2021 BAFTA Film Awards : Nominations Unveiled, "Nomadland" & "Rocks" Lead (updated)

2021 BAFTA: Nominations Unveiled, “Nomadland” & “Rocks” Lead (updated) Tis the award season! Although the pandemic has managed to delay some of the biggest shows this year, the 2021 film awards season has kicked into high gear. The BAFTA Film Awards is the third most famous film awards show of the world. The British Academy Film Awards popular as BAFTA is one of the oldest and most prestigious Movie Awards Show of the globe which stands after the Oscars Award and Golden Globe awards.

The BAFTA Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor the best British and international contributions to film. And in the spirit of keeping up with the awards season, we bring to you everything we know so far about the 2021 BAFTA Film Awards.

Here’s the full list of 2021 BAFTA Film Award nominees:

BEST FILM

THE FATHER
Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt

THE MAURITANIAN
TBC

NOMADLAND
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

WITH HORSES
Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson, Joe Murtagh

THE DIG
Simon Stone, Gabrielle Tana, Moira Buffini

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

HIS HOUSE
Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward Kings, Roy Lee

LIMBO
Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont

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

MOGUL MOWGLI
Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Thomas Benski, Bennett McGhee

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara

ROCKS
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

HIS HOUSE
Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)

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

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

ROCKS
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers)

SAINT MAUD
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
Ladj Ly

MINARI
Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh

QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Jasmila Žbanić, 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

THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes

ANIMATED FILM

ONWARD
Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae

SOUL
Pete Docter, Dana Murray

WOLFWALKERS
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young

DIRECTOR

ANOTHER ROUND
Thomas Vinterberg

BABYTEETH
Shannon Murphy

MINARI
Lee Isaac Chung

NOMADLAND
Chloé Zhao

QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Jasmila Žbanić

ROCKS
Sarah Gavron

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

ANOTHER ROUND
Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg

MANK
Jack Fincher

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Emerald Fennell

ROCKS
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Aaron Sorkin

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DIG
Moira Buffini

THE FATHER
Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller

THE MAURITANIAN
Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven

NOMADLAND
Chloé Zhao

THE WHITE TIGER
Ramin Bahrani

LEADING ACTRESS

BUKKY BAKRAY
Rocks

RADHA BLANK
The Forty-Year-Old Version

VANESSA KIRBY
Pieces of a Woman

FRANCES McDORMAND
Nomadland

WUNMI MOSAKU
His House

ALFRE WOODARD
Clemency

LEADING ACTOR

RIZ AHMED
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

KOSAR ALI
Rocks

MARIA BAKALOVA
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

DOMINIQUE FISHBACK
Judas and the Black Messiah

ASHLEY MADEKWE
County Lines

YUH-JUNG YOUN
Minari

SUPPORTING ACTOR

DANIEL KALUUYA
Judas and the Black Messiah

BARRY KEOGHAN
Calm With Horses

ALAN KIM
Minari

LESLIE ODOM JR.
One Night in Miami…

CLARKE PETERS
Da 5 Bloods

PAUL RACI
Sound of Metal

ORIGINAL SCORE

MANK
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

MINARI
Emile Mosseri

NEWS OF THE WORLD
James Newton Howard

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Anthony Willis

SOUL
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

CASTING

CALM WITH HORSES
Shaheen Baig

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Alexa L. Fogel

MINARI
Julia Kim

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu

ROCKS
Lucy Pardee

CINEMATOGRAPHY

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Sean Bobbitt

MANK
Erik Messerschmidt

THE MAURITANIAN
Alwin H. Küchler

NEWS OF THE WORLD
Dariusz Wolski

NOMADLAND
Joshua James Richards

EDITING

THE FATHER
Yorgos Lamprinos

NOMADLAND
Chloé Zhao

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Frédéric Thoraval

SOUND OF METAL
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Alan Baumgarten

PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE DIG
Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald

THE FATHER
Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone

MANK
Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale

NEWS OF THE WORLD
David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan

REBECCA
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

COSTUME DESIGN

AMMONITE
Michael O’Connor

THE DIG
Alice Babidge

EMMA
Alexandra Byrne

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Ann Roth

MANK
Trish Summerville

MAKE UP & HAIR

THE DIG
Jenny Shircore

HILLBILLY ELEGY
Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal

MANK
Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams

PINOCCHIO
Mark Coulier

SOUND

GREYHOUND
TBC

NEWS OF THE WORLD
Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney

NOMADLAND
Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder

SOUL
Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker

SOUND OF METAL
Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

GREYHOUND
Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Sebastian von Overheidt

THE MIDNIGHT SKY
Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins

MULAN
Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher

TENET
Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

THE FIRE NEXT TIME
Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe

THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT
Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf

THE SONG OF A LOST BOY
Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein

WHEN ARE THE 2021 BAFTA NOMINEES ANNOUNCED?

The BAFTA nominees will be announced on Mar, 9 2021. This year the BAFTA Awards upended its nominating system in an effort to increase viewership of all the submitted films. As part of this process, the BAFTAs brought back longlists, which were revealed on February 4. Scroll down to see all the longlist semi-finalists for the 2021 BAFTA Awards nominations.

Round Two voting, to determine the nominations in the member voted categories, began on Friday 19 February 2021. C/ome back and check for updates!

WHEN AND WHERE ARE THE 2021 BAFTA BEING HELD?

The awards show is scheduled for Sunday, Apr. 11. The star-studded event will be held at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.

Scroll down to see all the longlist semi-finalists for the 2021 BAFTA Awards nominations.

BEST PICTURE (244 films submitted)

This is the only category voted for by all film voting members in all voting rounds. There will be 5 nominations.

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

BEST DIRECTOR (226 films submitted)

Round One: The chapter voted and the top 8 female and top 8 male directed films were longlisted. A jury picked 2 female and 2 male directors from the next 10 ranking female and male directed films.
Round Two: A jury will vote for the six nominations.

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…

BEST ACTOR (122 performances submitted)

Round One: The chapter voted and the top 12 were longlisted. A jury picked 3 performances from the next 10.
Round Two: A jury will vote for the 6 nominations.

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”

BEST ACTRESS (126 performances submitted)

Round One: The chapter voted and the top 12 were longlisted. A jury picked 3 performances from the next 10.
Round Two: A jury will vote for the 6 nominations.

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”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (298 performances submitted)

Round One: The chapter voted and the top 12 were longlisted. A jury picked 3 performances from the next 10.
Round Two: A jury will vote for the 6 nominations.

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”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (234 performances submitted)

Round One: The chapter voted and the top 12 were longlisted. A jury picked 3 performances from the next 10.
Round Two: A jury will vote for the 6 nominations.

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”