BAFTA Long Lists reveal potentially dire nomination slates

Every year the BAFTA long lists remind us that we are sooooo glad that Oscar doesn't do this in the major category. We really like our delusional world where voters are actually watching screeners and not just voting for the most high profile things in every category. For one, BAFTA longlists have mostly ignored non-English language films that people were feeling hopeful about in the awards race (Parallel Mothers, Drive My Car, Titane, Worst Person in the World, etc) except for in the international category. Similar the animation longlist is all big studio American stuff (with the exception of Flee). These are all clear "stay in your lane!" signs from voters. For another, they actually think films like House of Gucci is worthy all of the place and that Don't Look Up has worthy elements in all four of the acting races. Argh!

But at any rate here are the BAFTA longlists. Reminder: These are NOT nominations, just what the nominations coming on February 3rd will be drawn from. The following info is pulled directly from the BAFTA site...

BEST FILM

15 films go through to the Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. This is the only category voted for by all film voting members in all voting rounds. 217 films were submitted for consideration.

• Being The Ricardos
• Belfast
• CODA
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• House of Gucci
• King Richard
• Licorice Pizza
• No Time To Die
• The French Dispatch
• The Lost Daughter
• The Power of the Dog
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• tick tick...BOOM!
• West Side Story

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

20 films will go through to Round Two of voting. The top five films from the opt-in chapter vote in Round One automatically receive a nomination. The next ranking 15 films will be considered by a jury, who will vote for five nominations. 10 films will be nominated in this category. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 64 films were submitted for consideration, all of which passed the BFI Diversity Standards.

• After Love
• Ali & Ava
• Belfast
• Benediction
• Boiling Point
• The Colour Room
• Cruella
• Cyrano
• The Duke
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
• Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• House of Gucci
• The King's Man
• Last Night in Soho
• Mothering Sunday
• Munich- The Edge of War
• No Time To Die
• Operation Mincemeat
• Passing
• Spencer

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

10 films have been longlisted, and five will be nominated. The longlist, nominees and winner in this category are voted on by a jury. 37 films were submitted for consideration.

• After Love
• Boiling Point
• Censor
• Dying to Divorce
• The Harder They Fall
• Hostile
• Keyboard Fantasies
• Passing
• The Power
• Sweetheart

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

15 films will progress to Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. This category is voted for in all three Rounds by an opt-in Chapter. 50 films were submitted for consideration.

• A Hero
• Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
• Compartment No. 6
• Drive My Car
• Flee
• The Hand of God
• I'm Your Man
• Lamb
• The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
• Parallel Mothers
• Paris, 13th District
• Petite Maman
• Riders of Justice
• Titane
• The Worst Person in the World

DOCUMENTARY

15 films will progress to Round Two of voting. The top two films from the opt-in chapter vote in Round One automatically receive a nomination. The next ranking 13 films will be considered by a jury, who will vote for three nominations.  Five films will be nominated in this category. In Round three, the Documentary opt-in chapter will select the winner in this category.

• 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
• Becoming Cousteau
• Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry
• Cow
• Flee
• JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass
• Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
• The Lost Leonardo
• The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
• The Real Charlie Chaplin
• The Rescue
• The Sparks Brothers
• Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
• Tina
• The Velvet Underground

ANIMATED FILM

Seven films will progress to Round Two of voting, and four will be nominated. This category is voted for in all three Rounds by an opt-in Chapter. 14 films were submitted for consideration.

• Encanto
• Flee
• Luca
• The Mitchells vs the Machines
• Raya and the Last Dragon
• Ron's Gone Wrong
• Sing 2

DIRECTOR

20 films will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is voted on by a jury (nominations) and Round Three is voted on by the general membership (winner). To determine this longlist, in Round One, the directing chapter voted; the top seven female and top seven male directed films were automatically longlisted. The remaining 3 female and 3 male directors were voted for by a Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 ranking female and male directed films. A nominating jury will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 184 films were submitted for consideration.

• After Love
• Belfast
• CODA
• Don't Look Up
• Drive My Car
• Dune
• First Cow
• The Hand of God
• Happening
• King Richard
• Licorice Pizza
• The Lost Daughter
• Passing
• Petite Maman
• The Power of the Dog
• The Souvenir Part II
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Titane
• West Side Story
• Zola

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 78 films were submitted for consideration.

• After Love
• Being The Ricardos
• Belfast
• The Card Counter
• C'mon C'mon
• Don't Look Up
• The Duke
• The French Dispatch
• The Hand of God
• King Richard
• Last Night in Soho
• Licorice Pizza
• Parallel Mothers
• Petite Maman
• The Worst Person in the World

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 62 films were submitted for consideration.

• CODA
• Cyrano
• Drive My Car
• Dune
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• The Green Knight
• House of Gucci
• The Last Duel
• The Lost Daughter
• No Time To Die
• Passing
• The Power of the Dog
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• tick tick...BOOM!
• West Side Story

LEADING ACTRESS

15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 82 performances were submitted for consideration.

• Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter
• Lady Gaga House of Gucci
• Alana Haim Licorice Pizza
• Jennifer Hudson Respect
• Emilia Jones CODA
• Nicole Kidman Being The Ricardos
• Jennifer Lawrence Don't Look Up
• Frances McDormand The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Renate Reinsve The Worst Person in the World
• Claire Rushbrook Ali & Ava
• Joanna Scanlan After Love
• Kristen Stewart Spencer
• Tessa Thompson Passing
• Rachel Zegler West Side Story

LEADING ACTOR

15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 102 performances were submitted for consideration.

• Riz Ahmed Encounter
• Adeel Akhtar Ali & Ava
• Mahershala Ali Swan Song
• Javier Bardem Being The Ricardos
• Daniel Craig No Time To Die
• Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog
• Leonardo DiCaprio Don't Look Up
• Peter Dinklage Cyrano
• Adam Driver House of Gucci
• Andrew Garfield tick tick...BOOM!
• Stephen Graham Boiling Point
• Cooper Hoffman Licorice Pizza
• Joaquin Phoenix C'mon C'mon
• Will Smith King Richard
• Denzel Washington The Tragedy of Macbeth

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 202 performances were submitted for consideration.

• Caitríona Balfe Belfast
• Cate Blanchett Don't Look Up
• Jessie Buckley The Lost Daughter
• Ana de Armas No Time To Die
• Ariana DeBose West Side Story
• Ann Dowd Mass
• Judi Dench Belfast
• Kirsten Dunst The Power of the Dog
• Aunjanue Ellis King Richard
• Kathryn Hunter The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Rita Moreno West Side Story
• Ruth Negga Passing
• Vinette Robinson Boiling Point
• Meryl Streep Don't Look Up
• Anya Taylor-Joy Last Night in Soho

SUPPORTING ACTOR

15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 283 performances were submitted for consideration.

• David Alvarez West Side Story
• Bradley Cooper Licorice Pizza
• Benicio del Toro The French Dispatch
• Jamie Dornan Belfast
• Ciarán Hinds Belfast
• Mike Faist West Side Story
• Andrew Garfield The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Troy Kotsur CODA
• Jared Leto House of Gucci
• Woody Norman C’mon C’mon
• Al Pacino House of Gucci
• Jesse Plemons The Power of the Dog
• Mark Rylance Don't Look Up
• J.K. Simmons Being The Ricardos
• Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog

CASTING

15 films will progress to Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is voted on by a jury (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 89 films were submitted in this category. Casting Statements, written by the Casting Directors about the casting process, are provided by the entrants and shared with the jury in Round Two and published on BAFTA View.

• After Love
• Belfast
• Boiling Point
• CODA
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• The Hand of God
• House of Gucci
• King Richard
• Licorice Pizza
• The Lost Daughter
• Passing
• The Power of the Dog
• tick tick...BOOM!
• West Side Story

CINEMATOGRAPHY

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 126 films were submitted for consideration.

• Belfast
• C'mon C'mon
• Cyrano
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• The French Dispatch
• House of Gucci
• The Last Duel
• Last Night in Soho
• Licorice Pizza
• Nightmare Alley
• No Time To Die
• The Power of the Dog
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• West Side Story

COSTUME DESIGN

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 86 films were submitted for consideration.

• Being The Ricardos
• Belfast
• Cruella
• Cyrano
• Dune
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• The French Dispatch
• House of Gucci
• Last Night in Soho
• Licorice Pizza
• Nightmare Alley
• The Power of the Dog
• Spencer
• West Side Story

EDITING

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 154 films were submitted for consideration.

• Belfast
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• The French Dispatch
• The Hand of God
• House of Gucci
• Last Night in Soho
• Licorice Pizza
• The Lost Daughter
• No Time To Die
• The Power of the Dog
• Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
• tick tick...BOOM!
• Titane
• West Side Story

MAKE UP & HAIR

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 77 films were submitted for consideration.

• Being The Ricardos
• Coming 2 America
• Cruella
• Cyrano
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• The French Dispatch
• House of Gucci
• The King's Man
• The Last Duel
• Last Night in Soho
• No Time To Die
• West Side Story

ORIGINAL SCORE

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 101 films were submitted for consideration. Music cue sheets are provided by the entrants and published on BAFTA View for the music chapter in Rounds One and Two, and for all voting members in Round Three.

• Being The Ricardos
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
• The French Dispatch
• The Green Knight
• The Harder They Fall
• King Richard
• The Last Duel
• Last Night in Soho
• The Lost Daughter
• Nightmare Alley
• No Time To Die
• The Power of the Dog
• Spencer

PRODUCTION DESIGN

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 99 films were submitted for consideration.

• Being The Ricardos
• Belfast
• Cruella
• Cyrano
• Dune
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
• The French Dispatch
• House of Gucci
• The Last Duel
• Licorice Pizza
• Nightmare Alley
• No Time To Die
• The Power of the Dog
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• West Side Story

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 56 films were submitted for consideration. Entrants can submit a supporting Statement and a show-reel of the SVFX work (up to five minutes in duration); this will be published on BAFTA View for the general voting membership in Round Three.

• Black Widow
• Cruella
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• Eternals
• Free Guy
• The French Dispatch
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• The King's Man
• Last Night in Soho
• The Matrix Resurrections
• No Time To Die
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• The Suicide Squad
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage

SOUND

15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 126 films were submitted for consideration.

• A Quiet Place Part II
• Belfast
• CODA
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• The French Dispatch
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• The Harder They Fall
• The Last Duel
• Last Night in Soho
• The Matrix Resurrections
• No Time To Die
• The Power of the Dog
• tick tick...BOOM!
• West Side Story

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

Six films have been longlisted, and three will be nominated. Rounds One and Two (longlist and nominations) are a jury vote, and an opt in chapter will select the winner in Round Three.

• Affairs of the Art
• Do Not Feed The Pigeons
• A Film About A Pudding
• Homebird
• Night of the Living Dread
• Robin Robin

BRITISH SHORT FILM

10 films have been longlisted, and five will be nominated. In Round One, members of the opt-in shorts chapter vote to form a preliminary longlist, and from the highest ranking films a jury vote for the longlist of 10 films. In Round Two, the jury vote on the nominations. In Round Three, an opt in chapter will select the winner.

• The Black Cop
• Three Meetings Of The Extraordinary Committee
• Femme
• The Palace
• Play It Safe
• Rough
• Roy
• Stuffed
• Punch-Drunk
• The Tunnel

Comments

[Mr Ripley79]

I thought they we're embracing more diverse homegrown films and UK talent or was that just last year.

[Mr Ripley79]

I think Don't Look Up was one of the worst things I saw this year and all the acting bar the Lawrence and DiCaprio and the lovely Melanie Lynskey was really bad,I wanted to take back all their Oscars,Mark Rylance was the worst offender.

[Michael R]

What the heck is going on with Penelope Cruz?!? Also, still reeling from those crazy SAG nominations...

[Mr Ripley79]

No Stewart is the big shocker expect that to change come Oscar time,The younger ladies Haim,Jones and Zegler all snubbed.

Ellis is 2022's Amanda Seyfried

Who is voting for Leto,I'd like to speak to them after watching his HOG as a clip reel and they could explain their choice.

Shame on you for the Bardem nod.

Ruth Negga is happening for sure,wow Cate Blanchett.

Afffleck looks to be the SAG Globe nod that goes nowhere,the Belfast men are in a bit of trouble now.

[Edwin]

Regina King shows that you can still win the Oscar even after a SAG snub, but yeah, it does indeed look like Kristen Stewart is no longer the frontrunner and Nicole Kidman is looking at her second Oscar.

What's sad is how lazy the SAG nominees are as a whole, and the BAFTA longlists don't give much hope either. I'm still predicting Drive My Car to be in the Best Picture lineup on Oscar nomination morning, but I also wouldn't be surprised if something like Being the Ricardos makes it in instead. It could very well be one of those years where we all end up saying "they had THESE to choose from, and they opted for THOSE?!" I swear to god if Jared Leto actually gets nominated for the Oscar...

[Peggy Sue]

Ricardos everywhere. They still want to be precursors.

[jules]

Remember how I posted a week or so ago, asking why you all were predicting Cruz? Yeah.

[Antônio]

I agree with Mr. Ripley. Why even consider Mark Rylance for a nom anywhere? He is terrible in Don’t Look Up.

About SAG, bad news for KStew: snubbed for the laziest choice ever (Jennifer Hudson, really?).

[Mike in Canada]

I don't understand why they release the longlists - they're so embarrassing for the BAFTAs and really only show how much worse the actual list of nominees could have been.

[ScottC]

Love that Ana de Armas made this list. Rather surprised there wasn't more love from the BAFTAs for The Green Knight.

[Philip H.]

So last year was just for funsies...? Because they're clearly back to their typical BAFTAs bs. LOL, like what in the Oscar predictions is this?

It's like they went to GoldDerby and copied and pasted.

[Joe G.]

This is really bad, and feels just like the 2019 nominations. It's all American films or British films that are going to do well with Oscar (e.g., Belfast, etc.).

I am glad to see Ali and Ava got a few citations, but the top category, as well as directing, are the big tells for where these voters are looking. It's clear they're not very interested in British films, which just feels unfair to their industry.

At the same time, it is great to see Ana de Armas here. I'd love to see them go crazy for Bond and nominate her. And, I love that Rebecca Hall was cited for her directing and for her first feature. I suspect only Ruth Negga will make it through given the film isn't in the top category, but it's great to see it here.

[Fadhil]

LMAO Mark Rylance was the best part of Don’t Look Up!!!
LOVING my Passing girls showing here

[Frank Zappa]

Strong showing for West Side Story. Was No Way Home ineligible?

[Carlos]

Surprised/disappointed that they seem to have gone back to the more Oscary trends... last year's committee-based nominations were much more indie and British-leaning. Looking at the acting shortlists there are only 3 or 4 actors from films that aren't from mainstream Holywood projects.

@Working Stiff: yeah, Spiderman couldn't qualify because they failed to make screeners available ahead of the deadline.

[Jack C.]

Man, I was hoping Nishijima or the Titane folks could at least make it to the long list here.

Also, what is with First Cow's international distribution? It's from 2019!

[NATHANIEL R]

Jack C -- well, even here in the US it was 2020. so it's just one of those movies (sadly there are so many of them that take two years to get places

[Jésus Alonso]

"I am an Oscar winner, give my best performance ever, in a film directed by a living legend, and praised by critics, I am raved, and the only thing I got is the lousy Volpi Cup"

Just kidding... but why is Cruz's masterful performance being ignored beyond Venice, LAFCA and NSFC? I mean, wow.

But at least we know already that Almodovar's next will be a surefire contender for Picture, Director, Actress (Blanchet) and Adapted Screenplay for 2023's season... unless he speeds the delivery to have it finished for this year.