Nominations For The BAFTA Awards 2023 Announced – Kuri007

As part of the 2023 British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTA Awards, the nominations have been announced and are now available online.

With a total of 24 categories, there were several surprises, including the impressive showing of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which led the way with 14 nominations.

BAFTA Has Announced The Nominations For The 76th Annual Awards Ceremony

Several nominations have been announced for the upcoming 2023 Bafta awards. As part of their live stream ahead of the Bafta award ceremony, Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh announced the lucky winners. They were hoping to receive an award at the ceremony.

A Quiet Place on the Western Front is the leading nominee with 14 nominations. Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once are tied for second with ten nominations each. Elvis and TAR are tied for third with nine nominations each.

We will find out who won at the EE Baftas on Sunday, February 19, when the winners will be announced. Taking place at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in February, the 76th annual film awards ceremony will be hosted by Richard E Grant.

There Has Been Controversy Surrounding BAFTA’s Acting Nominations In The Past

Since BAFTA’s acting nominations lack diversity, there has been some controversy over BAFTA’s acting nominations in the past. There were 20 acting nominees for the BAFTA awards in 2021. All of them were white actors or actresses.

Also, in previous years, there have been concerns that there are not enough female directors in the category of Best Director, as there have been in last years. However, as a result of The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood received her first nomination for a BAFTA this year.

The BAFTA organization has undergone profound structural changes over the past three years, including an expansion of its membership, introducing a long-list system to increase the popularity of all the films submitted for nominations, and introducing an acting category as well as the best director category, all of which contributed to the nominations.

Nominations For The Bafta Awards 2023: The Full List

It is expected that the awards ceremony, which will acknowledge some of the outstanding contributions made to film by British and international talent this year, will be held on February 19 at 7 p.m. (GMT) at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with actor Richard E. Grant playing the role of host.

There will be a live ceremony broadcast this year for the first time. This will follow the previously recorded tradition that will be shown on the same day to reveal the final four category winners. The nominations are listed below in their entirety.

BEST FILM

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Malte Grunert
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
• ELVIS – Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang
• LIBRARY – Todd Field, Scott Lambert, and Alexandra Milchan

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• AFTER SUN – Charlotte Wells, Producer(s) TBC
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
• BRIAN AND CHARLES – Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward
• EMPIRE OF LIGHT – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris
• GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE – Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand
• LIVING – Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro
• ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly
• SEE HOW THEY RUN – Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell
• THE SWIMMERS – Sally El Hosaini,Producer(s) TBC, Jack Thorne
• THE WONDER – Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

• AFTER SUN – Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)
• BLUE JEAN – Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hélène Sifre (Producer)
• ELECTRIC MALADY – Marie Lidén (Director)
• GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE – Katy Brand (Writer)
• REBELLION – Maia Kenworthy (Director)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Edward Berger, Malte Grunert
• ARGENTINA, 1985 – Santiago Mitre, Producer(s) TBC
• CORSAGE – Marie Kreutzer
• DECISION TO LEAVE – Park Chan-wook, The Best Of Park Chan-wook
• THE QUIET GIRL – Colm Barréad, Cleona Ní Crualaoí

DOCUMENTARY

• ALL THAT BREATHES – Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
• ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
• FIRE OF LOVE – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman
• MOONAGE DAYDREAM – Brett Morgan
• NAVALNY – Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae

ANIMATED FILM

• GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
• MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey
• PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – Joel Crawford, Mark Swift
• TURNING RED – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins

DIRECTOR

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Edward Berger
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh
• DECISION TO LEAVE – Park Chan-walso
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• LIBRARY – Todd Field
• THE WOMAN KING – Gina Prince-Bythewood

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• THE FABELMANS – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
• LIBRARY – Todd Field
• TRIANGLE OF SADNESS – Ruben Östlund

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
• LIVING – Kazuo Ishiguro
• THE QUIET GIRL – Colm Barrett
• SHE SAID – Rebecca Lenkiewicz
• THE WHALE – Samuel D. Hunter

LEADING ACTRESS

• CATE BLANCHETT – Warehouse
• VIOLA DAVIS – The Woman King
• DANIELLE DEADWYLER – Till
• ANA DE ARMAS – Blonde
• EMMA THOMPSON – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• MICHELLE YEOH – Everything Everywhere All At Once

LEADING ACTOR

• AUSTIN BUTLER – Elvis
• COLIN FARRELL – The Banshees of Inisherin
• BRENDAN FRASER – The Whale
• DARYL McCORMACK – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• PAUL MESCAL – After sun
• BILL NIGHY – Living

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• ANGELA BASSETT – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• HONG CHAU – The Whale
• KERRY CONDON – The Banshees of Inisherin
• DOLLY DE LEON – Triangle of Sadness
• JAMIE LEE CURTIS – Everything Everywhere All At Once
• CAREY MULLIGAN – She Said

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• BRENDAN GLEESON– The Banshees of Inisherin
• BARRY KEOGHAN – The Banshees of Inisherin
• KE HUY QUAN – Everything Everywhere All At Once
• EDDIE REDMAYNE – The Good Nurse
• ALBERT SCHUCH – All Quiet on the Western Front
• MICHEAL WARD – Empire of Light

ORIGINAL SCORE

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Volker Bertelmann
• BABYLON – Justin Hurwitz
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Carter Burwell
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Son Lux
• GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Alexandre Desplat

CASTING

• AFTER SUN – Lucy Pardee
• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Simone Bear
• ELVIS – Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Sarah Halley Finn
• TRIANGLE OF SADNESS – Pauline Hansson

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – James Friend
• THE BATMAN – Greig Fraser
• ELVIS – Mandy Walker
• EMPIRE OF LIGHT – Roger Deakins
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK – claudio miranda

EDITING

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Sven Budelmann
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Mikkel EG Nielsen
• ELVIS – Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Paul Rogers
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Eddie Hamilton

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Christian M Goldbreck, Ernestine Hipper
• BABYLON – Florence Martin, Anthony Carlino
• THE BATMAN – James Chinlund, Lee Sandales
• ELVIS – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
• GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Curt Enderle, Guy Davis

COSTUME DESIGN

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Lisy Christl
• AMSTERDAM – JR Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky
• BABYLON – Mary Zophres
• ELVIS – Catherine Martin
• MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS – Jenny Beavan

MAKE UP & HAIR

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Heike Merker
• THE BATMAN – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir
• ELVIS – Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas
• ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin
• THE WHALE – Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Carrot

SOUND

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler
• AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendoyln Yates Whittle
• ELVIS – Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley
• LIBRARY – Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller, and Frank Petzoid
• AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon
• THE BATMAN – Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

• THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE – Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella
• MIDDLE WATCH – John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy
• YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING – Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian

BRITISH SHORT FILM

• THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS – Alex Kayode-Kay
• TO SOME – Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail
• BUS GIRL – Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen
• A DRIFTING UP – Jacob Lee
• AN IRISH GOODBYE – Tom Berkeley, Ross White

About BAFTA Film Awards

The British Academy Film Awards are more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards in the film industry. They celebrate the most outstanding British and international contributions to film made during the previous year. The BAFTA Film Awards are hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) each year.

There was a period from 2007 until 2016 when the awards ceremonies were held at the Royal Opera House in London. This was originally the flagship Odeon movie theater in Leicester Square in London.

It was initially scheduled at the Royal Albert Hall in London from 2017 until 2022. However, it was moved to the Royal Festival Hall for the ceremony in 2023. An award statue depicting a theatrical mask is presented to recipients for their achievements.

Vivien Leigh was the host of the first BAFTA Awards ceremony in 1949, and the show was first aired on the BBC in 1956, with Vivien Leigh serving as the host. As of 2001, the ceremony has typically occurred in February, although it used to take place in April or May.

There will be a lot of interest in seeing the winners across the various categories. Did you find the list of nominees to be valuable? If so, what would you add? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.