The past year has been quite riveting for film, not to mention tumultuous, as the industry was put on pause due to the five-month WGA (writers) strike and overlapping five-month SAG-AFTRA (actors and artists) strike. From Christopher Nolan’s epic bigraphical thriller Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s existential feminist fantasy Barbie, to Martin Scorsese’s haunting western Killers of the Flower Moon and Justine Triet’s family legal drama Anatomy of a Fall, there are a lot of top contenders for the top prizes. The BAFTA film awards 2024 could be a tough call, but if the Golden Globes were anything to go by, the winners could be staring us right in the face.

The following is a run-down of this year’s film nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Awards. The ceremony will take place on Sunday 18th February (time TBA).

BEST FILM

Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Poor Things

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

All of Us Strangers
How To Have Sex
Napoleon
The Old Oak
Poor Things
Rye Lane
Saltburn
Scrapper
Wonka
The Zone of Interest – WINNER

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Blue Bag Life- Lisa Selby (Director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (Director, Producer), Alex Fry (Producer)
Bobi Wine: The People’s President – Christopher Sharp (Director) (with Moses Bwayo)
Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf (Writer, Director, Producer), Shirley O’Connor (Producer), Medb Riordan (Producer) – WINNER
How To Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker (Writer, Director)
Is There Anybody Out There? – Ella Glendining (Director)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

20 Days in Mariupol
Anatomy of a Fall
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest – WINNER

DOCUMENTARY

20 Days in Mariupol – WINNER
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Wham!

ANIMATED FILM

The Boy and the Heron – WINNER
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

DIRECTOR

Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer – WINNER
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari – WINNER
Barbie – Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
The Holdovers – David Hemingson
Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer
Past Lives – Celine Song

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh
American Fiction – Cord Jefferson – WINNER
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Poor Things – Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

LEADING ACTRESS

Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things – WINNER
Fantasia Barrion – The Color Purple
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane

LEADING ACTOR

Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer – WINNER
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers – WINNER
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Jacob Elordi – Saltburn
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer – WINNER
Ryan Gosling – Barbie

ORIGINAL SCORE

Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson – WINNER
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix
Saltburn – Anthony Willis
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton

CASTING

All of Us Strangers – Kahleen Crawford
Anatomy of a Fall – Cynthia Arra
The Holdovers – Susan Shopmaker – WINNER
How To Have Sex – Isabella Odoffin
Killers of the Flower Moon – Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro – Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema – WINNER
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
The Zone of Interest – Łukasz Żal

EDITING

Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal
Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker 
Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame – WINNER
Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
The Zone of Interest – Paul Watts

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Barbie – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman
Poor Things – Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek – WINNER
The Zone of Interest – Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora

COSTUME DESIGN

Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
Napoleon – Dave Crossman, Janty Yates
Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick
Poor Things – Holly Waddington – WINNER

MAKE UP & HAIR

Killers of the Flower Moon – Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen
Maestro – Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell
Napoleon – Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon
Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid
Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston – WINNER

SOUND

Ferrari – Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser
Maestro – Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor
Oppenheimer – Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A. Rizzo
The Zone of Interest – Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers – WINNER

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

The Creator – Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 – Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke
Napoleon – Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet
Poor Things – Simon Hughes – WINNER

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

Crab Day – Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak – WINNER
Visible Mending – Samantha Moore, Tilley Bancroft
Wild Summon – Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Jay Woolley

BRITISH SHORT FILM

Festival of Slaps – Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer
Gorka – Joe Weiland, Alex Jefferson
Jellyfish and Lobster – Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai – WINNER
Such a Lovely Day – Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton, Kate Phibbs
Yellow – Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati, Yiannis Manolopoulos

EE RISING STAR

Phoebe Dynevor
Ayo Edebiri
Jacob Elordi
Mia McKenna-Bruce – WINNER
Sophie Wilde

FELLOWSHIP AWARD

Samantha Morton