BAFTA Nominations

by Nathaniel R

Apologies for not posting the BAFTA nominations sooner but they lulled us to sleep. BAFTA was not always a precursor to the Oscars,sometimes taking place afterwards and with less eligibility crossover. But as BAFTA moved to earlier dates and  "Hollywood" went more global, things have long since changed. We did have some forced dissimilarities for a short while when BAFTA starting making the rules quite complex (for equity purposes) but as you'll see things have settled back down to just being very similar to the Oscars even if the multiple ballot procedure (with longlists for each category) suggests at first that they won't be all that similar. One Battle After Another led the nominations with 14...

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State of the Race: So about those BAFTA longlists...

by Cláudio Alves

Is I SWEAR this year's little British film that could? Maybe.

The Oscar nominations are ever closer, so it’s time to start finalizing those predictions. And since this year, BAFTA will reveal their lineups after AMPAS, pundits everywhere must make do with the British Academy’s longlists. In the past, they’ve been a good indicator of what the industry’s feeling, and how it differs from the critics who’ve been dominating the awards conversations so far in the season. As expected, One Battle After Another has the most mentions, at 16, closely followed by Hamnet and Sinners with 14 each, Marty Supreme at 13, and both Bugonia and Frankenstein with 12. Still, what’s most surprising and enticing is how BAFTA can go its own way and zig when we expect a zag. Consider their love for Nuremberg, and such local success stories as I Swear and The Ballad of Wallis Island…

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