Felix Kammerer in ‘All Quiet on the Western Front.’ Credit: Reiner Bajo.
American awards committees and guilds have been dominating the season (and the Oscar nominations drop on Tuesday), but today it was the turn of the British Academy of Film and Television Art, which delivered its movie nominees.
And, at least in terms of the nominees, it was a very good year for Netflix, which saw the latest adaptation of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ collect an impressive 14 nominations, the most of any movie this year.
Also likely to be happy? A24, which saw ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ do well again, gaining momentum back partly thanks to its haul at the Critics Choice Awards this past weekend.
A fair amount of familiar names and titles from the season popped up this time, with ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and its cast logging plenty of nominations alongside ‘Tár’, ‘Elvis’ and Guillermo del Toro’s animated take on ‘Pinocchio’.
Director Guillermo del Toro on the set of Netflix’s ‘Pinocchio.’ Photo: Netflix © 2022.
The BAFTAs were also a place for movies that had seen little attention so far, including murder mystery comedy drama ‘See How They Run’ and investigative drama ‘She Said’ appearing on lists, albeit outside the major categories.
Perhaps most interestingly were names that didn’t make the cut––though Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ appeared in Best Original Screenplay, the director was tellingly missing from the director category and the movie didn’t make Best Film. Likewise, box office heavy hitters such as ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ made little impact on the main categories.
Indeed, the director category was a much more diverse offering than some other awards, the likes of James Cameron notable by their absence while ‘The Woman King’s Gina Prince-Bythewood and ‘Decision to Leave’s Park Chan-Wook secured nominations.
And, of course, there was a focus on British talent and output, some of which is unlikely to appear much elsewhere, but we’re glad to see the likes of ‘Brian and Charles’ and ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’, which looked like it was going to be a contender earlier in 2022 but has largely faded beyond a few mentions.
This year’s BAFTA ceremony will take place at Royal Festival Hall in London on February 19th, with Richard E. Grant hosting, pointing to what will hopefully be an entertaining evening.
Paul Mescal as Calum Paterson in A24’s ‘Aftersun.’
Here is the full list of nominees…
Best Film
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Elvis’
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
‘Tár’
Outstanding British Film
‘Aftersun’
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Brian and Charles’
‘Empire of Light’
‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
‘Living’
‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical’
‘See How They Run’
‘The Swimmers’
‘The Wonder’
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
‘Aftersun’
‘Blue Jean’
‘Electric Malady’
‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
‘Rebellion’
Film Not in the English Language
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Argentina, 1985’
‘Corsage’
‘Decision to Leave’
‘The Quiet Girl’
Documentary
‘All That Breathes’
‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’
‘Fire of Love’
‘Moonage Daydream’
‘Navalny’
Animated Film
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’
‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’
‘Turning Red’
Director
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Decision to Leave’
Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘Tár’
‘The Woman King’
Original Screenplay
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
‘The Fabelmans’
‘Tár’
‘Triangle of Sadness’
Adapted Screenplay
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Living’
‘The Quiet Girl’
‘She Said’
‘The Whale’
Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett in ‘Tár’
Viola Davis in ‘The Woman King’
Danielle Deadwyler in ‘Till’
Ana De Armas in ‘Blonde’
Emma Thompson in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
Michelle Yeoh in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
Leading Actor
Austin Butler in ‘Elvis’
Colin Farrell in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’
Daryl McCormack in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
Paul Mescal in ‘Aftersun’
Bill Nighy in ‘Living’
Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Hong Chau in ‘The Whale’
Kerry Condon in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Jamie Lee Curtis in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Dolly De Leon in ‘Triangle of Sadness’
Carey Mulligan in ‘She Said’
Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Barry Keoghan in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Ke Huy Quan in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Good Nurse’
Albrecht Schuch in ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Micheal Ward in ‘Empire of Light’
Casting
‘Aftersun’
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Elvis’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘Triangle of Sadness’
Cinematography
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘The Batman’
‘Elvis’
‘Empire of Light’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Costume Design
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Amsterdam’
‘Babylon’
‘Elvis’
‘Mrs Harris Goes to Paris’
Editing
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Elvis’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Make Up & Hair
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘The Batman’
‘Elvis’
‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical’
‘The Whale’
Original Score
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Babylon’
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
Production Design
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Babylon’
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Elvis’
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
Special Visual Effects
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
‘The Batman’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Sound
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
‘Elvis’
‘Tár’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
British Short Animation
‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’
‘Middle Watch’
‘Your Mountain is Waiting’
British Short Film
‘The Ballad of Olive Morris’
‘Bazigaga’
‘Bus Girl’
‘A Drifting Up’
‘An Irish Goodbye’
EE Bafta Rising Star
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim
Emma Mackey
Daryl McCormack
Aimee Lou Wood
Colin Farrell in the film ‘The Banshees of Inisherin.’ Photo by Jonathan Hession. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2022 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.