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79th British Academy Film Awards Nominations Wednesday, 27.Jan.26 • Awards Sunday 22.Feb.26 Notes from Rich: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is the top tier of talent in the UK, so their awards mean something, and the voters are loosely equivalent to Ampas (aka the Oscars) in the US. That said, Bafta continues to tinker with its voting system, so their nominees and winners are becoming more distinctive. As usual, Bafta has an offbeat British slant, as seen by the extra love for gems like I Swear (both nominations and wins), Hamnet, Bugonia, The Ballad of Wallis Island and Pillion. And well-deserved wins for actors Robert Aramayo and Wumni Mosaku. In general, these nominations are more satisfying than this year's Oscars, especially the actors and documentaries. Although that Children's & Family Film category continues to be rather pointless, with a perplexing criscross between that category and Animated film. No one understands what's going on there.
W I N N E R S . . . 6/15 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 3/14 SINNERS 3/8 FRANKENSTEIN 3/6 I SWEAR 2/11 HAMNET 1/8 SENTIMENTAL VALUE 1/3 F1 1/2 ZOOTROPOLIS 2 1/1 AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH 1/1 BOONG 1/1 MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN 1/1 MY FATHER'S SHADOW N O M I N E E S . . . 11 MARTY SUPREME 5 BUGONIA 3 THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND PILLION 2 THE SECRET AGENT WICKED: FOR GOOD 1 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA • 28 YEARS LATER • APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS • ARCO • BLUE MOON • BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY • THE CEREMONY • COVER-UP • DIE MY LOVE • ELIO • H IS FOR HAWK • A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE • HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON • IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU • IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • LILO & STITCH • LITTLE AMELIE • LOLLIPOP • THE LOST BUS • LURKER • MR BURTON • THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • SIRAT • SONG SUNG BLUE • STEVE • TRAIN DREAMS • A WANT IN HER • WARFARE • WASTEMAN • THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB	A L L T H E N O M I N E E S
	F I L M Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Sinners	B R I T I S H F I L M 28 Years Later The Ballad of Wallis Island Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Die My Love H Is For Hawk Hamnet I Swear Mr Burton Pillion Steve
	F I L M N O T I N E N G L I S H It Was Just An Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sirat The Voice of Hind Rajab	D O C U M E N T A R Y 2000 Meters To Andriivka Apocalypse in the Tropics Cover-Up Mr Nobody Against Putin The Perfect Neighbor
	A N I M A T E D F E A T U R E Elio Little Amelie Zootropolis 2	C H I L D R E N ’ S & F A M I L Y Arco Boong Lilo & Stitch Zootropolis 2
	D I R E C T O R Bugonia - Yorgos Lanthimos Hamnet - Chloe Zhao Marty Supreme - Josh Safdie One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson Sentimental Value - Joachim Trier Sinners - Ryan Coogler	C A S T I N G I Swear - Lauren Evans Marty Supreme - Jennifer Venditti One Battle After Another - Cassandra Kulukundis Sentimental Value - Yngvill Kolset Haga, Avy Kaufman Sinners - Francine Maisler
	A C T R E S S Jessie Buckley - Hamnet Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value Emma Stone - Bugonia	A C T O R Robert Aramayo - I Swear Timothee Chalamet - Marty Supreme Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon Michael B. Jordan - Sinners Jesse Plemons - Bugonia
	S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S Odessa A'zion - Marty Supreme Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners Carey Mulligan - The Ballad of Wallis Island Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another Emily Watson - Hamnet	S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein Paul Mescal - Hamnet Peter Mullan - I Swear Sean Penn - One Battle After Another Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value
	O R I G I N A L S C R E E N P L A Y I Swear - Kirk Jones Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie The Secret Agent - Kleber Mendonca Filho Sentimental Value - Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier Sinners - Ryan Coogler	A D A P T E D S C R E E N P L A Y The Ballad of Wallis Island - Tom Basden, Tim Key Bugonia - Will Tracy Hamnet - Chloe Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson Pillion - Harry Lighton
	R I S I N G S T A R Robert Aramayo - I Swear Miles Caton - Sinners Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another Archie Madekwe - Lurker Posy Sterling - Lollipop (NB. This winner is selected by public vote)	F I L M M A K I N G D E B U T The Ceremony - Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer My Father's Shadow - Akinola Davies Jr, Wale Davies Pillion - Harry Lighton A Want In Her - Myrid Carten Wasteman - Cal McMau, Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran
	S C O R E Bugonia - Jerskin Fendrix Frankenstein - Alexandre Desplat Hamnet - Max Richter One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood Sinners - Ludwig Goransson	C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y Frankenstein - Dan Laustsen Marty Supreme - Darius Khondji One Battle After Another - Michael Bauman Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw Train Dreams - Adolpho Veloso
	E D I T I N G F1 - Stephen Mirrione A House of Dynamite - Kirk Baxter Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie One Battle After Another - Andy Jurgensen Sinners - Michael P Shawver	P R O D U C T I O N D E S I G N Frankenstein - Tamara Deverell Hamnet - Fiona Crombie Marty Supreme - Jack Fisk One Battle After Another - Florencia Martin Sinners - Hannah Beachler
	C O S T U M E S Frankenstein - Kate Hawley Hamnet - Malgosia Turzanska Marty Supreme - Miyako Bellizzi Sinners - Ruth E Carter Wicked: For Good - Paul Tazewell	M A K E - U P & H A I R Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme Sinners Wicked: For Good
	V I S U A L E F F E C T S Avatar: Fire and Ash F1 Frankenstein How To Train Your Dragon The Lost Bus	S O U N D F1 Frankenstein One Battle After Another Sinners Warfare
	B R I T I S H S H O R T F I L M S LIVE-ACTION SHORT: Magid / Zafar Nostalgie Terence This Is Endometriosis Welcome Home Freckles ANIMATED SHORT: Cardboard Solstice Two Black Boys in Paradise	S P E C I A L A W A R D S OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA Clare Binns BAFTA FELLOWSHIP Donna Langley

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