Baftas

The Baftas can seem like another stepping stone on the long road to the Oscars, but the UK industry’s highest honour can assert its own identity when it wants. Last year the British Academy of Film and Television Arts gave its best actress award to Joanna Scanlan for After Love, a film scarcely seen across the Atlantic, and for the seventh time in the past eight years chose differently from the US Academy in the best film race. (Bafta went for Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog while the Oscar went to the wispy Coda: a…

Is Bafta going Strictly Come Dancing? It may not be such a far-fetched idea, as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts gears up for its annual film awards on Sunday, when a portion of the show will be shown live on BBC One for the first time in a prime time early-evening slot. The awards show will have a new set of producers, a marketable host (actor Richard E Grant), a real-time celebrity interview studio hosted by This Morning’s Alison Hammond, and performances from popular music acts Ariana DeBose and Little…

Best filmWill win TárShould win TárShoulda been a contender AftersunBest directorWill win Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of InisherinShould win Park Chan-wook, Decision to LeaveShoulda been a contender Chinonye Chukwu, TillOutstanding debut by a British writer, director or producerWill win Charlotte Wells, AftersunShould win Charlotte Wells, AftersunShoulda been a contender Ruth Paxton, A BanquetBest British filmWill win LivingShould win LivingShoulda been a contender The Souvenir Part IIBest supporting actor? … Brendan…

The nominations for the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards were announced on Thursday. Only one Indian film made the cut, with Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes getting in for Best Documentary. SS Rajamouli's RRR, which although made it to the longlist for Best Film Not In The English Language, did not cut the final shortlist. The BAFTAs are scheduled to take place on 19 February. (Also read: BAFTAs release longlists: Gangubai Kathiawadi gets no noms despite campaigning, RRR still has Best Foreign Film hopes)Actors Hayley Atwell and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGerman drama All Quiet on the Western Front has matched an impressive Bafta record following the 2023 nominations announcement.The Netflix war film, directed by Edward Berger, has been nominated in 14 categories, including Best Film, Best Supporting Actor for Albrecht Schuch, and Best Adapted Screenplay.It’s the first major voting body to have honoured the film this season, with many…

All the films and actors up for awards at the 76th edition of the British Academy film awards• German drama All Quiet on the Western Front leads Baftas with record-equalling 14 nominationsBest filmAll Quiet on the Western FrontThe Banshees of InisherinElvisEverything Everywhere All at OnceTárOutstanding British filmAftersunThe Banshees of InisherinBrian and CharlesEmpire of LightGood Luck to You, Leo GrandeLivingRoald Dahl’s Matilda the MusicalSee How They RunThe SwimmersThe Wonder Continue reading... All the films and…

The Baftas have delivered a very unusual outlier to what we all thought was the accepted general drift of this year’s award season. It’s certainly a departure from English-speaking Hollywood, though perhaps a tribute to a very shrewd marketing campaign from a certain streaming service. At all events, the Golden Globes may have saluted Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, but not the voters of the British Academy who have largely overlooked that film in favour of a resoundingly announced love for the new version of the German…

All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger’s devastating Netflix drama about an idealistic German soldier sent to the trenches, has been named frontrunner at this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Awards.The film is shortlisted for 14 prizes, including best film, director, supporting actor and adapted screenplay. This means it ties with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) as the film with the most nominations not in the English language; Ang Lee’s martial arts epic went on to win four.Both films come…

Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in a new feature film about the late singer’s life, and Emma Mackey, star of Emily and Netflix’s hit show Sex Education, have been announced as nominees for this year’s Bafta rising star award.The actors have been shortlisted alongside Sheila Atim, Aimee Lou Wood, and Daryl McCormack for the only Bafta voted for by the British public. All five are from the UK and Ireland, while three are actors of colour.Ackie has received critical acclaim for her role as global superstar Houston in…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeRichard E Grant has been announced as the host of the 2023 Baftas ceremony, with Alison Hammond also receiving a hosting role.The awards show will take place in February at the Royal Festival Hall in the South Bank Centre.Grant, who is known for roles in the likes of Withnail and I, Game of Thrones and Gosford Park said: "I feel hugely privileged to be hosting the EE Baftas for the…