Yesterday, BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) announced the nominations for its 78th annual awards ceremony, highlighting numerous titles that have been successful and acclaimed across the year. The event itself will take place on Sunday 16 February at London’s Royal Albert Hall and will be hosted by former Doctor Who actor David Tennant. BAFTA is composed of 13,000 creative practitioners, making it the largest UK film-industry voting body, with its international contingent continually growing.

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Awards season pundits have noted that this year’s race doesn’t have an outright frontrunner, but the nominees here provide one of the closest indications yet of what may flourish at the Oscars. Edward Berger’s Conclave [+lee también:
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Looking further at the high-achieving European titles, The Brutalist [+lee también:
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Also worth mentioning is the introduction of the inaugural Children’s and Family Film Award, after the dedicated Children’s BAFTA ceremony had its prizes merged into the organisation’s larger events. But with it strongly mimicking the nominees for the Animated Film gong, further tweaking of the long-listing process, and greater awareness from UK distributors of potential submissions, could see the new category put to good use.

Below is the full list of nominees:

Best Film
Emilia Pérez [+lee también:
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Anora - Sean Baker (USA)
Conclave [+lee también:
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The Brutalist [+lee también:
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A Complete Unknown - James Mangold (USA)

Outstanding British Film
Bird [+lee también:
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Conclave - Edward Berger
The Outrun [+lee también:
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Love Lies Bleeding [+lee también:
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Lee - Ellen Kuras (UK)
Hard Truths [+lee también:
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Blitz [+lee también:
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Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham (UK)
Kneecap [+lee también:
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Gladiator II - Ridley Scott (USA)

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
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Sister Midnight [+lee también:
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Monkey Man - Dev Patel (USA/Canada)
Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt
Santosh [+lee también:
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Children’s & Family Film
Kensuke’s Kingdom [+lee también:
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Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders (USA/Japan)
Flow [+lee también:
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Best Film Not in the English Language
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
All We Imagine as Light [+lee también:
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Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt
The Seed of the Sacred Fig [+lee también:
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I’m Still Here [+lee también:
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Best Documentary
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story - Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui (USA/UK)
Will & Harper - Josh Greenbaum (USA)
Black Box Diaries [+lee también:
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Daughters - Angela Patton, Natalie Rae (USA)

Best Animated Film
Inside Out 2 - Kelsey Mann (USA)
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders
Flow - Gints Zilbalodis

Best Director
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger - Conclave
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance [+lee también:
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Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two (USA/Canada/United Arab Emirates/Hungary/Italy/New Zealand/Jordan/Gambia)

Best Original Screenplay
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold - The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain [+lee también:
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Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh – Kneecap

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield - Sing Sing (USA)
James Mangold, Jay Cocks - A Complete Unknown
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes - Nickel Boys (USA)
Peter Straughan – Conclave

Best Leading Actress
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked (USA)
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun

Best Leading Actor
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant - Heretic (USA)
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice [+lee también:
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Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Showgirl (USA)
Selena Gomez - Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Best Casting
Sean Baker, Samantha Quan – Anora
Nina Gold, Martin Ware – Conclave
Stephanie Gorin, Carmen Cuba - The Apprentice
Yesi Ramirez - A Complete Unknown
Carla Stronge - Kneecap

Best Cinematography
Jarin Blaschke - Nosferatu (USA)
Lol Crawley - The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser - Dune: Part Two
Paul Guilhaume - Emilia Pérez

Best Costume Design
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Jacqueline Durran – Blitz
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Arianne Phillips - A Complete Unknown
Paul Tazewell - Wicked

Best Editing
Sean Baker – Anora
Nick Merson – Conclave
Julian Ulrichs, Chris Gill - Kneecap
Joe Walker - Dune: Part Two
Juliette Welfling - Emilia Pérez

Best Make-up & Hair
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Romain Marietti - Emilia Pérez
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth - Wicked
Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr - Dune: Part Two
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Marilyne Scarselli - The Substance
David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Muton – Nosferatu

Best Original Score
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg - The Brutalist
Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot
Robin Carolan – Nosferatu
Camille, Clément Ducal - Emilia Pérez

Best Production Design
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia - The Brutalist
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales - Wicked
Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Patricia Vermette, Shane Vieau - Dune: Part Two

Best Special Visual Effects
Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti - Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith - Wicked
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe - Dune: Part Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs - Better Man (Australia/USA)
Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz - Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (USA)

Best Sound
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King - Dune: Part Two
Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title - Wicked
Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey, Danny Sheehan - Gladiator II
John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison – Blitz
Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard - The Substance

Best British Short Animation
Wander to Wonder - Nina Gantz (Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK)
Adiós - José Prats (UK)
Mog’s Christmas - Robin Shaw (UK)

Best British Short Film
Rock, Paper, Scissors - Franz Böhm (UK)
Stomach Bug - Matty Crawford (UK)
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing - Theo Panagopoulos (UK)
Milk - Miranda Stern (UK)
Marion - Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine (France/UK)

EE Rising Star Award
Marisa Abela
Jharrel Jerome
David Jonsson
Mikey Madison
Nabhaan Rizwan