LAST UPDATE | 27 Jan

JESSIE BUCKLEY HAS been nominated for the award of Leading Actress at the British Academy Film Awards (Baftas), with Paul Mescal receiving the nod for Supporting Actor.

Derry author Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet screenplay, written alongside the film’s director Chloe Zhao, picked up a nomination for Adapted Screenplay. 

Hamnet was also nominated for Costume Design, Director, Best Film, Production Design, Original Score, Makeup and Hair, and Outstanding British Film. Emily Watson was nominated for Supporting Actress for her role in the film.

The film received 11 nominations in total across the 25 categories.

Among other Irish interests are three films that were produced, developed and financed by Dublin and London based Element Pictures. The production company was behind films Bugonia, Pillion, and My Father’s Shadow.

The three films have a total of nine nominations between them.

The company’s founders Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe descried the nominations as “an incredible honour” that “reflect the dedication, creativity and collaboration of the exceptional teams” behind the three films.

British actors Amy Lou Wood and David Jonsson announced the nominees on a livestream at noon today.

The unveiling of the Bafta nominations follows the recent announcement of Oscar nominations that saw Golden Globe winner Buckley pick up a nomination for her role in Hamnet, while her co-star Paul Mescal missed out.

Films Hamnet, Sinners, and One Battle After Another have led nominations at the awards this year.

Hamnet has a home advantage here as it could win either overall Best Film or Outstanding British Film (its stars and author may be Irish, but it was filmed in England and primarily produced by English studios).

The Baftas will be held on Sunday, 22 February, with its ceremony taking place at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre.

The full list of nominees:

Adapted Screenplay

• The Ballad of Wallis Island – Tom Basden, Tim Key
• Bugonia – Will Tracey
• Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
• One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Pillion – Harry Lighton

Animated Film

• Elio 
• Little Amélie
• Zootropolis 2

Best Film

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

British Short Animation

• Cardboard
• Solstice
• Two Black Boys in Paradise

British Short Film

• Welcome Home Freckles
• Magid/Zafar
• Nostalgie
• Terence
• This is Endometriosis

Casting

• I Swear – Lauren Evans
• Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
• One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
• Sentimental Value – Yngvill Kolset Haga, Avy Kaufman
• Sinners – Francine Maisler

Children’s & Family Film

• Arco
• Boong
• Lilo & Stitch
• Zootropolis 2

Cinematography

• Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
• Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
• One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
• Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
• Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso

Costume Design

• Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
• Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska
• Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizii
• Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
• Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell

Director

• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Yorgos Lanthimos – Bugonia
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Documentary

• 2000 Meters To Andriivka
• Apocalypse In The Tropics
• Cover-Up
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbour

Editing

• A House of Dynamite – Kirk Baxter
• F1 – Stephen Mirrione
• Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
• One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
• Sinners – Michael P. Shawver

Film not in the English Language

• It Was Just an Accident
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sirat
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Leading Actor

• Robert Aramayo – I Swear
• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
• Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

Leading Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue 
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone – Bugonia

Makeup & Hair

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• Wicked: For Good

Original Score 

• Hamnet – Max Richter
• One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners – Ludwig Goransson
• Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
• Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat

Original Screenplay

• I Swear – Kirk Jones
• Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
• The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonca Filho
• Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
• Sinners – Ryan Coogler

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema (Non Competitive)

• Clare Binns

Outstanding British Film

• 28 Years Later
• The Ballad of Wallis Island
• Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
• Die My Love
• H is for Hawk
• Hamnet
• I Swear
• Mr Burton
• Pillion
• Steve

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

• Pillion
• The Ceremony
• Wasteman
• A Want In Her
• My Father’s Shadow

Production Design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Sound

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Warfare

Special Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Frankenstein
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Lost Bus

Supporting Actor

• Paul Mescal – Hamnet
• Peter Mullan – I Swear
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value
• Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein

Supporting Actress

• Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
• Carey Mulligan – The Ballad of Wallis Island
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
• Emily Watson – Hamnet