Draper, Gwyn Jones, Joseph Fell–Rex, Zinc Media / BBC Two
SORT YOUR LIFE OUT – Production Team – Optomen / BBC One

FACTUAL SERIES
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE – Bernadette Higgins, Fiona Stourton, Rebecca North, Alasdair Bayne, Anton Short, Felicity Morris – RAW / Netflix
FREDDIE FLINTOFF’S FIELD OF DREAMS ON TOUR – Andrew MacKenzie-Betty, Naomi Templeton, Annie Hughes, Anna Strickland, Peter Benn, Drew Hill – South Shore Productions / BBC One
THE PUSH: MURDER ON THE CLIFF – Anna Hall, Josephine Besbrode, Luke Rothery, Tom Whitaker, Kate Reid, Josh Carpenter – Candour Productions / Channel 4
TO CATCH A COPPER – Hugo Pettitt, Ashley Francis-Roy, Bruce Fletcher, Peter Beard, Colette Hodges, Martin Thompson – Story Films / Channel 4

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
ANJANA VASAN – We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television / Channel 4
KATE O’FLYNN – Everyone Else Burns – Jax Media, Imagine Entertainment, Universal International Studios / Channel 4
LOLLY ADEFOPE – The Franchise – Neal Street Productions, Dundee Productions, HBO / Sky Comedy
NICOLA COUGHLAN – Big Mood – Dancing Ledge Productions / Channel 4
RUTH JONES – Gavin & Stacey: The Finale – Fulwell Entertainment, Tidy Productions, Baby Cow Productions / BBC One
SOPHIE WILLAN – Alma’s Not Normal – Expectation / BBC Two

INTERNATIONAL
AFTER THE PARTY – Helen Bowden, Dianne Taylor, Robyn Malcolm, Peter Salmon, Liz DiFiore, Jason Stephens – Lingo Pictures, Luminous Beast / Channel 4
COLIN FROM ACCOUNTS – Production Team – CBS Studios, Easy Tiger Productions / BBC Two
SAY NOTHING – Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, Patrick Keefe, Monica Levinson, Michael Lennox – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
SHŌGUN – Justin Marks, Rachel Kondo, Michaela Clavell, Jonathan van Tulleken, Eriko Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Sanada – FX Productions / Disney+
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY – Production Team – Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls, Passenger, HBO / Sky Atlantic
YOU ARE NOT ALONE: FIGHTING THE WOLFPACK – Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Katie Bryer, Samuel R. Santana – Lucernam Films / Netflix

LEADING ACTOR
DAVID TENNANT – Rivals – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
GARY OLDMAN – Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
LENNIE JAMES – Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One
MARTIN FREEMAN – The Responder – Dancing Ledge Productions / BBC One
RICHARD GADD – Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
TOBY JONES – Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1

LEADING ACTRESS
ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN – Until I Kill You – World Productions / ITV1
BILLIE PIPER – Scoop – The Lighthouse Film and Television, Voltage TV / Netflix
LOLA PETTICREW – Say Nothing – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
MARISA ABELA – Industry – Bad Wolf, HBO / BBC One
MONICA DOLAN – Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
SHARON D CLARKE – Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One

LIMITED DRAMA
BABY REINDEER – Richard Gadd, Weronika Tofilska, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald, Matthew Mulot – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
LOST BOYS AND FAIRIES – Rebekah Wray-Rogers, Jessica Brown Meek, Libby Durdy, Daf James, James Kent, Adam Knopf – Duck Soup Films / BBC One
MR BATES vs THE POST OFFICE – Patrick Spence, James Strong, Gwyneth Hughes, Chris Clough, Natasha Bondy, Joe Williams – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
ONE DAY – Nicole Taylor, Molly Manners, Roanna Benn, Jude Liknaitzky, David Nicholls, Nige Watson – Drama Republic, Universal International Studios, Focus Features / Netflix

LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
D-DAY 80: TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
GLASTONBURY 2024 – Production Team – BBC Studios Music Productions / BBC Two
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS – Production Team – Livewire Pictures / BBC Two

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
BILAL HASNA – Extraordinary – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+
DANNY DYER – Mr Bigstuff – Sky Studios, Water & Power Productions / Sky Comedy
DYLAN THOMAS-SMITH – G’Wed – Golden Path Productions / ITV2
NABHAAN RIZWAN – Kaos – SISTER / Netflix
OLIVER SAVELL – Changing Ends – Baby Cow Productions / ITV1
PHIL DUNNING – Smoggie Queens – Hat Trick Productions / BBC Three

NEWS COVERAGE
BBC BREAKFAST: POST OFFICE SPECIAL – Production Team – BBC News / BBC One
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: INSIDE SEDNAYA – THE FALL OF ASSAD – Production Team – Channel 4 News / Channel 4
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: UNDERCOVER INSIDE REFORM’S CAMPAIGN – Production Team – Channel 4 News / Channel 4

REALITY
DRAGONS’ DEN – Production Team – BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions / BBC One
THE JURY: MURDER TRIAL – Production Team – ScreenDog Productions / Channel 4
LOVE IS BLIND UK – Production Team – CPL Productions / Netflix
THE TRAITORS – Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One

SCRIPTED COMEDY
ALMA’S NOT NORMAL – Sophie Willan, Andrew Chaplin, Gill Isles, Nerys Evans – Expectation / BBC Two
BRASSIC – David Livingstone, Danny Brocklehurst, Ben Gregor, Joseph Gilgun, Jim Poyser – Calamity Films / Sky Max
G’WED – Danny Kenny, Mario Stylianides, Akaash Meeda, Penny Davies – Golden Path Productions / ITV2
LUDWIG – Mark Brotherhood, Robert McKillop, David Mitchell, Kenton Allen, Kathryn O’Connor, Georgie Fallon – Big Talk Studios, That Mitchell & Webb Company / BBC One

SHORT FORM
BROWN BRIT – Jay Stephen, Ralph Briscoe – The Romantix / Channel 4
PEAKED – John Addis, Ada Player, Bron Waugh – Boffola Pictures / Channel 4
QUIET LIFE – Production Team – Open Mike Productions / BBC Three
SPUD – Siobhán McSweeney, Pippa Brown, Leah Draws – Lookout Point TV / BBC Three

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY**
HELL JUMPER – Paddy Wivell, Adriana Timco, Colin Barr, Rupert Houseman, Jane Nicholson, Clancie John-Pierre – Expectation/ BBC Two
TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME – Production Team – Mindhouse Productions / Sky Documentaries
UKRAINE: ENEMY IN THE WOODS – Jamie Roberts, Kate Spankie, Jonathan Smith, Claire Walker, Stanislav Strilets – Hoyo Films / BBC Two
UNDERCOVER: EXPOSING THE FAR RIGHT – Production Team – Marking Inc, Tigerlily Productions / Channel 4

SOAP
CASUALTY – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
CORONATION STREET – Production Team – ITV Studios / ITV1
EASTENDERS – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC On

SPECIALIST FACTUAL***
ATOMIC PEOPLE – Benedict Sanderson, Megumi Inman, Morgan Matthews, Otto Burnham – Minnow Films / BBC Two
BILLY & MOLLY: AN OTTER LOVE STORY – Production Team – Silverback Films / National Geographic
CHILDREN OF THE CULT – Maroesja Perizonius, Alice McShane, Victoria Hollingsworth, David Modell, Ella Newton, Ben Ferguson – DM Productions / ITV1
MINERS’ STRIKE 1984: THE BATTLE FOR BRITAIN – Tom Barrow, Christian Collerton, Zora Kuettner, Neil Crombie, Joe Evans, Miriam Walsh – Swan Films / Channel 4

SPORTS COVERAGE
EURO 2024 – Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One
PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS – Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One
WIMBLEDON 2024 – Production Team – BBC Sport, Wimbledon Broadcast Services / BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ARIYON BAKARE – Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG – Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
DAMIAN LEWIS – Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures / BBC One
JONATHAN PRYCE – Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
MCKINLEY BELCHER III – Eric – SISTER, Little Chick / Netflix
SONNY WALKER – The Gathering – World Productions / Channel 4

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JESSICA GUNNING – Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
KATHERINE PARKINSON – Rivals – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
MAXINE PEAKE – Say Nothing – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
MONICA DOLAN – Sherwood – House Productions / BBC One
NAVA MAU – Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
SUE JOHNSTON – Truelove – Clerkenwell Films / Channel 4

P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD (voted for by the public)
BRIDGERTON – “THE” carriage scene where Colin admits his true feelings for Penelope – Shondaland / Netflix
GAVIN & STACEY: THE FINALE – Smithy’s Wedding: Mick Stands Up – Fulwell Entertainment, Tidy Productions, Baby Cow Productions / BBC One
MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE – Jo Hamilton phones the Horizon helpline – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
RIVALS – Rupert Campbell-Black and Sarah Stratton are caught in a game of naked tennis – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
STRICTLY COME DANCING – Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell Waltz to ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ –  BBC Studios / BBC One
TRAITORS – “Paul isn’t my son… but Ross is!” – Studio Lambert / BBC One

* Entertainment is given in honor of Lew Grade
** Single Documentary is given in honor of Robert Flaherty
*** Specialist Factual is given in honor of Huw Wheldon

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CHILDREN’S: NON-SCRIPTED
BOOSNOO! – Production Team – Visionality, Mackinnon & Saunders / Sky Kids
DISABILITY AND ME (FYI INVESTIGATES) – Matt Peacock, Marshall Corwin – Fresh Start Media / Sky Kids
OPERATION OUCH! – Production Team – Maverick TV / CBBC
REU & HARPER’S WONDER WORLD – Andy Mundy-Castle, Emine Yalchin – Doc Hearts / Channel 5

CHILDREN’S: SCRIPTED
CBeebies AS YOU LIKE IT AT SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE – Production Team –BBC Studios Kids & Family / CBeebies
HORRIBLE HISTORIES – Production Team – Lion Television / CBBC
READY EDDIE GO! – James Murphy, Joseph Morpurgo, Justin Lowings – Hocus Pocus Studio / Sky Kids
TWEEDY & FLUFF – Corrinne Averiss, Chris Randall, Martin Tapley – Second Home Studios, Stitchy Feet / Channel 5

CURRENT AFFAIRS
LIFE AND DEATH IN GAZA (STORYVILLE) – Natasha Cox, Lara El Gibaly, Haya Al Badarneh, Sarah Keeling, Simon Cox, Mustafa Khalili – BBC World Service, BBC Eye / BBC Two
MATERNITY: BROKEN TRUST (EXPOSURE) – Laura Warner, Becky Southworth, Tom Keeling, Emma Lysaght, Lewis Albrow, Martin Kayser-Landwehr – Pulse Films / ITV1
STATE OF RAGE – Marcel Mettelsiefen, Ahisha Ghafoor, Stephen Ellis, Ismail Hussam Banighorra, Aviya Shar-Yashuv, Mayte Carrasco – Duskwater Films / Channel 4
UKRAINE’S WAR: THE OTHER SIDE (EXPOSURE) – Sean Langan, Leslie Knott, Matt Scholes – Sean Langan, Tiger Nest Films / ITV1

DAYTIME
CLIVE MYRIE’S CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE – Des Henderson, Emma Parkins, Ed Stobart, Jane Magowan, Denis Minihan – Alleycats TV / BBC Two
LOOSE WOMEN – Production Team – ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1
MORNING LIVE – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES – Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Anna Blakemore, Abby Brakewell, Tom Banks – Remarkable TV / BBC Two

DRAMA SERIES
BLUE LIGHTS – Stephen Wright, Louise Gallagher, Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Jack Casey, Amanda Black – Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC One
SHERWOOD – James Graham, Clio Barnard, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross, Harriet Spencer, Kate Ogborn – House Productions / BBC One
SUPACELL – Rapman, Mouktar Mohammed, Steve Searle, Joanna Crow – Netflix, New Wave Agency, It’s A Rap / Netflix
WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT – Peter Kosminsky, Noëlette Buckley, Susanne Simpson, Peter Straughan, Lisa Osborne, Colin Callender – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT*
THE 1% CLUB – Dean Nabarro, Andy Auerbach, Richard Can’t Riet, Clare Barton, Hennie Clough – Magnum Media / ITV1
MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S BIG SHOW – Production Team – Hungry McBear / BBC One
TASKMASTER – Andy Devonshire, Andy Cartwright, James Taylor, Alex Horne, Jon Thoday – Avalon UK / Channel 4
WOULD I LIE TO YOU? – Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Barbara Wiltshire, Jake Graham, Zoe Waterman, Charlotte Bracey-Current – Zeppotron / BBC One

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
ANTHONY MCPARTLIN, DECLAN DONNELLY – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – Lifted Entertainment, Mitre Studios / ITV1
CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN – The Traitors – Studio Lambert / BBC One
GRAHAM NORTON – The Graham Norton Show – So Television / BBC One
JOE LYCETT – Late Night Lycett – Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited / Channel 4
ROMESH RANGANATHAN, ROB BECKETT – Rob & Romesh Vs. – CPL Productions / Sky Max
STACEY SOLOMON – Sort Your Life Out – Optomen / BBC One

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
IN VOGUE: THE 90s – Liesel Evans, Jonathan Smith, Hugo MacGregor, Vikki Miller, Charlotte Permutt, Matthew Hill – RAW, Vogue Studios / Disney+
RACE ACROSS THE WORLD – Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One
ROB AND RYLAN’S GRAND TOUR – Rob Rinder, Rylan Clark, Lana Salah, Simon Draper, Gwyn Jones, Joseph Fell–Rex, Zinc Media / BBC Two
SORT YOUR LIFE OUT – Production Team – Optomen / BBC One

FACTUAL SERIES
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE – Bernadette Higgins, Fiona Stourton, Rebecca North, Alasdair Bayne, Anton Short, Felicity Morris – RAW / Netflix
FREDDIE FLINTOFF’S FIELD OF DREAMS ON TOUR – Andrew MacKenzie-Betty, Naomi Templeton, Annie Hughes, Anna Strickland, Peter Benn, Drew Hill – South Shore Productions / BBC One
THE PUSH: MURDER ON THE CLIFF – Anna Hall, Josephine Besbrode, Luke Rothery, Tom Whitaker, Kate Reid, Josh Carpenter – Candour Productions / Channel 4
TO CATCH A COPPER – Hugo Pettitt, Ashley Francis-Roy, Bruce Fletcher, Peter Beard, Colette Hodges, Martin Thompson – Story Films / Channel 4

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
ANJANA VASAN – We Are Lady Parts – Working Title Television / Channel 4
KATE O’FLYNN – Everyone Else Burns – Jax Media, Imagine Entertainment, Universal International Studios / Channel 4
LOLLY ADEFOPE – The Franchise – Neal Street Productions, Dundee Productions, HBO / Sky Comedy
NICOLA COUGHLAN – Big Mood – Dancing Ledge Productions / Channel 4
RUTH JONES – Gavin & Stacey: The Finale – Fulwell Entertainment, Tidy Productions, Baby Cow Productions / BBC One
SOPHIE WILLAN – Alma’s Not Normal – Expectation / BBC Two

INTERNATIONAL
AFTER THE PARTY – Helen Bowden, Dianne Taylor, Robyn Malcolm, Peter Salmon, Liz DiFiore, Jason Stephens – Lingo Pictures, Luminous Beast / Channel 4
COLIN FROM ACCOUNTS – Production Team – CBS Studios, Easy Tiger Productions / BBC Two
SAY NOTHING – Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Joshua Zetumer, Patrick Keefe, Monica Levinson, Michael Lennox – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
SHŌGUN – Justin Marks, Rachel Kondo, Michaela Clavell, Jonathan van Tulleken, Eriko Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Sanada – FX Productions / Disney+
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY – Production Team – Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls, Passenger, HBO / Sky Atlantic
YOU ARE NOT ALONE: FIGHTING THE WOLFPACK – Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Katie Bryer, Samuel R. Santana – Lucernam Films / Netflix

LEADING ACTOR
DAVID TENNANT – Rivals – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
GARY OLDMAN – Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
LENNIE JAMES – Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One
MARTIN FREEMAN – The Responder – Dancing Ledge Productions / BBC One
RICHARD GADD – Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
TOBY JONES – Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1

LEADING ACTRESS
ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN – Until I Kill You – World Productions / ITV1
BILLIE PIPER – Scoop – The Lighthouse Film and Television, Voltage TV / Netflix
LOLA PETTICREW – Say Nothing – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
MARISA ABELA – Industry – Bad Wolf, HBO / BBC One
MONICA DOLAN – Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
SHARON D CLARKE – Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One

LIMITED DRAMA
BABY REINDEER – Richard Gadd, Weronika Tofilska, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald, Matthew Mulot – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
LOST BOYS AND FAIRIES – Rebekah Wray-Rogers, Jessica Brown Meek, Libby Durdy, Daf James, James Kent, Adam Knopf – Duck Soup Films / BBC One
MR BATES vs THE POST OFFICE – Patrick Spence, James Strong, Gwyneth Hughes, Chris Clough, Natasha Bondy, Joe Williams – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
ONE DAY – Nicole Taylor, Molly Manners, Roanna Benn, Jude Liknaitzky, David Nicholls, Nige Watson – Drama Republic, Universal International Studios, Focus Features / Netflix

LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
D-DAY 80: TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
GLASTONBURY 2024 – Production Team – BBC Studios Music Productions / BBC Two
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS – Production Team – Livewire Pictures / BBC Two

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
BILAL HASNA – Extraordinary – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+
DANNY DYER – Mr Bigstuff – Sky Studios, Water & Power Productions / Sky Comedy
DYLAN THOMAS-SMITH – G’Wed – Golden Path Productions / ITV2
NABHAAN RIZWAN – Kaos – SISTER / Netflix
OLIVER SAVELL – Changing Ends – Baby Cow Productions / ITV1
PHIL DUNNING – Smoggie Queens – Hat Trick Productions / BBC Three

NEWS COVERAGE
BBC BREAKFAST: POST OFFICE SPECIAL – Production Team – BBC News / BBC One
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: INSIDE SEDNAYA – THE FALL OF ASSAD – Production Team – Channel 4 News / Channel 4
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: UNDERCOVER INSIDE REFORM’S CAMPAIGN – Production Team – Channel 4 News / Channel 4

REALITY
DRAGONS’ DEN – Production Team – BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions / BBC One
THE JURY: MURDER TRIAL – Production Team – ScreenDog Productions / Channel 4
LOVE IS BLIND UK – Production Team – CPL Productions / Netflix
THE TRAITORS – Production Team – Studio Lambert / BBC One

SCRIPTED COMEDY
ALMA’S NOT NORMAL – Sophie Willan, Andrew Chaplin, Gill Isles, Nerys Evans – Expectation / BBC Two
BRASSIC – David Livingstone, Danny Brocklehurst, Ben Gregor, Joseph Gilgun, Jim Poyser – Calamity Films / Sky Max
G’WED – Danny Kenny, Mario Stylianides, Akaash Meeda, Penny Davies – Golden Path Productions / ITV2
LUDWIG – Mark Brotherhood, Robert McKillop, David Mitchell, Kenton Allen, Kathryn O’Connor, Georgie Fallon – Big Talk Studios, That Mitchell & Webb Company / BBC One

SHORT FORM
BROWN BRIT – Jay Stephen, Ralph Briscoe – The Romantix / Channel 4
PEAKED – John Addis, Ada Player, Bron Waugh – Boffola Pictures / Channel 4
QUIET LIFE – Production Team – Open Mike Productions / BBC Three
SPUD – Siobhán McSweeney, Pippa Brown, Leah Draws – Lookout Point TV / BBC Three

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY**
HELL JUMPER – Paddy Wivell, Adriana Timco, Colin Barr, Rupert Houseman, Jane Nicholson, Clancie John-Pierre – Expectation/ BBC Two
TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME – Production Team – Mindhouse Productions / Sky Documentaries
UKRAINE: ENEMY IN THE WOODS – Jamie Roberts, Kate Spankie, Jonathan Smith, Claire Walker, Stanislav Strilets – Hoyo Films / BBC Two
UNDERCOVER: EXPOSING THE FAR RIGHT – Production Team – Marking Inc, Tigerlily Productions / Channel 4

SOAP
CASUALTY – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One
CORONATION STREET – Production Team – ITV Studios / ITV1
EASTENDERS – Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC On

SPECIALIST FACTUAL***
ATOMIC PEOPLE – Benedict Sanderson, Megumi Inman, Morgan Matthews, Otto Burnham – Minnow Films / BBC Two
BILLY & MOLLY: AN OTTER LOVE STORY – Production Team – Silverback Films / National Geographic
CHILDREN OF THE CULT – Maroesja Perizonius, Alice McShane, Victoria Hollingsworth, David Modell, Ella Newton, Ben Ferguson – DM Productions / ITV1
MINERS’ STRIKE 1984: THE BATTLE FOR BRITAIN – Tom Barrow, Christian Collerton, Zora Kuettner, Neil Crombie, Joe Evans, Miriam Walsh – Swan Films / Channel 4

SPORTS COVERAGE
EURO 2024 – Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One
PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS – Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One
WIMBLEDON 2024 – Production Team – BBC Sport, Wimbledon Broadcast Services / BBC One

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ARIYON BAKARE – Mr Loverman – Fable Pictures / BBC One
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG – Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
DAMIAN LEWIS – Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures / BBC One
JONATHAN PRYCE – Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
MCKINLEY BELCHER III – Eric – SISTER, Little Chick / Netflix
SONNY WALKER – The Gathering – World Productions / Channel 4

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JESSICA GUNNING – Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
KATHERINE PARKINSON – Rivals – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
MAXINE PEAKE – Say Nothing – FX Productions, Color Force / Disney+
MONICA DOLAN – Sherwood – House Productions / BBC One
NAVA MAU – Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films / Netflix
SUE JOHNSTON – Truelove – Clerkenwell Films / Channel 4

P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD (voted for by the public)
BRIDGERTON – “THE” carriage scene where Colin admits his true feelings for Penelope – Shondaland / Netflix
GAVIN & STACEY: THE FINALE – Smithy’s Wedding: Mick Stands Up – Fulwell Entertainment, Tidy Productions, Baby Cow Productions / BBC One
MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE – Jo Hamilton phones the Horizon helpline – ITV Studios, Little Gem / ITV1
RIVALS – Rupert Campbell-Black and Sarah Stratton are caught in a game of naked tennis – Happy Prince, ITV Studios / Disney+
STRICTLY COME DANCING – Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell Waltz to ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ –  BBC Studios / BBC One
TRAITORS – “Paul isn’t my son… but Ross is!” – Studio Lambert / BBC One

* Entertainment is given in honor of Lew Grade
** Single Documentary is given in honor of Robert Flaherty
*** Specialist Factual is given in honor of Huw Wheldon

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BAFTA HAS FAITH IN “CONCLAVE”
Though the film hasn’t won much stateside thus far, “Conclave” picked up four BAFTA awards: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing. “Conclave” had long been predicted as a film that would be able to build more consensus support in a quite fractured awards race, but that support has seemed to coalesce around “Anora” for the most part, especially after it won at the Producers Guild Awards. A loss for “Anora” here isn’t terribly shocking, especially given that “Conclave” is a British film. While this is an excellent win for Edward Berger’s film, it doesn’t really throw much of a hurdle in “Anora’s” path to a Best Picture win, given how much support it’s received from the Hollywood guilds. However, if it were to win SAG this Sunday, then that would certainly make things more interesting. Especially after “The Brutalist” failed to win Best Picture at CCA and now BAFTA, “Conclave” remains the only realistic challenger to “Anora” in the Best Picture race.

In the Best Adapted Screenplay race, “Conclave” proved today it can beat challengers “Nickel Boys” and “A Complete Unknown.” While “Conclave” wasn’t eligible at WGA, where “Nickel Boys“ won, “Conclave“ has remained the assumed winner in this category for much of the season, especially after also winning at the Critics Choice and Golden Globes. Noreason to doubt it now.

Best Editing is a more interesting race between “Anora“ and “Conclave.“ If “Anora“ sweeps the top categories at the Oscars, Best Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay (and perhaps Best Actress, which we’ll get to later), it’s possible Baker could win on all four of his nominations, becoming the first person since Walt Disney to do so in the same evening and the first ever for the same film. The last two Best Picture winners also took home Best Film Editing, but before that, the last Picture winner to also win Best Film Editing was “Argo“ in 2012. In the previous twenty years, the awards have only gone hand-in-hand seven times. While “Conclave“ might not have as flashy editing as something like last year’s “Oppenheimer,“ betting on “Anora“ to win both Best Picture and Film Editing might not work out so well. It’s a tight race, but “Conclave“ has the edge for now.

MIKEY MADISON IS STILL IN THE FIGHT FOR BEST ACTRESS
“Anora“ may have lost Best Film at BAFTA, but Mikey Madison picked up Best Actress, a much-needed win as voting wraps up for the Academy on February 18th. While Demi Moore has taken home the televised wins for Best Actress thus far, with the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice, the industry win here proves that Madison is a legitimate contender to win the Oscar. Still, it’s hard to shake off the support (and narrative) that Moore has garnered in this race. It’s reminiscent of the support Brendan Fraser received for his performance in “The Whale.” He also lost at BAFTA, but prevailed at SAG and the Oscars. All eyes are on SAG now. If either Moore or Madison wins there, they’ll also have the Oscar locked up. If someone else prevails, then this race will be one of the harder ones to call on Oscar night.

OTHER ACTING RACES ARE FEELING LOCKED UP
The other acting races held no surprises at BAFTA, with repeating wins for Adrien Brody in Best Actor, Kieran Culkin for Best Supporting Actor, and Zoe Saldaña winning Best Supporting Actress. There’s no real reason to doubt these winners, who have won everywhere so far this season.

What happens if Timothée Chalamet wins at SAG? Is there a chance he could upset Adrien Brody? A win for Chalamet would undoubtedly make this a tighter race, but since 2000, no one has won Best Actor after only winning SAG. The industry support is clearly behind Brody at this point. The same goes for Culkin in Best Supporting Actor. Unlike Brody, there’s not even a clear second place to Culkin.

But what about Saldaña? There’s a chance SAG could be the first place where “Emilia Pérez“ backlash could show an impact as voting closes on the 21st at 3 pm ET. Just two years ago, Jamie Lee Curtis won the Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” after losing the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Awards. Could Ariana Grande do the same for “Wicked?” Winning the Oscar after only winning SAG is rare, so it’s unlikely, no matter how much Karla Sofía Gascón has damaged the awards run of “Emilia Pérez.”

“A REAL PAIN” MAKES PREDICTING BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY A REAL PAIN
In one of the only real surprises at the BAFTAs, Jesse Eisenberg won Best Original Screenplay for “A Real Pain.” Previously, this had been seen as a race between “The Substance,“ which won at Critics Choice, and “Anora,“ which won at WGA (where “The Substance” wasn’t eligible). Now, “A Real Pain“ joins the race. Is this a fluke win, or could Eisenberg legitimately win the Oscar? Well, hold up now. The last film to win a screenplay Oscar without a Best Picture nomination was “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind“ in 2004. With “Anora“ on a nearly unstoppable path toward a Best Picture win, it’s still clearly the frontrunner for Best Original Screenplay. “The Substance“ could also still win in the mold of “Promising Young Woman“ or “Get Out“ as the most “original“ concept of the nominees that won at CCA (but they had other writing major prizes to go along with them in their seasons). “A Real Pain“ winning the BAFTA is incredible, but it is unlikely that it will change the shape of this race…probably.

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST SWEET
Is it all that surprising to see “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl“ take the BAFTA for Best Animated Film? The inventor and his dog are British icons. Even so, the race for the Oscar remains between PGA, CCA, and Annie winner “The Wild Robot“ and Golden Globe winner “Flow.“ Last year, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse“ won the same haul as “The Wild Robot,“ but lost to the Globe and BAFTA winner “The Boy and the Heron.“ If “Flow“ was going to pull off the same feat, a BAFTA win should’ve come along with it. Without it, there’s no doubt it is a brutal miss for the Latvian film.

The sensible predicting logic stands with “The Wild Robot“ for the Oscar, which has simply garnered more support throughout this awards season. Even so, I can’t shake the feeling that “Flow” isn’t quite dead yet. Winning the first major televised award of the year isn’t anything, and director Gints Zilbalodis has been campaigning very hard, constantly posting to social media about the DIY making of the film, which has garnered the respect of new and veteran filmmakers across the industry. The Academy has been leaning more internationally in recent years, and a win for “Flow“ aligns more with that recent direction. Still, “The Wild Robot“ is undoubtedly in better shape with three Oscar nominations overall, but this has been quite the race.

EMILIA PÉREZ OVERCOMES THE BACKLASH SO FAR
While there’s still an off chance “Emilia Pérez“ backlash lands late in the game, it’s tough to make a case for anything else to win Best International Feature at this point. It won the BAFTA for Best Film Not In The English Language after winning the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award. No film in the history of these three awards overlapping in the same year has won all three and ever gone on to lose the Oscar. While this is the first year in which two films, “Emilia Pérez“ and “I’m Still Here,“ are nominated for both Best Picture and Best International Feature, there’s just little evidence to support predicting “Emilia Pérez“ to lose. Could “I’m Still Here” pull it off? Anything is possible given how much the tide of perception has changed on “Emilia Pérez” in recent weeks, and with “I’m Still Here” having a Best Picture nomination, you know voters are going to watch it. “Emilia Pérez” undoubtedly has the edge, so if you predict “I’m Still Here,” are you simply hopedicting at this point?

Ultimately, BAFTA didn’t have too many surprises up its sleeve. Only a few categories remain in the air as the precursors wrap up. Only a handful of questions may linger by the time SAG ends next Sunday. Still, is this too easy for such a rocky season? Last year showed us that even a fairly steady season can still pack in a few surprises.

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BEST FILM
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Bird
Blitz
Conclave
Gladiator II
Hard Truths
Kneecap
Lee
Love Lies Bleeding
The Outrun
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Hoard
Kneecap
Monkey Man
Santosh
Sister Midnight

CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY FILM
Flow
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

DOCUMENTARY
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

DIRECTOR
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Conclave – Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
Kneecap
A Real Pain
The Substance

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

LEADING ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Demi Moore – The Substance
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun

LEADING ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Yura Borisov – Anora

CASTING
Anora
The Apprentice
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Kneecap

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu

COSTUME DESIGN
Blitz
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked

EDITING
Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Kneecap

MAKE-UP AND HAIR
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Wild Robot

PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Wicked

SOUND
Blitz
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
The Substance
Wicked

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Adiós
Mog’s Christmas
Wander to Wonder

BRITISH SHORT FILM
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Marion
Milk
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Stomach Bug

EE RISING STAR AWARD
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan

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