'Nomadland,' 'Rocks' Lead 2021 BAFTA Awards Nominations

‘Nomadland,’ ‘Rocks’ Lead 2021 BAFTA Awards Nominations

Even across the pond,Nomadlandis surging to the front of the pack of the awards race.Chloé Zhao’s exquisite road drama has raked up the most nominations at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards, alongsideSarah Gavron’s British dramaRocks. With these two films leading the 2021 BAFTA Awards nominations, the British awards ceremony is looking to have a historic year in diversity, just one year after it faced its own#BAFTAsSoWhite scandal.

With seven nominations each,Nomadland(which scored nods in best director, adapted screenplay, leading actress, cinematography, editing and sound categories) andRocks(outstanding British film, outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, best director, original screenplay, leading actress, supporting actress and casting) are shaping up this year’s BAFTA to be its most diverse yet. For the first time in BAFTA history, four women have been nominated in the director category. Meanwhile, three of the nominated directors are also up for best film not in the English language.

Following closely behindNomadlandandRocksareThe Father, Mank, Minari, andPromising Young Womanwith six nominations each, whileThe DigandThe Mauritanianboth received five nods. Overall, a total of 50 films earned nominations at this year’s BAFTA Awards, up from 39 last year, according toVariety. It’s part of an encouraging push to support new talent, which is reflected in this year’s incredibly diverse slate.

This year’s BAFTA Awards will take place in two two separate shows airing on April 10 and 11, broadcast virtually out of London’s Royal Albert Hall.

See the 2021 BAFTA Film Award nominees below.

THE FATHER

Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt

THE MAURITANIAN

Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

Stuart Besser, Marc Platt

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

CALM WITH HORSES

Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson, Joe Murtagh

Simon Stone, Gabrielle Tana, Moira Buffini

Florian Zeller, Philippe Carcassone, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt, Christopher Hampton

Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward Kings, Roy Lee

Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont

Kevin Macdonald, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven

MOGUL MOWGLI

Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Thomas Benski, Bennett McGhee

Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara

Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Faye Ward, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson

SAINT MAUD

Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)

Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), Irune Gurtubai (Producer) [also produced by Angus Lamont]

Jack Sidey (Writer/Producer) [also written by Oliver Hermanus and produced by Eric Abraham]

Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers)

Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer) [also produced by Andrea Cornwell]

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ANOTHER ROUND

Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen

DEAR COMRADES!

Andrei Konchalovsky, Alisher Usmanov

LES MISÉRABLES

Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh

QUO VADIS, AIDA?

Jasmila Žbani?, Damir Ibrahimovich

DOCUMENTARY

COLLECTIVE

Alexander Nanau

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET

Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey

THE DISSIDENT

Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster

Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes

ANIMATED FILM

Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae

Pete Docter, Dana Murray

WOLFWALKERS

Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young

Thomas Vinterberg

Shannon Murphy

Lee Isaac Chung

Chloé Zhao

Jasmila Žbani?

Sarah Gavron

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg

Jack Fincher

Emerald Fennell

Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson

Aaron Sorkin

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Moira Buffini

Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller

Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven

THE WHITE TIGER

Ramin Bahrani

LEADING ACTRESS

BUKKY BAKRAY

RADHA BLANK

The Forty-Year-Old Version

VANESSA KIRBY

Pieces of a Woman

FRANCES McDORMAND

WUNMI MOSAKU

ALFRE WOODARD

LEADING ACTOR

Sound of Metal

CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

ADARSH GOURAV

The White Tiger

ANTHONY HOPKINS

The Father

MADS MIKKELSEN

Another Round

TAHAR RAHIM

The Mauritanian

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

NIAMH ALGAR

Calm With Horses

MARIA BAKALOVA

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

DOMINIQUE FISHBACK

Judas and the Black Messiah

ASHLEY MADEKWE

County Lines

YUH-JUNG YOUN

SUPPORTING ACTOR

DANIEL KALUUYA

BARRY KEOGHAN

LESLIE ODOM JR.

One Night in Miami…

CLARKE PETERS

Da 5 Bloods

ORIGINAL SCORE

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Emile Mosseri

NEWS OF THE WORLD

James Newton Howard

Anthony Willis

Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Shaheen Baig

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

Alexa L. Fogel

Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu

Lucy Pardee

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sean Bobbitt

Erik Messerschmidt

Alwin H. Küchler

Dariusz Wolski

Joshua James Richards

Yorgos Lamprinos

Frédéric Thoraval

SOUND OF METAL

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

Alan Baumgarten

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald

Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone

Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale

David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan

Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

COSTUME DESIGN

Michael O’Connor

Alice Babidge

Alexandra Byrne

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM

Trish Summerville

MAKE UP & HAIR

Jenny Shircore

HILLBILLY ELEGY

Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle

Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal

Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams

Mark Coulier

Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney

Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder

Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker

Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc