BAFTA Long Lists
Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 11:21AM 
Each year the BAFTA longlists remind us that awards voters have extremely narrow vieweing habits and blind spots that are practically extend to their peripheral vision. We're SOOO glad Oscar doesn't do this winnowing in their major categories since otherwise we'd have to give us so many dreams that our favourites justmissed each year, rather than not being considered at all for their brilliance.
BAFTA voters have yet to decide on the nominations. Those are not announced until March 9th but this is the list each category will draw from so hundreds of options are now ineligible. The long lists are stunningly messy. They're after the jump if you dare...
Best Film
Another Round
Da 5 Bloods
The Dig
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
The Mauritanian
News of the World
Nomadland
One Night In Miami…
Promising Young Woman
Soul
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The White Tiger
Please note that MINARI of all things is missing. Ugh! And basically all Netflix contenders are included, even the mediocre ones. ANOTHER ROUND is the only non American non British film included.
Outstanding British Film
Ammonite
Calm With Horses
County Lines
The Courier
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
The Dig
Emma.
The Father
Herself
His House
Limbo
The Mauritanian
Misbehaviour
Mogul Mowgli
Promising Young Woman
Radioactive
Rebecca
Rocks
Saint Maud
Supernova
We don't know enough about what was eligible in the UK to complain about this particular list. Do you?
Outstanding Debut
The Australian Dream
Being A Human Person
Calm with Horses
His House
Limbo
Moffie
Mogul Mowgli
Rare Beasts
Rocks
The Reason I Jump
Saint Maud
White Riot
Bizarre not to see Promising Young Woman on this list since it's on the other two.
Film Not In English Language
Another Round
Bacurau
Collective
Dear Comrades!
I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aqui)
The Life Ahead
Les Misérables
Minari
The Mole Agent
New Order
The Painter and the Thief
Quo Vadis, Aida?
System Crasher
The Traitor
The Truffle Hunters
Like the Globes they relegated MINARI to this category though clearly it was also eligible for Best Film.
Documentary
All In: The Fight For Democracy
Athlete A
Beastie Boys Story
Becoming
Billie
Collective
Crip Camp
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Dick Johnson is Dead
The Dissident
I Am Greta
MLK/FBI
My Octopus Teacher
The Social Dilemma
The Truffle Hunters
Strange very random collection don't you think?
Animated Film
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
The Willoughbys
Wolfwalkers
No films made outside of the UK or USA are being considered.
Director
Another Round
The Assistant
Babyteeth
The Dig
The Father
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Mank
The Mauritanian
Minari
My Octopus Teacher
News of the World
Nomadland
One Night In Miami…
Promising Young Woman
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Rocks
Saint Maud
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The White Tiger
That SOUND OF METAL's Darius Marder is missing is utter bullshit if you ask me.
Original Screenplay
Ammonite
Another Round
The Assistant
Da 5 Bloods
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
Saint Maud
Soul
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Adapted Screenplay
Babyteeth
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Dig
Emma.
The Father
Hillbilly Elegy
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
The Invisible Man
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The Mauritanian
News of the World
Nomadland
One Night In Miami…
Pieces of a Woman
The White Tiger
Leading Actress
Amy Adams Hillbilly Elegy
Bukky Bakray Rocks
Radha Blank The Forty-Year-Old Version
Jessie Buckley I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Morfydd Clark Saint Maud
Viola Davis Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Julia Garner The Assistant
Vanessa Kirby Pieces of a Woman
Sophia Loren The Life Ahead
Frances McDormand Nomadland
Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman
Wunmi Mosaku His House
Kate Winslet Ammonite
Alfre Woodard Clemency
Zendaya Malcolm & Marie
No Michelle Pfeiffer in FRENCH EXIT but perhaps she wasn't eligible. No Andra Day in UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLLIDAY who was definitely eligible. No Elisabeth Moss for either SHIRLEY or INVISIBLE MAN.
Leading Actor
Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal
Kingsley Ben-Adir One Night In Miami…
Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ralph Fiennes The Dig
Adarsh Gourav The White Tiger
Tom Hanks News of the World
Anthony Hopkins The Father
Cosmo Jarvis Calm With Horses
Delroy Lindo Da 5 Bloods
Mads Mikkelsen Another Round
Gary Oldman Mank
Tahar Rahim The Mauritanian
LaKeith Stanfield Judas and the Black Messiah
John David Washington Malcolm & Marie
Steven Yeun Minari
Supporting Actress
Niamh Algar Calm With Horses
Kosar Ali Rocks
Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn Pieces of a Woman
Priyanka Chopra Jonas The White Tiger
Glenn Close Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman The Father
Jennifer Ehle Saint Maud
Dominique Fishback Judas and the Black Messiah
Jodie Foster The Mauritanian
Ashley Madekwe County Lines
Amanda Seyfried Mank
Saoirse Ronan Ammonite
Yuh-Jung Youn Minari
Helena Zengel News of the World
Supporting Actor
Chadwick Boseman Da 5 Bloods
Bo Burnham Promising Young Woman
Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7
Benedict Cumberbatch The Mauritanian
Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah
Barry Keoghan Calm With Horses
Alan Kim Minari
Frank Langella The Trial of the Chicago 7
Leslie Odom Jr. One Night In Miami…
Clarke Peters Da 5 Bloods
Eddie Redmayne The Trial of the Chicago 7
Mark Rylance The Trial of the Chicago 7
Paul Raci Sound of Metal
David Strathairn Nomadland
Stanley Tucci Supernova
Each year I try to make peace with rampant category fraud but I always fail. Daniel Kaluuya plays Fred Hampton in the Fred Hampton biopic but somehow he's supporting (I've seen the picture and its clearly a two-lead film and the entire story is about him of course... it's like calling Leonardo DiCaprio supporting in The Great Gatsby. Yes, the story is from someone else's perspective but it's literally ALL ABOUT HIM) and Stanley Tucci is in all but one scene of Supernova and somehow he's supporting. Please note that they stiffed Colman Domingo and Glynn Turman of MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM which is ridiculous given who they did include. Fame obviously means a lot to them. As do leading roles in the supporting category.
Casting
Babyteeth
Calm With Horses
Da 5 Bloods
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
The Mauritanian
One Night In Miami…
Pieces of a Woman
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
Saint Maud
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Cinematography
Ammonite
The Dig
Greyhound
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
The Mauritanian
The Midnight Sky
News of the World
Nomadland
Rebecca
Saint Maud
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The White Tiger
Costume Design
Ammonite
The Dig
Emma.
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Misbehaviour
Mulan
News of the World
Promising Young Woman
Radioactive
Rebecca
The Secret Garden
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday
Editing
Another Round
Da 5 Bloods
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
The Mauritanian
News of the World
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
Saint Maud
Sound of Metal
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The White Tiger
Make-up & Hair
Ammonite
Blithe Spirit
The Dig
Emma.
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio
Promising Young Woman
Rebecca
The Trial of the Chicago 7
True History of the Kelly Gang
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday
Wonder Woman 1984
Original Score
Ammonite
Da 5 Bloods
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Hillbilly Elegy
The Little Things
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Minari
News of the World
Promising Young Woman
Saint Maud
Soul
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Production Design
Ammonite
The Dig
Emma.
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
The Midnight Sky
News of the World
Promising Young Woman
Radioactive
Rebecca
The Secret Garden
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Wonder Woman 1984
Special Visual Effects
Da 5 Bloods
Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
News of the World
The Old Guard
The One and Only Ivan
Pinocchio
The Secret Garden
Sonic The Hedgehog
Soul
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984
Sound
Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
The Mauritanian
The Midnight Sky
News of the World
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Saint Maud
Soul
Sound of Metal
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Wonder Woman 1984
British Short Animation
Bench
Cha
Chado
The Fire Next Time
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Song of A Lost Boy
Looking forward to seeing these. Bench is quite funny but like only 1 minute long.
British Short Film
The Birth Of Valerie Venus
Dad Was
Dọlápọ Is Fine
Eyelash
Lizard
Lucky Break
Miss Curvy
My Brother’s Keeper
The Present
Tic Toc
BAFTA
Reader Comments (22)
I thought they had stopped these? I don't remember seeing them for years.
Nat : SAG noms just came out. Lindo and Seyfried snubbed! Leto nominated AGAIN.
Raci snubbed again 😥😥
I too wish we never saw these, as they're frequently baffling. Having said that, I'm delighted to see the nominations for Rocks and Calm With Horses, two of last year's best films which didn't seem to see much traction outside of the UK.
I always wonder if release dates harm BAFTA entries at all. Clearly not if we're talking about pictures that are already 'in the hunt,' so to speak, for an Oscar because they've been dutifully trying to predict the US for years now. But a surprising number of films haven't been released here yet, including Nomadland, Ammonite, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, Minari, French Exit, Another Round...Although clearly some of these still did well, so I don't know!
Amy Adams is nominated for SAG!!!!!!!♥️👍🙏
I hope the complete omissions of First Cow and Never Rarely Sometimes Always is because they weren't eligible.
That SAG list reeks of self-congratulatory virtue signaling, which doesn't surprise considering how rampant that is in Hollywood as a whole.
The fact they also tweeted the "historic" nature of the nominations themselves also stinks, BUT, none of that stinks as much as Raci missing out,
AND,
Both Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal missing out for Normal People. which also missed out.
Absolute abomination, the sequel.
P.S. You gotta love that Female Actor in a Drama Series literally just has two shows in contention.
@Amy Camus - First Cow doesn't appear to have been picked up for distribution in the UK, and I don't think that Never Rarely Sometimes Always was eligible (only recently been picked up, and will be released on May 27th).
Cosmo Jarvis 😍
I just read “Costume Design - Hillbilly Elegy” and now I can’t stop laughing. So random...
Everyone: NRSA was eligible - it is on the Screenplay shortlist.
Hillbilly chic
The true horror here is that True History of the Kelly Kang only made it to the "long" list for Makeup & Hair.
That film isn't anywhere NEAR perfect, but it has more vibrancy and agency and personality than more than half of these lists, combined or otherwise.
Michael R - You're right, of course. Very sad that Sidney Hanigan didn't make the list - or do I mean ridiculous?
Considering the HILLBILLY ELEGY love here, Glenn should be good for that third career Oscar nom. :)
I’d like to see Kate Winslet nominated. At first I didn’t think I cared for Ammonite but I couldn’t stop thinking about it for days after. I think Winslet and the score should definitely get some recognition.
I think it's fascinating to see these long lists. It shows how competitive Best Actress is this year if Elisabeth Moss or Anya Taylor-Joy or Sidney Flanigan couldn't make it this far.
I'm most disappointed by the absence of His House in several key categories, especially Sope Dirisu in Actor.
And I think it's a bit unfair to dismiss the Best Picture list by saying all the Netflix titles got in, including the 'mediocre' ones. Is that an attack on The Dig, which is a flawed but fine film and certainly better than a lot of the Netflix films that didn't make the list (Rebecca, The Midnight Sky, Malcolm & Marie, Hillbilly Elegy, The Prom...).
I got excited when I saw Alfre Woodard's name for Clemency that maybe Aldis Hodge could get nominated but then he's not there...
I used to like when we would get the Emmy finalist lists but it did indeed make it so much more irritating when John Krasinski, Becki Newton, Mary McDonnell, and others clearly just missed.
I'll sell my right leg for Alfre Woodard in Clemency to get a nomination.
(In advance, this is the real me and if a fake has the lack of taste to try and get my opinion removed for their enjoyment then screw them. Let me ignore and move on with autonomy).
I am in the minority that think that Raci was great but don't think that he SHOULD be nominated for anything... so I am OK with the snubs.
Sacha Baron Cohen, on the other hand... I hope he SWEEPS the big ones. He has been richly deserving recognition for so long...
On Bakalova... one has to wonder, BAFTA looks like a sure thing - she may win it, thanks to Baron Cohen's campaigning - and she is the clear frontrunner to win the Globe and has a really good shot at winning SAG as well...
... is Oscar going to snub her? And if by any means she arrives nominated and has a Globe win (Leading), a SAG win and a BAFTA win... can they deny her and give it to whoever wins Supporting Actress at the race? I think if Youn is snubbed at Oscar - which i don't think, I think both Bakalova and Youn are likely to be nominees - Bakalova will also take Oscar, regardless of who's nominated. Think of Marisa Tomei, she won for a comedic performance that was great but doesn't even kiss the ass of Bakalova's challenge and achievement...
I know Bo Bunham is unlikely to actually make any final nominations, but let me live the fantasy that the love for Promising Young Woman is so strong we get a surprise like him in supporting actor or Allison Brie/Jennifer Coolidge in supporting actress. Awards season is going all in on a brutal revenge/horror film and I'm just here for the ride.