The Bafta, British film awards, will be presented on March 13 in London. The list of nominees was announced Thursday.
The space operaDunes » and Jane Campion’s dark western « The Power of the Dog » are at the top of the nominations for the Bafta, the British film awards, announced on Thursday, and which will be awarded on March 13 in London. “Dune”, adaptation of the science fiction novel by Frank Herbert by Denis Villeneuve, amassed eleven nominations, including those for original music, casting, and best film.
“The Power of the Dog” was nominated in eight categories including Best Director and Best Picture. Benedict Cumberbatch who stars in the lead role, and her co-stars Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee are all nominated.
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Best Supporting Actor nominees also include Mike Faist, who plays the Jets frontman in ‘West Side Story’, Ciaran Hinds for his role as ‘Pop’ in ‘Belfast’, Troy Kotsur for ‘CODA’ and 11-year-old Woody Norman for “C’mon C’mon,” making him this year’s youngest nominee.
Lady Gaga facing Emilia Jones and Renate Reinsve
The Hollywood star Will Smith is competing in the best lead actor category for “The Williams Method”, in which he plays the father of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams. He rivals Mahershala Ali for “Swan Song”, Adeel Akhtar for “Ali & Ava”, Leonardo DiCaprio for “Don’t Look Up”, Stephen Graham for “Boiling Point” and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Side best actress compete Lady Gaga for “House Of Gucci”, Alana Haim for “Licorice Pizza”, Emilia Jones for “Coda”, Renate Reinsve for “Julie (in twelve chapters)”, Joanna Scanlan for “After Love” and Tessa Thompson for “Chiaroscuro” . absent noticed, Kristen Stewart whose interpretation of Lady Di in “Spencer” was not retained.
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The film “Belfast”, inspired by Kenneth Brannagh’s childhood in the heart of the Northern Irish violence of the late 1960s, has six nominations including that of best film, but the Briton does not appear in the director category. This last category includes as many women as men, including the Frenchwoman Julia Ducournau for “Titane”. The French film “Petite Maman” by Céline Sciamma is also nominated in the “foreign language film” category.
Less than a third of actor nominations went to non-white performers – down sharply from last year’s record two-thirds, but still above historical averages. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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