Bafta nominations 2024 – live: Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone and more react to nods
All the fallout from the latest awards announcement
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Your support makes all the difference.The Bafta nominations for 2024 have been announced in London.
On Thursday (18 January), the nominated films, actors, directors and writers were revealed by former EE Rising Star nominees Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir during a live press conference.
This year’s Baftas, which are taking place in the UK’s capital city on 18 February, will be presented by actor David Tennant, in his first TV appearance since returning for a series of Doctor Who specials in 2023.
The only category that was announced ahead of the official line-up was the Rising Star award, nominees for which include Saltburn actor Jacob Elordi as well asThe Bear star Ayo Edebiri, whose film credits include Theatre Camp and Bottoms.
Films in contention include Oppenheimer, which swept the board at both the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards earlier this month, as well as its blockbuster rival Barbie, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things, starring Emma Stone.
One film that was not named in several categories in May December, the Todd Haynes-directed drama starring Natalie Portman and Charles Melton. Both actors are expected to be in the Oscars race when nominations are revealed on 23 January but, upon the release of the Baftas longlist, many were shocked to discover the duo were nowhere to be seen.
Follow along with all the live updates, about this year’s Baftas nominations below
So, around midday, the Bafta nominations will start rolling in.
The usual names will be present – your Giamattis, Murphys, Blunts and Randolphs – but Bafta likes throwing in some curveballs, meaning there will some possible huge snubs.
We’re thinking Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Julianne Moore and Greta Lee will miss out today.
Who is on hosting duties?
Fresh from his return to the TARDIS in a series of Doctor Who specials, Scottish actor David Tennant will be gracing the stage at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre to host the Baftas ceremony on Sunday 18 February.
He said he was “honoured” to accept the position, with Baftas chief executive Jane Millichip praising his “warmth, charm, and mischievous wit”.
Read more here:
David Tennant lines up unexpected post-Doctor Who role
Last year’s ceremony was hosted by Richard E Grant, alongwith Alison Hammond
Rising Star nominees
The only Baftas category to have been announced so far is the Rising Star award, nominees for which include Saltburn actor Jacob Elordi as well as The Bear star Ayo Edebiri, whose film credits include Theatre Camp and Bottoms.
Previous winners include Emma Mackey, Letitia Wright, Tom Holland and Daniel Kaluuya.
Find out who the other nominees are here:
Jacob Elordi and Ayo Edebiri lead Bafta Rising Star nominees
Public voted award will be announced at 2024 Bafta Film Awards in February
Is Past Lives past it?
One big question mark surrounds the awards chances for Past Lives, a film that quietly grew into something of a frontrunner last year, but has since been seemingly pushed to the bottom of the pack by other more brash releases.
Could writer-director Celine Song and lead stars Greta Lee and Teo Yoo get Bafta nominations today?
Films that have a look-in
At the Baftas, films that might not necessarily end up getting Oscar nominations excitingly receive nods. This is thanks to the two categories Outstanding British Film and Oustanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
This year, such films could include Rye Lane, Femme, How to Have Sex and Scrapper.
Top-penheimer
Oppenheimer is the film to beat this year, having won big at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Movie Awards.
At this stage, it’s difficult to see Christopher Nolan’s three-hour drama not sweeping the board at both the Baftas and the Oscars.
Incredibly – and criminally – the director has never won a single Bafta or Oscar before.
Check out our interview with Nolan, and Oppenheimer’s lead star Cillian Murphy, here:
Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy on Oppenheimer: ‘There’s nothing bigger’
The blockbuster director and ‘Peaky Blinders’ star talk to Jacob Stolworthy about bringing to life the man who masterminded the creation of the atomic bomb
20 minutes to go
Not long now until this year’s crop of Bafta nominations are announced – so what better time is there to get all nostalgic and have a look at the nominations and winners form last year’s event?
All the winners at the Bafta Film Awards 2023
From ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ to ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, here are all the titles that triumphed on the night
Here we go!
The nominations are about to be announced by two former EE Rising Star nominees: Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir.
They’ll come thick and fast, so we’ll be posting them here as quickly as possible.
Outstanding Debut
Blue Bag Life
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Earth Mama
How To Have Sex
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