"Belfast", Kenneth Brannagh's
semi-autobiographical black and white comedy drama set at the
onset of Northern Ireland's three decades of conflict, received
six nominations at Britain's top movie honours.
All three films will compete for best film at the awards, known
as the BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts),
alongside coming-of-age tale "Licorice Pizza" and "Don't Look
Up", a humorous warning about climate change.
James Bond movie "No Time to Die", a remake of "West Side Story"
and "Licorice Pizza" each got five nominations.
"It's an incredibly exciting list of nominations, 48 different
films have been nominated this year," BAFTA Chair Krishnendu
Majumdar told Reuters.
"The key thing to take out is the breadth and the diversity of
stories. Really different films have been nominated not just in
terms of genre but also who's in them and who's making them."
Following an outcry in 2020 over the lack of diversity among an
all-white acting nominees list and all-male best director
contenders, BAFTA has expanded membership, added a longlist
voting round and increased the acting and director categories.
Half of the best director nominees this year are women: Jane
Campion for "The Power of the Dog", Audrey Diwan for
"Happening", a French drama about illegal abortion in the 1960s,
and Julia Ducournau for body horror "Titane".
Aleem Khan ("After Love"), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi ("Drive My Car")
and Paul Thomas Anderson ("Licorice Pizza") complete the list.
Boasting an all-star cast, "Dune", about an intergalactic battle
to control a precious resource, is also in running for adapted
screenplay, original score and cinematography alongside other
creative and technical categories.
The leading actress nominees are Lady Gaga for fashion drama
"House of Gucci", Alana Haim for "Licorice Pizza", Emilia Jones
for "CODA", a coming-of-age story about the only hearing member
of a deaf family and Renate Reinsve for romance drama "The Worst
Person in the World".
Also nominated are Joanna Scanlan for playing a widow who
discovers a devastating secret in "After Love" and Tessa
Thompson for "Passing", a film about racial identity.
Leading actor nominees include Benedict Cumberbatch for his
portrayal of a 1920s rancher in "The Power of the Dog", Leonardo
DiCaprio for playing an astronomer desperate to save the planet
in "Don't Look Up" and Will Smith for playing the father of
tennis champion sisters Venus and Serena Williams in "King
Richard".
"Ali & Ava" actor Adeel Akhtar, Mahershala Ali ("Swan Song") and
Stephen Graham ("Boiling Point") complete the list.
The BAFTAs will be held in-person on March 13 in London,
following a virtual event last year due to the pandemic.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; additional reporting by
Hanna Rantala; Editing by Janet Lawrence, Jon Boyle, Alexandra
Hudson)
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