18/01/2024 - Christopher Nolan’s hit has 13 nominations, whilst The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall continue their strong awards runs with nine and seven nods, respectively

The nominations for the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards were announced today, offering a chance to see which of the year’s most garlanded films resonated with the British industry. Unsurprisingly, the putative Oscar frontrunner Oppenheimer [+see also:
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Killers of the Flower Moon, unfairly associated with its three-and-a-half-hour running time in viewers’ minds, surprisingly missed out on several major categories, such as Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio; indeed, it has a particular urgency in the USA, with its relevance to the continual disenfranchisement of the Native population. Barbie, meanwhile, wasn’t afforded a rhapsody in pink; voters only saw it worthy of five nominations, revealing some hesitancy towards its IP-based origins.

Anatomy of a Fall [+see also:
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With its large social-media footprint, and the buzz created through its early streaming release over the holiday period, Emerald Fennell's Saltburn [+see also:
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The ceremony itself will take place on Sunday 18 February at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

A full list of the nominees is below:

Best Film
Anatomy of a Fall [+see also:
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The Holdovers - Alexander Payne (USA)
Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese (USA)
Oppenheimer [+see also:
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Poor Things [+see also:
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Outstanding British Film
All of Us Strangers [+see also:
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How to Have Sex [+see also:
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Napoleon - Ridley Scott (USA/UK)
The Old Oak [+see also:
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Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos
Rye Lane [+see also:
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Saltburn [+see also:
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Scrapper [+see also:
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Wonka - Paul King (USA/UK/Canada)
The Zone of Interest [+see also:
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Best Director
Bradley Cooper – Maestro (USA)
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

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Blue Bag Life [+see also:
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Bobi Wine: The People’s President [+see also:
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Earth Mama - Savanah Leaf (UK/USA)
How to Have Sex - Molly Manning Walker
Is There Anybody Out There? [+see also:
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Best Leading Actress
Fantasia Barrino - The Color Purple (USA)
Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan - Maestro
Vivian Oparah - Rye Lane [+see also:
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Margot Robbie - Barbie
Emma Stone - Poor Things

Best Leading Actor
Bradley Cooper - Maestro
Colman Domingo - Rustin (USA)
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan - Saltburn
Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
Teo Yoo - Past Lives (USA)

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple
Claire Foy - All of Us Strangers
Sandra Hüller - The Zone of Interest
Rosamund Pike - Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer
Jacob Elordi - Saltburn
Ryan Gosling - Barbie
Paul Mescal - All of Us Strangers
Dominic Sessa - The Holdovers

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

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

Best Film Not in the English Language
20 Days in Mariupol [+see also:
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Anatomy of a Fall - Justine Triet
Past Lives - Celine Song
Society of the Snow [+see also:
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The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer

Best Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol - Mstyslav Chernov
American Symphony - Matthew Heineman (USA)
Beyond Utopia - Madeleine Gavin (USA)
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie - David Guggenheim (USA)
Wham! [+see also:
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Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron - Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Sam Fell (UK/France/USA)
Elemental - Peter Sohn (USA)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K Thompson (USA)

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

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

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

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

Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran - Barbie
Dave Crossman, Janty Yates - Napoleon
Ellen Mirojnick - Oppenheimer
Holly Waddington - Poor Things
Jacqueline West - Killers of the Flower Moon

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

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

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

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

Best British Short Animation
Crab Day - Ross Stringer
Visible Mending - Samantha Moore
Wild Summon - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed

Best British Short Film
Festival of Slaps - Abdou Cisse
Gorka - Joe Weiland
Jellyfish and Lobster - Yasmin Afifi
Such a Lovely Day - Simon Woods
Yellow - Elham Ehsas

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