Cerermony - BAFTA 2024 : Excitement Builds as Ceremony Approaches

By Mulder, 18 january 0204

As the film industry eagerly anticipates the 77th British Academy Film Awards, better known as the BAFTAs, scheduled for February 18, 2024, the spotlight is on the Royal Festival Hall within London's Southbank Centre. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the prestigious ceremony will honor the outstanding national and foreign films of 2023. The event promises to be a star-studded affair, featuring accolades for the best feature-length films and documentaries from around the globe that graced British cinemas in the past year.

David Tennant is set to make his debut as the host for the EE BAFTA Film Awards. In anticipation of the event, Tennant expressed his excitement, stating, "I am delighted to have been asked to host the EE BAFTA Film Awards and help celebrate the very best of this year's films and the many brilliant people who bring them to life." The ceremony will be broadcast live on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK from 19:00–21:00 GMT, with global audiences tuning in on BritBox International in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and the US. The BAFTA longlists, nominations, and the unveiling of the EE Rising Star nominees have set the stage for a highly competitive awards season, generating buzz and anticipation within the film industry.

The BAFTA Awards will witness memorable performances, with English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor set to enchant the audience with her 2001 chart-topper "Murder on the Dancefloor," featured prominently in the five-time BAFTA-nominated film Saltburn. Additionally, British actress and television star Hannah Waddingham is slated to deliver an exclusive music performance. The nominees are dominated by three standout films – Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Oppenheimer – each receiving fifteen nods, setting the stage for a riveting competition. However, notable omissions and surprises have added an element of intrigue, making this year's BAFTA ceremony a must-watch event for film enthusiasts worldwide.

Best Film
Anatomy of a Fall – Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion
The Holdovers – Mark Johnson
Killers of the Flower Moon – Dan Friedkin, Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese and Bradley Thomas
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven and Emma Thomas
Poor Things – Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe and Emma Stone

Best Director
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein
Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn as Oliver Quick
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Teo Yoo – Past Lives as Hae Sung

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple as Celie Harris-Johnson
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter
Carey Mulligan – Maestro as Felicia Montealegre
Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane as Yas
Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss
Jacob Elordi – Saltburn as Felix Catton
Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers as Harry
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers as Angus Tully

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia
Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers as Mum
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest as Hedwig Höss
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn as Lady Elspeth Catton
Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb

Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
The Holdovers – David Hemingson
Maestro – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
Past Lives – Celine Song

Best Adapted Screenplay
All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh
American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Poor Things – Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Sam Fell, Leyla Hobart and Steve Pegram
Elemental – Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal and Christina Steinberg

Best Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov and Raney Aronson-Rath
American Symphony – Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino and Joedan Okun
Beyond Utopia – Madeleine Gavin, Rachel Cohen and Jana Edelbaum
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King and Annetta Marion
Wham! – Chris Smith

Best Film Not in the English Language
20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov and Raney Aronson-Rath
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion
Past Lives – Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon
Society of the Snow – J. A. Bayona and Belén Atienza
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

Best Casting
All of Us Strangers – Kahleen Crawford
Anatomy of a Fall – Cynthia Arra
The Holdovers – Susan Shopmaker
How to Have Sex – Isabella Odoffin
Killers of the Flower Moon – Ellen Lewis and Rene Haynes

Best Cinematography
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro – Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
The Zone of Interest – Łukasz Żal

Best Costume Design
Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
Napoleon – David Crossman and Janty Yates
Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick
Poor Things – Holly Waddington

Best Editing
Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal
Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker
Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame
Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
The Zone of Interest – Paul Watts

Best Make Up & Hair
Killers of the Flower Moon – Kay Georgiou and Thomas Nellen
Maestro – Siân Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro and Lori McCoy-Bell
Napoleon – Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber and Julia Vernon
Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer and Ahou Mofid
Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston

Best Original Score
Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson (posthumous)
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix
Saltburn – Anthony Willis
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton

Best Production Design
Barbie – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong and Claire Kaufman
Poor Things – Shona Heath, James Price and Zsuzsa Mihalek
The Zone of Interest – Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś and Katarzyna Sikora

Best Sound
Ferrari – Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff and Bernard Weiser
Maestro – Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder and Dean Zupancic
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Chris Munro and Mark Taylor
Oppenheimer – Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O'Connell and Gary A. Rizzo
The Zone of Interest – Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers

Best Special Visual Effects
The Creator – Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley and Jay Cooper
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot and Guy Williams
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Alex Wuttke
Napoleon – Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley and Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet
Poor Things – Simon Hughes

Outstanding British Film
All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Sarah Harvey
How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon and Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Napoleon – Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh and David Scarpa
The Old Oak – Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien and Paul Laverty
Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone and Tony McNamara
Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones, Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia
Saltburn – Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara and Margot Robbie
Scrapper – Charlotte Regan and Theo Barrowclough
Wonka – Paul King, Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman and Simon Farnaby
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson and Ewa Puszczyńska

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Blue Bag Life – Lisa Selby (Director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (Director, Producer) and Alex Fry (Producer)
Bobi Wine: The People's President – Christopher Sharp (Director) [also directed Moses Bwayo]
Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf (Writer, Director, Producer), Shirley O'Connor (Producer) and Medb Riordan (Producer)
How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker (Writer, Director)
Is There Anybody Out There? – Ella Glendining (Director)

Best British Short Animation
Crab Day – Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek and Aleksandra Sykulak
Visible Mending – Samantha Moore and Tilley Bancroft
Wild Summon – Karni Arieli, Saul Freed and Jay Woolley

Best British Short Film
Festival of Slaps – Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon and George Telfer
Gorka – Joe Weiland and Alex Jefferson
Jellyfish and Lobster – Yasmin Afifi and Elizabeth Rufai
Such a Lovely Day – Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton and Kate Phibbs
Yellow – Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati and Yiannis Manolopoulos

EE Rising Star Award
Phoebe Dynevor
Ayo Edebiri
Jacob Elordi
Mia McKenna-Bruce
Sophie Wilde

(Source : press release)