The escalating showdown between ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ heads to the UK, with two films, both from Warner Bros., rising to the top of the BAFTA Film Award nominations.
Following Tuesday’s announcement, director Paul Thomas Anderson’s political satire took the lead with 14 nominations overall, just two shy of the record set by “Gandhi” and tied with “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “The King’s Speech” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
Meanwhile, Ryan Coogler’s historical horror has been nominated for 13 awards, the most for a film by a black director in BAFTA history. The film will make Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan attend the BAFTAs for the first time as nominees.
Just below them, Hamnet and Marty Supreme both received 11 nominations, with Timothée Chalamet returning to the BAFTA Best Actor race for the second consecutive year. Hamnet may be flying the British flag, but Chloé Zhao’s film currently has the most BAFTA nominations by a female director (notably, Zhao is the only woman nominated for Best Director this year).
One Battle After Another, The Sinners, Hamnet and Marty Supreme are all in the top five for best film, along with Sentimental Value (which also earned Stellan Skarsgård his first BAFTA nomination at age 74).
So far, it’s probably somewhat predictable. The top four nominees were the same as the top four films after the first round of BAFTA voting. But further down the line there are some options that could please British industry even more than the successful ‘Hamnet’.
Local indies ‘I Swear’, ‘Pillion’ and ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ performed promisingly at the longlist stage, vaulting them into other important awards from the Outstanding British Film category. Among them is Robert Aramayo, who won the Best Actor award for “I Swear” (he also had a dual role in the Rising Star nomination). All three films were ranked in the screenplay category.
There was also plenty of love for other homegrown stars, including Paul Mescal and Emily Watson in “Hamnet,” Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners” and Carey Mulligan in “Wallis Island.”
Among the despised films, Frankenstein was nominated for an excellent eight awards, but didn’t win Best Picture or Best Director, while Wicked: For Good won two for Costumes, Makeup, and Hair (still two more than the Oscars).
The BAFTA Film Awards will be held on February 22nd at London’s Royal Festival Hall and will be hosted by Alan Cumming.
See the full list of candidates below.
Best movie award
“Hamnet” — Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicholas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
“Marty Supreme” — Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
“One Battle After Another” — Adam Somner, Sarah Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sentimental Value” — Maria Ekelhofd, Andrea Berendsen-Ottmar
“Sinners” — Zinzi Coogler, Seb Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
director
“Bugonia” Yorgos Lanthimos
“Hamnet” Chloe Zhao
“Marty Supreme” Josh Safdie
“The battles come one after the other” Paul Thomas Anderson
Joachim Trier “Sentimental Value”
“The Sinners” Ryan Coogler
Leading actress
Jesse Buckley “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne: “If I had legs, I’d kick you.”
Kate Hudson “Son San Bleu”
Chase Infinity “One Battle After Another”
Renate Rheinwe “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”
support actress
Odessa Azion “Marty Supreme”
Inga Ebsdotter Lilias “Sentimental Value”
Shigesaku Kumomi “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”
outstanding british films
“28 Years Later” — Danny Boyle, Andrew McDonald, Peter Rice, Bernard Bellew, Alex Garland
“The Ballad of Wallis Island” — James Griffiths, Rupert Magendi, Tom Basden, Tim Key
“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” — Michael Morris, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Joe Wallet, Helen Fielding, Dan Mather, Abi Morgan
“Die My Love” — Lynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Cirocchi, Andrea Calderwood, Enda Walsh, Alice Birch
“H is for Hawk” — Philippa Lowthorpe, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Emma Donoghue
“Hamnet” — Chloe Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicholas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell
“I Swear” — Kirk Jones, Georgia Bailiff, Piers Tempest
“Mr. Barton” — Mark Evans, Ed Talfan, Josh Hyams, Hannah Thomas, Trevor Matthews, Tom Brough
“Pillion” — Harry Righton, Emma Norton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Rowe
“Steve” — Tim Meerants, Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, Max Porter
An outstanding debut film from the British writer, director and producer
“The Ceremony” — Jack King (director, screenplay), Holly Bryan (producer), Lucy Meer (producer)
“In the Father’s Shadow” — Akinola Davis Jr. (Director), Wale Davis (Screenplay)
“Pillion” — Harry Righton (director, screenplay)
“A Want in Her” — Mirid Curtain (Director)
The Wasteman — Cal McMaw (Director), Hunter Andrews (Screenplay), Eoin Dolan (Screenplay)
adapted screenplay
“The Ballad of Wallis Island” Tom Basden & Tim Key
“Bugonia” Will Tracy
“Hamnet” Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
“The battles come one after the other” Paul Thomas Anderson
“Pillion” Harry Righton
original script
“I Swear” Kirk Jones
“Marty Supreme” Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
“Secret Agent” Kleber Mendonça Filho
“Sentimental Value” Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
“The Sinners” Ryan Coogler
Children & Family Movies
“Arco” — Hugo Bienvenue, Felix de Givry, Sophie Mass, Natalie Portman
“Boom” — Laxmipriya Devi, Ritesh Sidhwani
“Lilo & Stitch” — Dean Fleischer Camp, Jonathan Eyrich
“Zootropolis 2” — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvette Merino
movies not in english
“It was just an accident” — Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin
“Secret Agent” — Kleber Mendonça Filho, Emily Lesclaw
“Sentimental Value” — Joachim Trier, Maria Ekelhofd, Andrea Berensen-Ottmar
“Silat” — Oliver Lux, Domingo Corral
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” — Kauser Ben Hania, Nadim Sheikrouha
costume design
“Frankenstein” Kate Hawley
“Hamnet” by Malgosia Trzanska
“Marty Supreme” Miyako Bellizzi
“The Sinner” Ruth E. Carter
“Wicked: For Good” Paul Tazewell
special visual effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ashes” — Joe Letteri, Richard Benham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon
“F1” — Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevalier, Robert Harrington
“Frankenstein” — Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, Jose Granel
How to Train Your Dragon — Christian Mentz, Francois Lambert, Glenn Mackintosh, Terry Palmer
“The Lost Bus” — Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zarretti
documentary
“2,000 meters to Andriivka” — Mstislav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Lainey Aronson-Russ
“Tropical Apocalypse” — Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino
“Cover Up” — Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand, Yoni Goriev
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” — David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Siburt, Aljuveta Karaskova
“Perfect Neighbors” — Gita Gundbil, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee
anime movie
“Elio” — Madeline Sharafian, Domy Cee, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm
“Little Amelie” — Maylis Valade, Lian-Cho Hung, Nydia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Claire Le Combe, Henri Magallon
“Zootropolis 2” — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvette Merino
casting
“I Swear” Lauren Evans
“Marty Supreme” Jennifer Venditti
“The battles come one after the other” Cassandra Kurukundis
“Sentimental Value” Ingville Corset Haga, Avi Kaufman
“Sinners” Francine Meisler
Cinematography
“Frankenstein” Dan Laustsen
“Marty Supreme” Darius Khondji
Battle after battle” Michael Bauman
“Sinners” Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Adolfo Veloso “Dream Train”
edit
“F1” Steven Milione
“House of Dynamite” Kirk Baxter
“Marty Supreme” Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
“The battles come one after the other” Andy Jurgensen
“The Sinner” Michael P. Shober
Makeup & Hair
“Frankenstein” — Jordan Samuel, Cliona Fury, Mike Hill, Megan Menney
“Hamnet” — Nicole Stafford
“Marty Supreme” — Kyra Panchenko, Kay Giorgio, Mike Fontaine
“Sinners” — Sian Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine
“Wicked: For Good” — Frances Hannon, Laura Brandt, Mark Courier, Sarah Nass
original score
“Bugonia” Jerskin Fendrix
“Frankenstein” Alexandre Desplat
“Hamnet” Max Richter
“The battles come one after the other” Jonny Greenwood
“The Sinner” Ludwig Göransson
production design
“Frankenstein” Tamara Deverell, Shane Viau
“Hamnet” Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton
“Marty Supreme” Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
“Battle after Battle” Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
“Sinners” Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne
sound
“F1” — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
“Frankenstein” — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaly, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zohm
“One Battle After Another” — Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
“Sinners” — Chris Welker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Bodeker, Felipe Pacheco
“Warfare” — Mitch Lowe, Ben Barker, Howard Bergloff, Richard Spooner
british short animation
“Cardboard” — JP Vine, Michaela Manas Marina
“Solstice” — Luke Angus
“Two Black Boys in Paradise” — Buzz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson
british short film
“Majid/Zafar” — Louis Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert Brooks
“Nostalgia” — Kathryn Ferguson, Stacey Gregg, Mark Robinson, Kath Mattock
“Terrence” — Edem Kelman, Noah Reich
“This is endometriosis” — Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriet Wright
“Welcome Home Freckles” — Huij Park, Nathan Hendren
EE RISING STAR AWARD (public vote)
Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
chase infinity
archie madekwe
posey sterling
