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NetflixThe film Conclave, about the scandalous and scheming group of cardinals who gather in Rome to elect a new Pope, has led this year’s Bafta film nominations with 12 nominations.
It is closely followed by Netflix’s Spanish hit Emilia Pérez, which tells the story of a Mexican cartel leader who leaves the underworld to start a new life as a transgender woman.
Leading the Bafta acting categories are Cynthia Erivo and Demi Moore for lead actress and Adrien Brody and Timothee Chalamet for director.
But Denzel Washington and Daniel Craig failed to make the series Gladiator II and Queer respectively.
The selection of Hugh Grant in the leading category of the horror film Heretic, and Saoirse Ronan as the actress of The Outrun, are some of the surprises.
Jamie Lee Curtis was nominated in the supporting actress category for The Last Showgirl, but the film’s lead actress Pamela Anderson, who plays an aging Las Vegas actress, missed out on the nomination.
Films leading the Bafta nominations
12 election – Conclave
11 – Emilia Perez
9 – The Brutalists
7 – Anora, Dune: Part Two is Bad
6 – Complete Unknown with Kneecap
5 – Nosferatu and The Substance
NeonAnother film expected to do well in the current awards season is Anora, which has seven Bafta nominations including best film.
It follows the stormy romance between a New York prostitute and the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch.
Mikey Madison has been nominated for Best Actor and has been nominated for the Rising Star award, which is voted on by the public.
His co-star Yura Borisov was nominated for best actor, and director Sean Baker has his first Bafta Best Director nomination.
Pictures of the WorldHalf of the nominees in the best director category are first-time nominees and include Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, who also won the same award at the Golden Globes.
The film, about a Hungarian architect hired by a wealthy American after World War II, has nine titles and is expected to be a top contender for the Oscars.
Director of Medicine Coralie Fargeat is the first to be appointed as a director and is the only woman appointed to the board.
Demi Moore has been nominated for best actress in the film, just weeks after winning at the Golden Globes – putting her in a strong position at the Oscars.
British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s nomination in the same category for playing an angry woman struggling with depression in “Hard Truths” has boosted her Oscar nomination.
The Bafta shortlist is often a strong indicator of the Oscars, and last year’s top six winners were a perfect match for the two conferences.
Another Oscar-nominated film is A Complete Unknown, which follows Bob Dylan’s rise to fame in the 1960s.
It has six Bafta nominations including best film, with Timothee Chalamet and Edward Norton nominated in the acting categories.
Searchlight imagesBlockbuster films have fared well in the nominations, with Dune: Part Two and Wicked each receiving seven nods.
Gladiator II has three names – but none of them are in the cast, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Washington are all missing. Director Sir Ridley Scott was also overlooked.
Erivo and Wicked co-star Ariana Grande have their first Bafta nominations – but Wicked missed out on being nominated for best film.
Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón have all received their first Bafta nominations, for Emilia Pérez.
Pictures of the WorldFor the first time, films for children and families have their own dedicated category for the awards.
Wallace and Gromit: Revenge of the Fowl and The Wild Robot are selected alongside adaptations of Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom, and Flow, about animals that must work together to survive after a flood.
The dialogue-free film won surprisingly at the Golden Globes in the animation category.
The Bafta Film Awards, hosted by David Tennant, will take place on February 16 at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
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