Baftas 2021 full nominations list announced
Every film, actor and director in contention for trophies
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The 2021 Bafta nominations have been announced.
With awards season in full swing, it was the turn of British voters to unveil the films in the running for trophies at the next high-profile ceremony on the calendar.
Leading the pack with seven nominations each are Nomadland and Rocks followed by The Father, Mank, Minari and Promising Young Woman, which all have six.
This year’s nominations are the first since a “watershed” seven-month investigation into the lack of diversity at the 2020 nominations.
Led by chair Krishnendu Majumdar, Bafta introduced more than 120 changes to its voting, membership and campaigning process including a new long-list round of voting and the addition of two extra nominees for each acting category.
Typically, the Baftas take place in February but the ceremony was delayed due to the pandemic.
The event will now take place on 11 April, a fortnight before the Oscars.
Find the full list of nominations below.
Best Film
The Father
The Mauritanian
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Leading Actress
Bukky Bakray, Rocks
Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Wunmi Mosaku, His House
Alfre Woodard, Clemency
Best Leading Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
Best 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
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best 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
Outstanding British Film
Calm with Horses
The Dig
The Father
His House
Limbo
The Mauritanian
Mogul Mowgli
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
Saint Maud
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
His House
Limbo
Moffie
Rocks
Saint Maud
Best Film Not in the English Language
Another Round
Dear Comrades!
Les Misérables
Minari
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Documentary
Collective
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
The Dissident
My Octopus Teacher
The Social Dilemma
Best Animated Film
Onward
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Shannon Murphy, Babyteeth
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Jasmila Zbanic, Quo Vadis, Aida?
Sarah Gavron, Rocks
Best Original Screenplay
Another Round
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Dig
The Father
The Mauritanian
Nomadland
The White Tiger
Best Original Score
Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Soul
Best Casting
Calm with Horses
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
The Mauritanian
News of the World
Nomadland
Best Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Production Design
The Dig
The Father
Mank
News of the World
Rebecca
Best Costume Design
Ammonite
The Dig
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Best Make-up & Hair
The Dig
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Sound
Greyhound
News of the World
Nomadland
Soul
Sound of Metal
Best Special Visual Effects
Greyhound
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Best British Short Animation
The Fire Next Time
The Owl and The Pussycat
The Song of a Lost Boy
Best British Short Film
Eyelash
Lizard
Lucky Break
Miss Curvy
The Present
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Bukky Bakray
Conrad Khan
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Morfydd Clark
Sope Dirisu
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