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 Family drama "The Father",
Hollywood throwback "Mank", #MeToo revenge movie
"Promising Young Woman" and Korean-language "Minari"
followed with six nominations each at Britain's
top movie honours.
Four of the six best director nominees were
women, including Chloe Zhao for "Nomadland" and
Sarah Gavron for "Rocks".
More than half of the 24 nominees were actors of
colour - a huge change to last year when BAFTA
revealed an all-white acting contenders list,
sparking an online outcry with the hashtag #BaftasSoWhite
trending on social media.
This year's leading actor nominees include Riz
Ahmed for his portrayal of a heavy metal drummer
going deaf in "Sound of Metal" and the late
Chadwick Boseman for his role in 1920s jazz
drama "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".
Leading actress nominees include Bukky Bakray
for "Rocks" and Frances McDormand for "Nomadland".
Last year's backlash led BAFTA to conduct a
wide-ranging review resulting in expanded
membership, a new longlist voting round and an
increase in all four acting categories and best
director to six nominees from five.
"It was about levelling the playing field,"
BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry told Reuters.
"That was really important to us... [that]
people are getting through on merit because they
are excellent films, excellent performances."
"Nomadland", about a community of van dwellers,
was also nominated for best film and adapted
screenplay. The movie has had a successful start
to the awards season, earning two Golden Globes.
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 The other best film contenders
are 1960s Vietnam War protest drama "The Trial
of the Chicago" 7", "Promising Young Woman",
"The Father" and Guantanamo Bay movie "The
Mauritanian". Nominations for
"Rocks" include outstanding British film,
original screenplay and supporting actress for
Kosar Ali.
Completing the leading actor category are Adarsh
Gourav for "The White Tiger", Anthony Hopkins
for "The Father", Mads Mikkelsen for "Another
Round" and Tahar Rahim for "The Mauritanian".
The other leading actress contenders are Radha
Blank for "The Forty-Year-Old Version", Vanessa
Kirby for "Pieces of a Woman", Wunmi Mosaku for
"His House" and Alfre Woodard for "Clemency".
The BAFTAs will take place virtually from
London's Royal Albert Hall next month. Berry
said there would be two shows over two nights,
with more details to follow in coming weeks.
"What we want to do is make sure that every
category can be seen and categories celebrated
across both shows," she said.
 (Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Additional
reporting by Sarah Mills; Editing by Catherine
Evans and Alexandra Hudson)
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