Here’s a look at the frontrunners and nominees

With films like Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once and Top Gun: Maverick dominating this award season, all eyes will be on the BAFTA awards on Sunday.

The 76th British Academy Film Awards will be held on Sunday, 19 February at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.

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THE MOST NOMINATED FILMS AT THE BAFTAS

World War One drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” is the frontrunner at his year’s BAFTAs with 14 nods, tying with “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” as the most-nominated non-English language film in the awards’ history.

The films “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything All At Once” each have 10 nominations. “Elvis” comes in at third place with “Tár” receiing five nods, Variety reports.

All five titles are nominated for best film at the 2023 BAFTAs.

First time nominees feature heavily this year, with 14 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories receiving their first BAFTA Film nomination. They include Ana De Armas (“Blonde”), Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”), Austin Butler (“Elvis”), Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”); Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”) and Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”), Variety reports.

HERE ARE ALL THE 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

Best Film Not in the English Language

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Argentina, 1985
• Corsage
• Decision To Leave
• The Quiet Girl

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• All That Breathes
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
• Fire of Love
• Moonage Daydream
• Navalny

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• Turning Red

BEST DIRECTOR

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Decision to Leave
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Tár
• The Woman King

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• Tár
• Triangle of Sadness

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Living
• The Quiet Girl
• She Said
• The Whale

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

• Ana de Armas in Blonde
• Cate Blanchett in Tár
• Viola Davis in The Woman King
• Danielle Deadwyler in Till
• Emma Thompson in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST LEADING ACTOR

• Austin Butler in Elvis
• Brendan Fraser in The Whale
• Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Daryl McCormack in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• Paul Mescal in Aftersun
• Bill Nighy in Living

BEST 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

BEST 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

BEST CASTING

• Aftersun
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Triangle of Sadness

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Batman
• Elvis
• Empire of Light
• Top Gun: Maverick

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Amsterdam
• Babylon
• Elvis
• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

BEST EDITING

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Top Gun: Maverick

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Batman
• Elvis
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
• The Whale

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Babylon
• The Batman
• Elvis
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Batman
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Top Gun: Maverick

BEST SOUND

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Elvis
• Tár
• Top Gun: Maverick

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
• Middle Watch
• Your Mountain is Waiting

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM

• The Ballad of Olive Morris
• Bazigaga
• Bus Girl
• A Drifting Up
• An Irish Goodbye

EE RISING STAR AWARD

• Naomi Ackie (Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody)
• Sheila Atim (The Woman King)
• Aimee Lou Wood (Living)
• Emma Mackey (Emily)
• Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)

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