The BAFTAs 2024
2024’s award season railway made its customary penultimate major stop in the “Big Smoke” on Sunday evening for the biggest night in the British film calendar, as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gathered the great and the good of global cinema and headed south of the river for the second year in a row, congregating in their new regular venue on the South Bank and in the Royal Festival Hall for the 77th edition of the British Academy Film Awards.
Once again the BAFTA nomination patterns generally echoed those of other major award shows this season but as always with a few major home-grown divergences, as Christopher Nolan’s epic Promethean biopic ‘Oppenheimer’ led the field with 13 nominations and took home several gold masks including the big one by nabbing best film, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ gloriously bizarre and devilishly droll rebirth and female emancipation odyssey ‘Poor Things’ which secured 11 nominations and won several awards including best actress for Emma Stone.
As always although we can endlessly and subjectively debate over who should have won what and who was “snubbed” with the nominations to begin with, let’s celebrate all the films recognised over the last twelve months as we recap the night’s big winners and nominees . . . and our own personal picks.
Best Film
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‘Oppenheimer’ (Winner)
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’
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‘The Holdovers’
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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‘Poor Things’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Oppenheimer’
Our pick overall: ‘Oppenheimer’
Outstanding British Film
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‘The Zone of Interest’ (Winner)
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‘All of Us Strangers’
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‘How to Have Sex’
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‘Napoleon’
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‘The Old Oak’
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‘Poor Things’
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‘Rye Lane’
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‘Saltburn’
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‘Scrapper’
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‘Wonka’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Poor Things’
Our Pick Overall: ‘Poor Things’
Director
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Christopher Nolan for ‘Oppenheimer’ (Winner)
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Bradley Cooper for ‘Maestro’
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Jonathan Glazer for ‘The Zone of Interest’
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Andrew Haigh for ‘All of Us Strangers’
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Alexander Payne for ‘The Holdovers’
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Justine Triet for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
Our pick from the nominees: Christopher Nolan for ‘Oppenheimer’
Our pick overall: Christopher Nolan for ‘Oppenheimer’
Leading Actor
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Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’ (Winner)
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Bradley Cooper in ‘Maestro’
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Colman Domingo in ‘Rustin’
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Paul Giamatti in ‘The Holdovers’
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Barry Keoghan in ‘Saltburn’
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Teo Yoo in ‘Past Lives’
Our pick from the nominees: Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’
Our pick overall: Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’
Leading Actress
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Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’ (Winner)
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Fantasia Barrino in ‘The Color Purple’
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Sandra Hüller in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
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Carey Mulligan in ‘Maestro’
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Vivian Oparah in ‘Rye Lane’
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Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’
Our pick from the nominees: Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’
Our pick overall: Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’
Supporting Actor
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Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Oppenheimer’ (Winner)
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Robert De Niro in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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Jacob Elordi in ‘Saltburn’
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Ryan Gosling in ‘Barbie’
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Paul Mescal in ‘All of Us Strangers’
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Dominic Sessa in ‘The Holdovers’
Our pick from the nominees: Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Oppenheimer’
Our pick overall: Mark Ruffalo in ‘Poor Things’
Supporting Actress
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph in ‘The Holdovers’ (Winner)
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Emily Blunt in ‘Oppenheimer’
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Danielle Brooks in ‘The Color Purple’
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Claire Foy in ‘All of Us Strangers’
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Sandra Hüller in ‘The Zone of Interest’
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Rosamund Pike in ‘Saltburn’
Our pick from the nominees: Rosamund Pike in ‘Saltburn’
Our pick overall: Rosamund Pike in ‘Saltburn’
Adapted Screenplay
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‘American Fiction’ by Cord Jefferson (Winner)
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‘All of Us Strangers’ by Andrew Haigh
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‘Oppenheimer’ by Christopher Nolan
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‘Poor Things’ by Tony McNamara
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‘The Zone of Interest’ by Jonathan Glazer
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Poor Things’ by Tony McNamara
Our Pick Overall: ‘Poor Things’ by Tony McNamara
Original Screenplay
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (Winner)
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‘Barbie’ by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
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‘The Holdovers’ by David Hemingson
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‘Maestro’ by Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
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‘Past Lives’ by Celine Song
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Our Pick Overall: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
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Savanah Leaf, Shirley O’Connor and Medb Riordan for ‘Earth Mama’ (Winner)
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Molly Manning Walker for ‘How to Have Sex’
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Lisa Selby, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Alex Fry for ‘Blue Bag Life’
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Christopher Sharp for ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’
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Ella Glendining for ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’
Our Pick from the Nominees: Molly Manning Walker for ‘How to Have Sex’
Our Pick Overall: Molly Manning Walker for ‘How to Have Sex’
EE Rising Star award (public vote)
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Mia McKenna-Bruce (Winner)
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Phoebe Dynevor
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Ayo Edebiri
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Jacob Elordi
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Sophie Wilde
Our Pick from the Nominees: Jacob Elordi
Our Pick Overall: Jacob Elordi
Original Score
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‘Oppenheimer’ by Ludwig Göransson (Winner)
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Robbie Robertson
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‘Poor Things’ by Jerskin Fendrix
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‘Saltburn’ by Anthony Willis
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ by Daniel Pemberton
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Robbie Robertson
Our Pick Overall: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Robbie Robertson
Cinematography
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‘Oppenheimer’ by Hoyte van Hoytema (Winner)
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Rodrigo Prieto
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‘Maestro’ by Matthew Libatique
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‘Poor Things’ by Robbie Ryan
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‘The Zone of Interest’ by Łukasz Żal
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon‘ by Rodrigo Prieto
Our Pick Overall: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Rodrigo Prieto
Animated Film
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ (Winner)
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‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
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‘Elemental’
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Our Pick Overall: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Documentary
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’20 Days in Mariupol’ (Winner)
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‘American Symphony’
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‘Beyond Utopia’
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‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’
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‘Wham!’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘American Symphony’
Our Pick Overall: ‘American Symphony’
Film not in the English Language
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‘The Zone of Interest’ (UK, USA, Poland) (Winner)
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (France)
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’20 Days in Mariupol’ (Ukraine)
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‘Past Lives’ (USA)
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‘Society of the Snow’ (Spain, USA)
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘The Zone of Interest’ (UK, USA, Poland)
Our Pick Overall: ‘The Zone of Interest’ (UK, USA, Poland)
Editing
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‘Oppenheimer’ by Jennifer Lame (Winner)
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ by Laurent Sénéchal
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Thelma Schoonmaker
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‘Poor Things’ by Yorgos Mavropsaridis
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‘The Zone of Interest‘ by Paul Watts
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Oppenheimer’ by Jennifer Lame
Our Pick Overall: ‘Oppenheimer’ by Jennifer Lame
Production Design
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‘Poor Things’ (Winner)
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‘Barbie’
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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‘Oppenheimer’
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‘The Zone of Interest’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Poor Things’
Our Pick Overall: ‘Poor Things’
Costume Design
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‘Poor Things’ (Winner)
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‘Barbie’
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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‘Napoleon’
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‘Oppenheimer’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Poor Things’
Our Pick Overall: ‘Poor Things’
Make Up & Hair
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‘Poor Things’ (Winner)
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‘Maestro’
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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‘Napoleon’
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‘Oppenheimer’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Poor Things’
Our Pick Overall: ‘Poor Things’
Sound
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‘The Zone of Interest’ (Winner)
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‘Ferrari’
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‘Maestro’
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‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’
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‘Oppenheimer’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Oppenheimer’
Our Pick Overall: ‘Oppenheimer’
Special Visual Effects
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‘Poor Things’ (Winner)
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‘The Creator’
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
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‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’
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‘Napoleon’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘The Creator’
Our Pick Overall: ‘The Creator’
Casting
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‘The Holdovers’ (Winner)
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‘All of Us Strangers’
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’
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‘How to Have Sex’
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘The Holdovers’
Our Pick Overall: ‘Saltburn’
So there you have it, ‘Oppenheimer’ almost sweeping the main board winning several awards including best film, while British productions ‘Poor Things’ and ‘The Zone of Interest’ also made their mark. Onward now to the final stops on the award season railway which culminates at the Academy Awards in mid March, let’s see how Hollywood’s choices stack up with their British counterparts.
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