Whereas numerous U.S. awards reveals and nomination bulletins have been postponed or reworked as a result of ongoing devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, England’s BAFTA Movie Awards introduced its nominations slate on Wednesday morning (Jan. 15).
Among the many movies garnering a number of nods was the musical drug drama Emilia PĂ©rez, which snagged 11 nominations, together with finest movie, director and main actress for Golden Globe winner Karla SofĂa GascĂłn, in addition to supporting actress for co-stars Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.Â
The primary a part of Depraved was nominated seven instances, together with finest main actress for Globe nominee Cynthia Erivo and finest supporting actress for Ariana Grande, in addition to costume design, hair/make-up, manufacturing design, sound and particular visible results. Notably, although, the field workplace smash re-telling of the Wizard of Oz-inspired Broadway musical was shut out in numerous main classes, together with finest movie, director and tailored screenplay.
The BAFTA nominations have been the primary for Grande and Gomez.
The highest-nominated movie was the Vatican thriller Conclave, which had 12 nominations, whereas post-WWII epic The Brutalist scored 9, adopted by the stripper drama Anora and Dune: Half Two, which every snagged seven. Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown was tapped for six BAFTAs, together with finest movie, tailored screenplay and main actor for Timothée Chalamet and supporting actor for Edward Norton.
Scrappy Irish music comedy Kneecap additionally had six, together with excellent British movie, excellent debut by a British author, director or producer for author/director Wealthy Peppiatt and authentic screenplay.
There have been numerous postponements as a result of fires which have killed 25 up to now an scorched greater than 14,000 acres, together with a push-back of the Critics Selection Awards, an additional week for academy members to vote on this 12 months’s Oscars (and a postponement of the nomination announcement till Jan. 23) and the cancellation of the main label events surrounding this 12 months’s Grammy Awards.
In mild of the devastation in L.A., BAFTA movie chair Sara Putt instructed Selection, that the British Academy’s ideas are “very, very a lot” with everybody impacted by the nonetheless raging wildfires, the worst within the metropolis’s historical past. “It’s a dreadful, dreadful time,” she added, noting that the BAFTAs haven’t but determined if they might transfer the dates for the ultimate voting rounds. The BAFTA Movie Awards ceremony is slated to happen on Feb. 16 at London’s Royal Competition Corridor.
Try the total record of 2025 BAFTA nominations right here.
