'Nomadland' and 'Rocks' lead the list of nominees for this year's BAFTA Film Awards.
Chloe Zhao
The Chloe Zhao-directed drama movie has received seven nominations in total, including Best Film, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actress (Frances McDormand), Cinematography, Editing and Sound.
The acclaimed filmmaker - who recently won the Best Director gong at the Golden Globes - will face competition for the coveted accolade from the likes of Thomas Vinterberg, Shannon Murphy, Lee Isaac Chung, Jasmila Zbanic and Sarah Gavron, the director of 'Rocks'.
The coming-of-age drama movie has also received seven nominations, including nods in the categories of Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Producer, Original Screenplay, and Casting.
Elsewhere, 'The Father', 'Mank', 'Minari', and 'Promising Young Woman' have all received six nominations each.
'The Father' - which is helmed by Florian Zeller and stars the likes of Sir Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman - tells the story of an ageing man who is struggling to deal with his progressing memory loss.
The movie has been nominated in the Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actor, Editing and Production Design categories.
Similarly, 'Mank' - the biographical drama about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz - has received nods in the categories of Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, and Make-up and Hair.
Meanwhile, 'The Dig' and 'The Mauritanian' have been handed five nominations, while 'Another Round', 'Calm With Horses', 'Judas and the Black Messiah', 'News of the World' and 'Sound of Metal' have all been handed four nods.
In the acting categories, 16 of the 24 acting nominees this year represent ethnic minority groups, with the event having attracted criticism last year for its lack of diversity.
In 2020, not one actor of colour was nominated for an award and the Academy subsequently came under fire for its decisions.
This year, however, the likes of Daniel Kaluuya, Riz Ahmed, Dominique Fishback, Tahar Rahim and Bukky Bakray have all been given nods, while the likes of Viola Davis, Sacha Baron Cohen, Olivia Colman, Glenn Close and Gary Oldman - some of whom had been tipped for success - have been overlooked.
Krishnendu Majumdar, the BAFTA chair, has hailed this year's list of nominees as a watershed moment for the Academy.
He said: "After last year's nominations, we started the BAFTA Review process with the intention of levelling the playing field and introduced a range of measures to ensure that all entered films were seen by our members and judged on merit.
"We hope today you can see some of those changes reflected in the breadth and depth of those nominated and we congratulate all our nominees."
The award winners will be announced at a ceremony without a live audience on April 11.
BAFTA Film Awards 2021 selected nominees:
Best Film:
The Father
The Mauritanian
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Outstanding British Film:
Calm with Horses
The Dig
The Father
His House
Limbo
The Mauritanian
Mogul Mowgli
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
Saint Maud
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer:
His House, Remi Weekes
Limbo, Ben Sharrock
Moffie, Jack Sidey
Rocks, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
Saint Maud, Rose Glass
Film not in English language:
Another Round
Dear Comrades!
Les Misérables
Minari
Quo Vadis, Aida?
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
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Director:
Shannon Murphy, Babyteeth
Jasmila Zbanic, Quo Vadis, Aida?
Sarah Gavron, Rocks
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Original Screenplay:
Another Round
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Rocks
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Adapted Screenplay:
The Dig
The Father
The Mauritanian
Nomadland
The White Tiger
Leading Actress:
Bukky Bakray, Rocks
Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Wunmi Mosaku, His House
Alfre Woodward, 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
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