A surprising BAFTA nomination list
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 11:39AM by Nathaniel R
Nomadland and Rocks lead the nominations at the BAFTA Film Awards this year with 7 nominations each. The Father, Mank, Minari, and Promising Young Woman were right on their heels with 6 nominations each (though Mank and Minari both missed key top categories). After years of criticism over BAFTA's lack of diversity they made 120 rule changes (!) and, coupled with a strong year for films from and starring ethnic minorities or women, two thirds of the acting nominations went to people of color and the majority of the directing nominations went to women.
We've outlined the complex changes they made around the Best Director category (which created quite a surprising result) but in general it's easiest to think of what BAFTA did as adding what amounts to Oscar's International Feature "Executive Committee" to the longlist process in multiple categories to keep an eye on diversity and fix any glaring ommissions before the final nominations vote.
Oscar voters turn in their nomination ballots tomorrow (if they haven't already) so this won't be influential per se but it's still interesting. Especially since the nominations are so very different than what the Oscars will end up being (due to different eligibility lists and now different rules, too)...
FILM
- The Father
- The Mauritanian
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
This is a good get for The Father and no it wasn't a given. You can't always trust BAFTA to care about homegrown films, since they've been quite invested in being a "precursor" for the past decade plus. But this year they have looked inward more and more British films are peppered throughout the main categories.
BRITISH FILM
- Calm With Horses
- The Dig
- The Father
- His House
- Limbo
- The Mauritanian
- Mogul Mowgli
- Promising Young Woman
- Rocks
- Saint Maud
40% percent of the nominees here are not eligible at the Oscars (due to lack of US distribution or no paperwork submitted). Calm with Horses, Limbo, Mogul Mowgli (starring Riz Ahmed) and Rocks can't be nominated at the parallel Oscars. Curiously Saint Maud which played US festivals in 2019 and was never released the following year in the US is eligible at the Oscars. Turns out it arrived on VOD very recently two calendar years after its festival bow in time for the extended eligibility period, so it's nominated for 2020. CONFUSING. It's stretched across three years of cinema but that happens sometimes with the complexities of distribution for indies.
LEAD ACTRESS
BAFTA went their own way with Best Actress, nominating two women that aren't eligible at the Oscars (Bakray and Woodard) and one whose film has no profile in the states (Wunmi Mosaku of Lovecraft Country fame). It's a shocker to see Woodard nominated here a year after her failed Oscar bid. Usually when a film misses Oscar and isn't eligible for BAFTA at the same time they ignore it the next year. But we're happy since she was a nominee here last season and anything that gets BAFTA to focus on what the British year in cinema was like instead of what's happening across the ocean is great news.
The shocking omission here is Carey Mulligan since Promising Young Woman had six nominations.
LEADING ACTOR
- Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Adarsh Gourav - The White Tiger
- Sir Anthony Hopkins - The Father
- Mads Mikkelsen - Another Round
- Tahar Rahim - The Mauritanian
Gourav follows up his surprise Spirit nomination with a BAFTA nomination and Rahim his surprise Globe nomination with a BAFTA nomination. We're thrilled to see Mads Mikkelsen honored since American critics and precursors have ignored him despite loving the film that rests so heavily on his gifts (he's on our ballot).
Gary Oldman and Steven Yeun might have reasonably hoped to be here so that is a tough break for them.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Niamh Algar - Calm With Horses
- Kosar Ali - Rocks
- Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Dominique Fishback - Judas and the Black Messiah
- Ashley Madekwe - County Lines
- Youn Yuh-Jung - Minari
Three of these women aren't eligible at Oscars (Algar, Ali, Madekwe) so among the potential Oscar contenders this is amazing news for Dominique Fishback (who we've long suspected was on the cusp of a surprise Oscar nom). Though Bakalova and Youn are, in some ways, not typical Oscar candidates at this point if they aren't named on the 15th it's going to count as a "snub" (the word is often overused but it would probably work in this circumstance).
Very surprising to see Olivia Colman missing, though, since they obviously loved The Father. And given Jodie Foster's Globe win AND The Mauritanian nabbing a Best Film nomination (when there are only 5 slots) it's also shocking that Foster wasn't nominated.
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah
- Barry Keoghan - Calm With Horses
- Alan Kim - Minari
- Leslie Odom Jr - One Night In Miami...
- Clarke Peters - Da 5 Bloods
- Paul Raci - Sound of Metal
It's a shock (to put it mildly) to see Clarke Peters named for Da 5 Bloods when Delroy Lindo didn't make Best Actor and has hogged the lion's share of the accolades for that movie. But it's nice to see someone beyond Boseman recognized for that film since that honor always felt weirdly redundant and overly generous given that he's worthy in Ma Rainey and was obviously going to be justly rewarded for it.
Still, at least half of this list is leading roles but what are you gonna do? We've long since lost that battle to reward supporting players in their own category. But anyway... YAY, Paul Raci! We're still worried Oscar won't come through but this is a good honor.
After Alan S Kim's nomination here and his Critics Choice Young Performer win back-to-back, it's tempting to think he has a shot at the Oscar nod. If he were a little girl he'd probably be a lock but Oscar voters are less welcoming to little boys, historically speaking.
DIRECTOR
- Another Round - Thomas Vinterberg
- Babyteeth - Shannon Murphy
- Minari - Lee Isaac Chung
- Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
- Quo Vadis, Aida? - Jasmila Žbanić
- Rocks - Sarah Gavron
A very different director lineup than we've been seeing which is wonderful. And four of the six nominees are women. But not the same women that keep getting honored in the US so that's a twist! LOVE the Shannon Murphy mention but it's still shocking since her film wasn't nominated anywhere else. It's also quite bizarre (not that we're complaining -- he's on our own ballot) to see Lee Isaac Chung nominated when Minari didn't make their finalist list for Best Film.
It's worth noting, though, that BAFTA really worked to insure this kind of a result would happen. The rule changes around Best Director were intricate. First the directing branch of BAFTA had to come up with an gender balanced list of 16 contenders. Then a separate special jury added four more directors, which also had to be gender balanced. Then a separate nominating jury voted on the 20 contenders to determine the six nominees.
men who made the long list but didn't land the nomination: Bahrani (White Tiger), Fincher (Mank), Greengrass (News of the World), MacDonald (Mauritanian), Nolan (Tenet), Sorkin (Chicago 7), Stone (The Dig), Zeller (The Father)
women who made the long list but didn't land the nomination: Blank (40 Year Old Version), Fennell (Promising Young Woman), Glass (Saint Maud), Green (The Assistant), King (One Night in Miami)
and... a male/female directing duo that didn't land the nomination: Ehrlich & Reed (My Octopus Teacher)
EE RISING STAR AWARD
- Kingsley Ben-Adir
- Morfydd Clark
- Bukky Bakray
- Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
- Conrad Khan
This award is voted on by the public.
DEBUT FROM BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR, OR PRODUCER
- His House - Remi Weekes (writer/director)
- Limbo - Ben Sharrock (writer/director), Irune Gurtubai (producer)
- Moffie - Jack Sidey (writer/producer)
- Rocks - Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (writers)
- Saint Maud - Rose Glass (writer/director), Oliver Kassman (producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- Another Round (Denmark)
- Dear Comrades! (Russia)
- Les Misérables (France)
- Minari (US)
- Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
As with the Globes, Minari was shoved off to this category. At least here it makes more sense since these are British awards so it hardly matters that Minari is an all-American triumph since it's still not in English. The other major difference from the Globes is that Minari was actually eligible for the top category (Best Film) but just didn't make the long list...that's quite strange, really, when you consider how many nominations it did snag in the end! Of these five international nominees only Another Round made the finalist list for Best Film though it didn't land the nomination.
DOCUMENTARY
- Collective
- David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
- The Dissident
- My Octopus Teacher
- The Social Dilemma
Collective and My Octopus Teacher are finalists for the Oscar nomination in this category... though we don't expect both to land the nomination.
ANIMATED FILM
- Onward
- Soul
- Wolfwalkers
Only three nominees and it's the three most high profile films in the category. BAFTA didn't dig deep here since even on their "longlist" they listed only six titles (Over the Moon, Willoughbys, and Croods 2 also made the cut) and no films that weren't in English made the finals.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Another Round - Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
- Mank - Jack Fincher
- Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell
- Rocks - Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin
A very different list than we'll see at Oscar (which is always nice to say because there's no point in dozens of groups if they all agree!). Love the Another Round citation.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- The Dig - Moira Buffini
- The Father - Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
- The Mauritanian - Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, MB Traven
- Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
- The White Tiger - Ramin Bahrani
Another surprising list!
ORIGINAL SCORE
All of these except Promising Young Woman made the Oscar finals. We'll see if they can snag the nomination because there are several other biggies like Tenet, Chicago 7, and Da 5 Bloods as distinct possibilities, too
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt
- Mank - Erik Messerschmidt
- The Mauritanian - Alwin H Küchler
- News of the World - Dariusz Wolski
- Nomadland - Joshua James Richards
Surprise! Judas (just discussed) and Mauritanian both show up. This year in particular, blame COVID-19, it paid to show up very very late in the eligibility period. Oscar's cinematography competition feels pretty wide open beyond Nomadland and Mank (which feel like the only sure things). With Minari, Tenet, News of the World, First Cow, Judas, I'm Thinking of Ending Things and more lying in wait.
COSTUME DESIGN
- Ammonite - Michael O'Connor
- The Dig - Alice Babidge
- Emma - Alexandra Byrne
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ann Roth
- Mank - Trish Summerville
The Dig has to count as a surprise but we continue to be disappointed that so few awards group notice contemporary design. Would have been nice to see more mentions of Eurovision and Promising Young Woman this season.
EDITING
- The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos
- Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
- Promising Young Woman - Frédéric Thoraval
- Sound of Metal - Mikkel EG Nielsen
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten
We're thrilled that the disorienting editing of The Father keps landing nominations and we hope to see it in the Oscar list, too. Sound of Metal is making a late surge in this category, too.
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- The Dig - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
- The Father - Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
- Mank - Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
- News of the World - David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
- Rebecca - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
They went a bit Netflix crazy here with three nominations, two of them unexpected (The Dig, Rebecca). We don't think Oscar's list will look like this given the abundant other possibilities like Tenet, Mulan, Emma, Ma Rainey, Midnight Sky, David Copperfield...
MAKEUP AND HAIR
- The Dig - Jenny Shircore
- Hillbilly Elegy - Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Matiki Anoff, Larry M Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
- Mank - Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
- Pinocchio - Mark Coulier
BAFTA sure liked The Dig! It's the only one of these titles that is not eligible for the parallel Osar category since it didn't make the finals.
SOUND
- Greyhound - nominees TBC
- News of the World - Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney
- Nomadland - Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M Wolf Snyder
- Soul - Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker
- Sound of Metal - Jamie Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortes, Michelle Couttolenc
Nobody seems to like Greyhound so two nominations is pretty good!
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- Greyhound - Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Sebastian von Overheidt
- The Midnight Sky - Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins
- Mulan - Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury
- The One and Only Ivan - Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher
- Tenet - Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
Of these only Greyhound did not make the Oscar finals for vfx.
CASTING
- Calm With Horses - Shaheen Baig
- Judas and the Black Messiah - Alexa L Fogel
- Minari - Julia Kim
- Promising Young Woman - Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu
- Rocks - Lucy Pardee
Oscar doesn't have this category so we enjoy seeing their nominees. We agree that Minari is a super choice though our own list looks very different (though we have different eligibility list since the majority of these weren't 2020 releases in the US)
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- Eyelash
- Lizard
- Lucky Break
- Miss Curvy
- The Present
The Present is also eligible for the Oscar and we think it has a good shot.
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- The Fire Next Time
- The Owl and the Pussycat
- The Song of A Lost Boy
Alfre Woodard, BAFTA, His House, Rocks, Saint Maud, The Dig
Reader Comments (106)
How the heck did Carey Mulligan miss out on Best Actress here when it pulled Best Picture!
Hahahah!
yes, yes, yes, YES!
Oh this new voting change is like an enema for the BAFTAs!
It's been almost decades since I've seen a nominations roster with names I don't recognize, both for films AND actors.
I'm so tickled I could spit!
Last year, I remember the BAFTAs being awfully dull and in a total rut. They seemed to have lost their 80s and 90s British flavor and were just another precursor. Not this year! I have a ton of new films to watch and discover because of these nominations - really exciting and how an award show should be!
Very excited for Alfre Woodard after all of the snubs she got last year. I think this is really good news for Judas - confirming along with PGA that when people see it they like a lot of it.
The Minari snub makes sense, since it’s such an American film. This really good news for the father, a film where I suspect we’ll see the British voting block push it across the finish line to a non.
Very excited for Mads, who I’d love surprise on Oscar morning, especially over Oldman. Really great for Clarke Peter’s too - I far prefer him to Boseman, but his film is such an ensemble piece. However, sad to see Delroy missing again.
#WokeBaftas b/c of arbitrary juries. The rest of the nominations show what the usual racist membership would have done if left to their own devices. These nods ain't worth a damn thing.
Also this is big for Vanessa Kirby, who could win here. It’s obvious that if voters see her film, they’ll nominate here. Nit sure what that means for Oscar, but I suspect that even male voters who tap out because of how raw and uncomfortable her film is will still check her off.
I'm loving the diversity of these nominations and it's so refreshing to see BAFTA going their own way instead of trying to predict the Oscars. Even if Carey Mulligan would make my own personal ballot, that Best Actress lineup is so exciting! I do wish Kingsley Ben-Adir could've gotten into Best Actor.
Baftas. Yuck. No Carey Mulligan is disgusting.
DAVID: Because the people who voted on her category are not the same people who voted for Picture and Screenplay nominations. That's the whole point here, the directing and acting nominations were chosen by selected juries, not the membership at large.
Fun nominations. Clarke Peters and Alan Kim are more deserving than any of the usual suspects in Supporting Actor.
Political correctness is going to kill us all.
So do you think Close is going to get a nomination? (I hope not)
The best (and maybe the only good) thing about Promising youn woman was Mulligan (and she isn't here).
Zhao, Boseman and Kaluuya are going to win all.
I don't think ANY awards body will be perfect, and certainly not when they're trying to upheave, genuinely or disingenuously, the way they nominate and award.
But this is the first time the BAFTAs have even remotely excited the playing field. Hell, even if just me, but the shock value is actually valuable.
It doesn't even matter to me that Mulligan didn't make it (though she deserved it). Just seeing all these names I don't know, despite the still-lackluster technical nominations...
Bravo, BAFTA. At least you woke up the year from blandness.
Now let's see who wins... Hahaha!
These nominations for directing and acting are irrelevant this year because 12 people chose them. I hope this doesn't happen again next year.
Sorry - these acting nominations are a bit embarrassing and a total smokescreen for the diversity problems within BAFTA.
The most interesting BAFTA list in years! Honestly, what a thrill. Delighted to see Rocks up for so much, but especially Casting as it's truly one of the best cast films of the year. Strange that Quo Vadis, Aida did so well, but couldn't make its way into Editing...
Best BAFTA nominations ever! Typically they’re the worst voting committee but I’m incredibly impressed this year.
No Carey Mulligan is a real shame.
I think Bukky Bakray is winning Best Actress.
The acting and directing nominees are juried, which explains why the leading actress and director of a film nominated twice for Best Picture (Promising Young Woman) got snubbed. It’s ridiculous tbh. See also Colman, Fincher, Foster, Lindo. Just when you want to say something/one must not have eligible or wasn’t liked, the film shows up in at least one other category (e.g., Mank, Hillbilly Elegy, Borat). I kinda like the list, but it’s ridiculous. Biggest takeaway: Imma pause my screener viewing to watch His House. After this BAFTA nod, the British Film Independent Award and Lovecraft Country, I clearly need to check out Wunmi Mosaku in this film.
#WokeBAFTA be like, "Complain about this, motherfuckers."
Alan Kim is going to get an Oscar nomination! And Tahar Rahim isn't just a pipe dream, either.
I was really happy with such unique choices from BAFTA until reading the story behind it with the "gender balance" and all of that... this is silly. Well-intentioned, but in the end this giving ppl a boost bc they check a box is almost more degrading that snubbing people. Diversity for diversity's sake is so inauthentic, but hey, they're trying I guess...
The Carey snub seems a bit silly. It feels like they had a two white people cap in each category and Vanessa and Frances had the most votes LOL,
but overall it's really refreshing to see such a unique crop of nominees when we were expecting the same names to pop up over and over.
Very happy to see different films and actors being nominated. Sad that it had to be done in this forced way.
Intersting to check the screenplay nominees (no jury)). Rocks, The Mauritanian and Another Round did well even with the whole membership voting
You can say everything, but not that this year the race is boring.
Glad to discover all these movies and performances thanks to Globes and Bafta. I notice that everyone is going a little too bitter for Mulligan's missing. Hey, it's not the first time. The Oscars nomination aren't out yet and in the last years we had a lot of big exclusions: Lupita, Hawk, Collette. At least Bafta excluded her in favor of a bunch of dark horses.
And there's a thing.... Minari in sicilian is the term used to define male masturbation. I always laugh when I read it
Not sure how I feel about the rule changes, but these are definitely interesting nominations.
I, too, boo the omission of Carey Mulligan, though I'm happy for Radha Blank.
And I for one am thrilled for Clarke Peters - I thought he was just as strong as, and an interesting counterpoint to, Delroy Lindo in DA 5 BLOODS, though I would also argue he's actually a co-lead. (And while I love Chadwick Boseman, I wouldn't nominate him for that movie.)
My husband liked GREYHOUND, but it wasn't really my cup of tea. I found it fairly meh.
It’s quite jarring how the non-juries categories ended up with the same films all over and also very white. They may have to rethink the other categories for the next year if they want to see real changes. At least, now BAFTA doesn’t need to be a precursor for the Oscar and rally behind home grown talents and less-buzzed and financed films.
Wunmi Mosaku is clearly well-known to fans of "Lovecraft Country." That couldn't have had a better platform on HBO in the pandemic summer/fall 2020. Have no idea what "His House" is, but yay for her continued exposure!
Also the BAFTA juries for both TV and Films weren’t really here for Olivia Colman lol. I agreed with the The Crown snub, though. She didn’t deliver as the Queen and got outshined in both seasons.
This just locks Boseman and Kaluuya as the male winners in the Oscar, and give a huge advantage to Bakalova over Youn, Foster and Close.
On Lead Actress, this helps McDormand A LOT and now I am thinking she'll win the 3rd.
@Dorian... "His House" is a truly fantastic film that would deserve to be in the conversation for Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound, Film Editing and even VFX
It's better to not know anything about it, in advance. It's on Netflix.
I love normally BAFTAS Taste, but this is HORRIBLE!!!I dont wanna watch such Garbage this Year! I like diverse nominees, but not so!
Simply awful.
What?? Carey Mulligan left out? She is better than the movie itself! Actually, I think some awards just wanna get attention and then shock everybody with their nominees/wins, as well as Golden Globes did. So disgusting...
I am ecstatic about the Alfre Woodard nomination in Lead Actress; she should have won the Oscar last year. For anyone who hasn't seen 'Clemency,' it's a terrific film and is available on Hulu; Aldis Hodge and Danielle Brooks are wonderful in it as well.
BAFTA lost all interest to me when it began genuflecting to Hollywood and trying to anticipate Oscar voters' taste. These juried nominations are so much better than what they have given us in recent years, and I hope they continue in this direction going forward.
This shit rules and I am absolutely delighted by so many of these choices. Alfre Woodard! Mads Mikkelsen! Babyteeth! His House! Quo Vadis, Aida! Just an incredibly cool group of nominees, not just in terms of quality (and this is a talented set of nominees) but as representation of international talents and hometown favorites. Just perfect, with a mixture of real idiosyncrasies and likely Oscar nominees I hope they’re able to maintain in future years.
Finally the BAFTAS go their own way and that's so refreshing!!! The list is a mess but i love it even if i didn't see much of the films.
I don't understand the Mulligan snub though : they loved PYW and The Dig and she is splendid in both, in very different ways.
The only plausible explanation for Carey Mulligan missing is vote splitting due to two great performances.
I'm actually amazed by some of the comments on this post like "DISGUSTING" "HORRIBLE" "AWFUL" -- who are you people?
Anyway, I'm thrilled for Wunmi Mosaku, Vanessa Kirby, and Niamh Algar.
Also, Riz Ahmed, Tahar Rahim, and Adarsh Gouravr. These are all phenomenal actors/actresses and I would watch each and every one of them in anything.
Also pleased for Sarah Gavron (dir) and Emerald Fennell (screenplay).
Everyone should go watch Rocks. It’s on Netflix and it’s wonderful. All of its nominations are richly deserved...though screenplay is a bit of a surprise, since my understanding is it was a group collaboration with the young cast.
GlennfansVision: Glenn is going to sweep and win the oscar!
I was already starting to think Gary Oldman would be left out despite SAG + Globe nominations, and now that he got left out at the awards ceremony that was most likely to recognize him, I’m feeling more confident about that. In general, Mank seems to be fading, and while it’ll still surely end up with its fair share of nominations (it might even lead the tally still), I’m even starting to wonder if Fincher might be left out.
Okay I saw the long list, Muligan wasn’t in it for the Dig. There is no explanation.
I find it hilarious that there are so many people around here still trying to figure out how this impacts the Oscar nominations (at least in the acting and directing categories), when the whole point is that we can no longer take this as a barometer for those. It's a different voting system, so of course some people who seemed locked in got left out here. I think Carey Mulligan is still safe for an Oscar nomination and if she wins SAG, she'll be still be safe for a win.
We are a inch closer to have an awards show that Twitter loves and no one else cares.
This is the first time I remember when the Globe, the Bafta and the Critics Choice for Best Actress will go to three different women. Exciting!
These feels like the old Bafta who went with more homegrown performances during the 80's and 90's before they began predicting what the Oscars would choose,I hope it's not a 1 year gesture though and then back to the same old names each season.
Try predicting the Lead /Supp Actress races now.
I just can't get over how bonkers these nominations are.
The divide between non-juried and juried categories is so intensely visceral, but I don't even care, because they're such fresh faces to me and to the categories themselves.
Is it real? Is it artifice? The answer is rarely not somewhere in between the two. Besides, all awards are artificial, anyway... They're just trophies, relics of a time gone by, and an achievement recognized by pure subjectivity.
Is that subjectivity now maneuvered through politics? Sure. But politics have always been part of awards, and certainly a part of subjectivity at large.
The BAFTAs wanted to make themselves feel better, that's fantastic, because at least it will inject some new life into this year's show, despite of what it's all actually saying and not saying.
SO. BONKERS.
They literally just detonated their awards, for better and worse, haha.
I love this slate of nominees and the idea that the nominations are highlighting films other than the "frontrunners." The only people truly disappointed are those who enjoy the Oscars as a game more than they love the idea of good films being honored. I doubt Radha Blank will get an Oscar nomination, but I am delighted that she has at least received recognition from an awards body. This should happen every year.
Rizz -- one of the new rules is also that an actor can't be shortlisted twice in the same category so Mulligan's performance in THE DIG could not be considered if they were considering her for PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN.
Lucky -- and maybe Best Supporting Actress, too!
Dorian -- That's actually what i meant (i also had no idea what His House is but love her on Lovecraft) so i'mma change this wording :)
@Luke and @Rod
Have you actually seen the BAFTA nominees before decreeing them unworthy? I bet you have not.I have seen Rocks, The White Tiger, St. Maud etc and am very impressed.
It's amazing how people every year call Globes and Critics Choice sheep but cry down a group that goes there own way.
All the BAFTA haters can stay pressed.
The Oscar don't need to be stroked 24/7
His House is British and immigrant version of Get Out. The best actress nomination is very deserving indeed.