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Star Wars: Visions volume 2 will stream on Disney+ on May 4, 2023.

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Title: “Sith”

Studio: El Guiri

Writer-director: Rodrigo Blaas

Rodrigo Blaas is an Emmy Award®-winning director who has spent more than 20 years in animation. After co-founding Stromboli Animation in 1997, Blaas joined Blue Sky Studios in 2000, working on the feature film Ice Age, before transitioning to Pixar Animation Studios. There, he worked on such projects as Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), and Wall-E (2008) and on the Oscar®-nominated short film La Luna (2011). More recently, Blaas partnered with Guillermo del Toro to develop the award-winning series Trollhunters, served as creative director for Mikros Animation Paris and, in 2021, created El Guiri Studios in Madrid with his partner, Cecile Hokes. He also wrote and directed 2009’s award-winning short film Alma.

Title: “Screecher’s Reach”

Studio: Cartoon Saloon

Director: Paul Young

Paul Young is a co-founder of Cartoon Saloon, an IFTA winner and Oscar®, Emmy® and BAFTA nominee. He produced the animated features My Father’s Dragon, WolfWalkers, The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, and The Breadwinner as well as award-winning TV series including Puffin Rock, Dorg Van Dango, and Viking Skool.

Title: “In the Stars”

Studio: Punkrobot

Writer-director: Gabriel Osorio

Gabriel Osorio majored in Fine Arts at Universidad de Chile, later specializing in 3D animation. After working in commercials, movies and television series, he founded Punkrobot Studio. Since 2008, he has directed projects for children’s television including Flipos, Muelin y Perlita, Soccer Girls, and television spots. In 2016, his short film Bear Story became the first Latin American project to win an Oscar® in the animated short category.

Title: “I Am Your Mother”

Studio: Aardman

Director: Magdalena Osinska

Magdalena Osinska is an award-winning director who has been with Aardman for eight years. She has directed stop-motion, CGI, 2D and live-action commercials including Wallace & Gromit’s “The Great Sofa Caper” and “Share the Orange.” Osinska directed development of the children’s series Joyets and has also directed films including Spirits of the Piano and Zbigniev’s Cupboard. A graduate of the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, UK, as well as the Polish Film School in Lodz and Art College in Warsaw, Osinska is currently developing the feature film Jasia, based on her grandmother’s memories of WWII Poland.

Title: “Journey to the Dark Head”

Studio: Studio Mir

Director: Hyeong Geun Park

Rising star Hyeong Geun Park had already made a name for himself when he entered the Korean animation industry in 2017, thanks to his strong drawing and animation sensibilities. He has directed animation for dozens of cinematic game trailers and has since expanded into animated series, working on projects including Dota: Dragon’s Blood: Book 3 (2022) and Lookism (2022). Journey to the Dark Head is the first title he has executive produced from start to finish.

Title: “The Spy Dancer”

Studio: Studio La Cachette

Writer-director: Julien Chheng

Julien Chheng is CEO of Studio La Cachette, an Emmy Award®-winning French animation studio he co-founded in 2014 with fellow Gobelins school’s alumni Oussama Bouacheria and Ulysse Malassagne. Chheng was trained in visual development at Disney and has worked as a character animator on acclaimed 2D animated features The Rabbi’s Cat, Mune, and the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest and Celestine. In 2021, he won an Emmy Award® as animation executive producer of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, for which he also served as animation supervisor. In 2022, Chheng directed with Jean-Christophe Roger the Cesar-nominated feature Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia.

Title: “The Bandits of Golak”

Studio: 88 Pictures

Director: Ishan Shukla

Ishan Shukla started his career as a CG artist in Singapore. For more than a decade, he spearheaded projects ranging from TV commercials to series and music videos. His 2016 animated short, "Schirkoa," was long listed for the Academy Awards® after receiving dozens of awards and playing at 120 international festivals, including SIGGRAPH Asia where it was named Best in Show. He then set up his own animation studio to work on adult-oriented animated feature films including a feature-length version of Schirkoa, set to hit festivals in summer 2023.

Title: “The Pit”

Studios: D’art Shtajio and Lucasfilm Ltd.

Writer-director-executive producer: LeAndre Thomas

Co-director: Justin Ridge

LeAndre Thomas is an award-winning writer and director from Oakland, Calif., whose most recent film won Best Director at the Pasadena International Film Festival. In addition to his independent films, Thomas is a part of the franchise studio team at Lucasfilm Ltd. where he has worked for more than 11 years being credited on recent titles such as Light & Magic, The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, and many more.

Justin Ridge executive produced the Emmy®-nominated series Star Wars Resistance. His credits also include Star Wars Rebels, Storks, The Cleveland Show, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Title: “Aau’s Song”

Studio: Triggerfish

Writer-directors: Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke

Nadia Darries is a director, animator and co-founder of Goon Valley Animation, with an avocation for songwriting. Born in the Cape Flats in South Africa, Darries has worked on high-end animated film and motion design as an animator, project manager, creative director and director since 2015. Her experience includes animating at Triggerfish Animation Studios on the award-winning BBC films Stick Man, Revolting Rhymes, and Highway Rat.

Daniel Clarke is a Cape Town-based director and artist working in animation, film and illustration. He started his career in animation in 2008 at Triggerfish Animation Studios, where he has served as production designer, art director and director on projects such as the feature film Khumba, BBC’s Stick Man, and The Snail and the Whale. In 2018, along with James Clarke and Daniel Snaddon, he completed the graphic novel Kariba.

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'Cillian Murphy paid a heartfelt tribute to his wife and sons as he won the Best Actor BAFTA for his role in Oppenheimer on Sunday, as the movie swept the board bagging seven gongs.

The Irish actor, 47, who plays the titular role in Christopher Nolan's atomic bomb saga, picked up the prize at the star-studded London's Royal Festival Hall ceremony.

Presented with the trophy by Cate Blanchett, he paid tribute to wife of 20-years Yvonne McGuinness as well as sons Malachy, 18, and Aran, 16, who is also an actor.

Saying: 'To Yvonne, Malachy and Aran you are my best friend and I love you so much'.

Cillian triumphed over Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Colman Domingo for Rustin, Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers, Barry Keoghan for Saltburn and Teo Yoo for Past Lives.

Accepting the trophy he said: 'Oh boy, holy moly, thank you very, very much BAFTA.'

He also paid tribute to 'the most dynamic, kindest producer-director partnership in Hollywood: Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas, thank you for seeing something in me that I probably didn't see in myself.'

The Irish actor said to Nolan: 'Thank for always pushing me and demanding excellence because that is what you deliver time and time again.'

He also acknowledged his 'fellow nominees and my Oppenhomies', adding: 'I know it's a cliche to say, but I'm in awe of you.'

Cillian described J Robert Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, was a 'colossally knotty character', adding: 'We have a space to debate and interrogate and investigate that complexity and it's a privilege to be a part of this community with you all.

Downey Jr, 58, also collected a BAFTA for his role as Lewis Strauss in the Hollywood blockbuster, which has swept the board during the 2024 awards season.

Robert admitted he owes the award to Nolan, producer Emma Thomas and leading man Murphy, as well as 'British influence'.

Gesturing to Nolan, he said: 'Recently that dude suggested I attempt an understated approach as a last ditch effort to resurrect my dwindling credibility.'

Downey Jr's win set a new record for the longest gap between wins by any performer as it comes 31 years after his previous BAFTA, for the 1993 film Chaplin.

The previous record was 27 years, set by Sir Anthony Hopkins in 2021 when he won the award for best actor for The Father, nearly three decades after his 1994 win for Shadowlands.

Nolan won the Best Director BAFTA for Oppenheimer, his epic tale of how the nuclear bomb was created.

Before accepting the award from actor Hugh Grant, Nolan hugged Murphy.

Nolan joked that his brother 'beat him up here' by being in a chorus of a production 40 years ago.

Nolan has previously lost out despite numerous commercial successes such as Inception and The Dark Knight, the UK-born filmmaker won out against Jonathan Glazer [The Zone of Interest], Justine Triet [Anatomy of a Fall], Alexander Payne [The Holdovers], Bradley Cooper [Maestro] and Andrew Haigh [All of Us Strangers].

He paid tribute to Murphy and added to those who backed the film: 'Thank you for taking on something dark'.

The director also acknowledged the efforts of nuclear disarmament organisations to bring peace.

Oppenheimer swept up in the big name categories, but it was closely followed by the surreal black comedy Poor Things...'

#Cillian Murphy #Christopher Nolan #Oppenheimer #Robert Downey Jr.#Andrew Haigh #All of Us Strangers #Chaplin #BAFTAs #Poor Things #Cate Blanchett #Sir Anthony Hopkins #The Father

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Dr. Who & The Daleks: The Official Story of the Films by John Walsh Available Now from Titan Books

The definitive guide to the making of the classic 1960s Dr. Who movies, lavishly illustrated and packed with insights into these beloved films.

Dr. Who and the Daleks: The Official Story of the Films is the definitive guide to the making of Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. The first and only big-screen adaptations of the long-running TV series, the films, starring Peter Cushing as the titular time-traveller, are beloved by fans – and the Daleks, in glorious Technicolor, have never looked better.

Author and film expert John Walsh has unearthed a treasure trove of archive material, interviews and stunning artwork, and takes us through the whole process of translating the metal monsters from small screen to big. In-depth information on the production, design, casting and special effects is accompanied by full-colour illustrations, including props, posters, and behind-the-scenes photography – making it the perfect gift for fans of the films.

About the Author

John Walsh is an award winning filmmaker with a focus on social justice. His work ranges from television series to feature films. He is a double BAFTA and double Grierson Awards nominee for his groundbreaking work. John’s 1989 documentary on Ray Harryhausen (Movement Into Life) is held in the Ray and Diana Foundation‘s archive. John also produced HD audio and film commentary recordings with Ray in his final years.

Hardcover | $50.00 Published by Titan Books Dec 05, 2022 (UK) Dec 20, 2022 (US) | 160 Pages | 10 x 12 | ISBN 9781803360188

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By Brandon Gantt

Dr. Who & The Daleks: The Official Story of the Films is a title that I have eagerly looked forward to since it was announced. Filmmaker and author John Walsh has the golden touch (or pen) when writing definitive guides on classic cult cinema. He’s done it thrice over with his tomes, Harryhausen: The Lost Movies (2019), Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film (2020), and Escape From New York: The Official Story of the Film (2021), all for Titan Books. To say my expectations were high would be an understatement. Consumers and reviewers highly regarded all three previous titles, and all were nominated for Rondo Hatton Classic Horror awards!

Luckily Dr. Who & The Daleks: The Official Story of the Films lives up to Walsh’s previous titles and my lofty expectations! John takes control of TARDIS and drops us effortlessly back to the swinging sixties, where Dalekmania was running wild, culminating in the two 1960s Doctor Who film adaptations, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. John does an admirable job of painting a vivid picture of the making of these two films, drawn from lots of archive material, interviews, unseen artwork, and gloriously restored and colourised photos by Clayton Hickman. The book examines the complete production process for both films, including production, design, casting, and distribution, all accompanied by a cornucopia of illustrations, behind-the-scenes photos, posters, and props that I’ve never seen before. The overseas promotional campaigns are always fascinating, as Doctor Who had yet to become the worldwide phenomenon it is today.

This book is a must-purchase. Whether you are a fan of Doctor Who or just cinema, John Walsh has done a magnificent job capturing the excitement and enthusiasm of 1960s Doctor Who.

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the-essex-serpent-tv · 1 year

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Today Apple was honored by the Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards with nine nominations for critically acclaimed hit series including “Prehistoric Planet,” narrated by Emmy Award winner Sir David Attenborough; “Bad Sisters,” from BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Sharon Horgan; “The Essex Serpent,” starring Emmy Award winner Claire Danes and Emmy Award nominee Tom Hiddleston; Slow Horses,” starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman; and season three of the heartwarming drama “Trying.”

These nominations mark Apple’s most recent recognition from the Royal Television Society following wins in 2021 for “9/11: Inside the President’s War Room” and “Earth At Night In Color,” and are the latest in a string of accolades for Apple Original films, documentaries and series earning 282 wins and 1,240 award nominations and counting, including the multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy “Ted Lasso” and this year’s Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”

The Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards recognize the huge variety of skills and processes involved in program production from editing to lighting, and costume design to digital effects. The winners of the Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards will be unveiled at a ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane on Monday, December 5.

Apple landed nine Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award nominations for:

“Prehistoric Planet”

Production Design: Entertainment & Non Drama Effects Design: Programme Content Sequence

“Bad Sisters”

Music: Original Score Music: Original Title

“The Essex Serpent”

Production Management Award Design Titles

“Slow Horses”

Music: Original Title

“Trying”

Sound: Entertainment & Non Drama

“The Essex Serpent”

“The Essex Serpent” follows London widow Cora Seaborne, played by Claire Danes, who moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms a surprising bond of science and skepticism with the local pastor, played by Tom Hiddleston, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.

#the essex serpent #rts craft & design awards #tom hiddleston #claire danes

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Exclusive Interview: Oscar-nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on Ava DuVernay's Origin "we have made a dangerous film & I delight in that danger"

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and BET nominations, among many other accolades, for her performance as Oracene Price, the mother and tennis coach of Venus and Serena Williams, in Reinaldo Marcus Green’s 2021 feature King Richard. More recently, her work was recognized with a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as part of the ensemble cast of Blitz Bazawule’s…

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BabyThump - Award Winning & BAFTA Qualifying British Short Film from Anna McNutt on Vimeo.

An absurd dark comedy about the uncanny arrival of a baby on an unsuspecting couple.

Being woken by a newborn is one thing...what to do with it? That's quite another.

Starring Kathryn O'Reilly, Derek Elwood, and Brigid Lohrey

Dir. Ian Killick Prod. Anna McNutt DOP. Tristan Chenais

Winner: Audience Award, Encounters Film Festival, UK, 2022 Winner: Best Psychological Short, Cult Movies International Film Festival, 2022 Nominee: Best Script, Exit 6 Film Festival, UK, 2022 Semi-Finalist: Best Narrative Short Film, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, 2022 Official Selection: Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK, 2022 Official Selection: Bolton International Film Festival, UK, 2022 Official Selection: Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2022 Official Selection: Berlin British Shorts Film Festival, Germany, 2022 Official Selection: Calgary Underground Film Festival, Canada, 2022 Official Selection: PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2021

Reviews: horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/reviews/babythump-2021/

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Music by Erich Kleiber, 1950, Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op. 92.

German translation by Liza Widemann.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, and More Join The Book of Clarence

A staggering number of new cast members have been confirmed to join Legendary Pictures’ The Book of Clarence, a follow-up to writer, director, composer and producer, Jeymes Samuel’s success on his 2021 BAFTA-winning feature debut, The Harder They Fall. Academy Award nominee, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Golden Globe Award nominee, James McAvoy have signed on for the new film to be led by LaKeith…

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2022 Oscar nominations reactions slugfest: Contributors venting over the most exciting surprises and heartbreaking shocks

“Be careful what you wish for,” Gold Derby senior editor Rob Licuria proclaims when reacting to the announcement of the 2022 Oscar nominations, which were announced in a live presentation Tuesday morning by Leslie Jordan (“Will & Grace”) and Tracee Ellis Ross (“black-ish”).

“A few days ago, I said to some of you that I love a really unpredictable race and I love it how it’s crazy and it’s hard to predict and it keeps things interesting,” he says, adding that ultimately, while “there were some really interesting and happy surprises and of course, a lot of nominations that we expected, there were also a few snubbed, so to speak, that I found really hard to swallow.”

Licuria debates with contributors Charles Bright, Riley Chow and Tony Ruiz to vent about what they are delighted to see included in Oscar’s class of 2022 and also some of those head-scratching snubs and heartbreaking shocks. Watch our Academy Awards nominations reactions slugfest video above.

Kicking things off for the guys was Caitriona Balfe (“Belfast”) missing out on a supporting actress bid, which nobody saw coming. Chow was perplexed by her exclusion, noting that it was his favorite performance of the year, but agreed that it was likely a result of some category confusion by academy voters, who are free to nominate actors as either a lead or supporting performance), where Balfe likely scored votes in both categories, thereby diluting her overall chances at scoring that coveted first Oscar nomination.

What made some of the shock exclusions all the more difficult to reconcile was that the so-called Oscar pre-cursors, i.e. those kudosfests that shape the Oscar derby by weighing in with their choices in the lead-up to the Oscar nominations announcement, were less predictive than usual. Certain contenders, like Balfe, Ruth Negga (“Passing”) and perhaps most surprisingly Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”) missed out after a promising pre-Oscars run, while other contenders showed up on Oscar nominations morning with little to no precursor support, like Penelope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”) who missed at SAG, Critics Choice and BAFTA, but squeaked in at the Oscars. “The tea leaves are nowhere more confusing than in Best Actress,” Ruiz sighs.

Other misses the guys weren’t happy about included Nicolas Cage (“Pig”), Marlee Matlin (“CODA”), Ann Dowd (“Mass”) and director Denis Villeneuve (“Dune”) to name just a few.

As for nominees that the guys were most happy about, Bright summed it up best when he pointed out that Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) making the cut was a good news story for the day. “I’m happy for her, being a first time Oscar nominee,” he says. “She should she should savor that, for all that it’s worth.”

He was also excited about the four surprising nominations for Japanese critics’ darling “Drive My Car,” which he says is testament to he power of the critics for prestige films like this. “I really think that the critics, especially critics groups really help put a spotlight on ‘Drive My Car’ and has helped it,” he explains, adding that it “all started with New York and then LA and the National Society of Film Critics. A bunch of them went with this and I’m sure that it boosted its profile and made sure that people in the Academy watched it.”

“What this line-up shows is that ‘The Power of the Dog” is a huge front runner,” Ruiz declares about his favorite film of 2021. “Everything just has kind of solidified around it, which I think is the unexpected thing. I did not expect 12 nominations for this!”

Among Chow’s favorites was Jesse Plemons (“The Power of the Dog”) and Jessie Buckley (“The Lost Daughter”), both included after unfortunately missing out the year before. “Jesse and Jessie should have been nominated last year in lead for ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things,’ so I think it’s a kind of a nice surprise that they’re both nominated in supporting this year.”

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Why did the Oscars snub Lady Gaga, Caitríona Balfe, and more 2022 contenders? EW breaks down the nods

Caitríona Balfe was one of the first major acting contenders to peak early in the conversation, earning raves out of the fall festivals for a film that, by all indications, was expected to sweep the Oscar nominations the moment it landed TIFF's prestigious People's Choice Award — a key foreteller of eventual Best Picture traction.

Initially succeeding largely on reviews for Kenneth Branagh's lived-in handling of a personal story (it's a semi-autobiographical look at his struggle through the Troubles in 1960s Ireland), the film sustained through the race thanks to the lovable, deeply engaging ensemble cast at its heart. Upon first viewing, it's clear that the family at the film's core is led by a lioness, Ma (Balfe), and her sensitive lamb of husband, Pa (Jamie Dornan). While both of their narratives drive the bulk of the story, the roles of the family grandparents Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds take a clear (but memorable) backseat to the younger set. That distinction is clear when absorbing the film, but all of the film's stars were campaigned in the supporting categories, presenting a problem for a branch like the Academy, which can vote for actors in whatever category its voters choose, regardless of where a respective actor campaigned. Thus, someone like Dench — a beloved, respected, past Oscar winner — in a clear supporting role likely earned more votes in the category than Balfe, who might've split her own chances thanks to category-crossing votes from Academy members who aren't paying attention to social media chatter.

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Remember… there's a slim possibility that the Academy did with her what they did with Winslet for THE READER, and just took it upon themselves to elevate her to lead actress, the category in which she may actually belong. — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter

#Tait rhymes with hat #Good times #BelfastMovie #Gold Derby #9 February 2022 #Entertainment Weekly #8 February 2022 #OscarNoms #Oscars #Belfast #Worldwide 2022 #Twitter #Campaign To Shorten Awards Season

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My 2022 Oscar Predictions

Cinema is back! The last year since the 2021 Oscars were handed out in April 2021 has given us big blockbuster experiences: “Dune”, “No Time To Die”, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and latest “The Batman”, which of course will have to wait until next year’s Oscars to fight for the awards. While the three aforementioned 2021 Blockbusters are all up for Oscars, it is only “Dune” that really is part of the biggest races with no less than 10 nominations only surpassed by Netflix’ “The Power of the Dog”, which highlights another trend of 2021: the atmospheric slowburner. Apart from Jane Campion’s take on the West, we were given beautiful slowburners such as “Drive My Car”, “Nightmare Alley” and “Mass” (which sadly hasn’t been nominated for anything). Other trends were the comeback of musicals with films like “In the Heights” (not nominated), “Cyrano” (one nomination) “Tick, tick…BOOM!” (two nominations) and of course Spielberg’s long awaited remake of “West Side Story” (7 nominations) and some true feel good stories as we got in “King Richard” (6 nominations), “CODA” (3 nominations) and “Licorice Pizza” (3 nominations). Finally, as a Dane, I of course HAVE to highlight the historic presence of “Flee”, which is the first film ever to score trio nominations for Best Animated Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film.

All in all, however, I personally find last year’s slate of films to be stronger. There were simply more films I loved last year. Although, I still like a lot of the films from this year, “Flee” is actually the only one of them all to get a 5/5 score from me on Letterboxd. In all 53 films were nominated and I ended up seeing 50 of them with only a couple of short films sadly missing from my watchlist. In no way a sign of devaluing the shorts, unlike what The Academy has done to those three categories along with Film Editing, Make-Up and Hairstyling, Production Design, Score and Sound. A shameful decision forced by ABC’s negligence of the crafts without which there would be no films to celebrate. I hope to see plenty of artists, presenters and winners protesting this decision on the red carpet, during the show and after the show, so the decision will be rolled back before next year’s awards.

So who will win? Here are my predictions: (In parenthesis are my personal ratings of the films from 1-5)

Best Picture

Belfast (3,5)

CODA (4,0)

Don’t Look Up (4,0)

Drive My Car (4,5)

Dune (4,0)

King Richard (4,0)

Licorice Pizza (4,5)

Nightmare Alley (4,0)

The Power of the Dog (4,5)

West Side Story (3,5)

It started off as being Belfast’s to lose. Then that slowly disappeared out of the race and for a long time it looked like it would be a one horse race with The Power of the Dog as the obvious winner. However, that only until the entire cast of CODA hit the stage at the SAG Awards to collect their SAG Ensemble award. Since then CODA has taken home adapted screenplay at BAFTA (ahead of British Belfast) and WGA as well as PGA. Some heavy weight awards to walk into the Oscars with. And it looks like it very well could be enough for CODA, who might also have an advantage in the preferential ballot system. I have a clear idea that CODA is easier to love and it is to hate, whereas The Power of the Dog might be hard to love and easier to dislike. I doubt many people will have The Power of the Dog in the middle of their ballot - it will either take a top spot or a bottom spot, whereas I think CODA will take top spots and middle spots as people tend to put their hated or disliked films in the bottom. Ultimately, however, I think - right now - that The Power of the Dog still have the widest support within the Academy, although I might very well change that five or six times in the run in to show start. It is that close!

Personally, I didn’t directly dislike any of the ten nominees. I was truly impressed with the visual and sonic work in Spielberg’s West Side Story, but I simply never bought the central love story making it a somewhat cold experience for me, which I was surprised by. Maybe it will change on a rewatch. I rated a lot of the films 4 out of 5 stars of which I want to highlight Dune, which I was truly impressed by, but I couldn’t stop feeling it was a long trailer for a much bigger film; awards will rain on the sequel, I’m sure. Nightmare Alley is beautiful and atmospheric but a bit too slow in its second half, and King Richard is one of the best biopics of recent years. CODA is as heartwarming as it gets and a truly well-acted audience pleaser with some much needed and important representation! On a rewatch I changed my score for Don’t Look Up from a 4,5 to a 4, but McKay’s furious bulldozer subtle satire still works surprisingly well for me, although it is still clearly far from the masterpiece The Big Short. Belfast is a nice and lighthearted depiction of war through the eyes of a child featuring some stunning acting and a super interesting sound design, but I lacked some character development and a deeper connection to the story to appreciate it further. The Power of the Dog is in many ways a masterful film, although it might suffer a bit from the same limitations as previous Netflix films from masterful directors such as Alfonso Cuaron (Roma), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman) and David Fincher (Mank) in the sense that it is a bit closed, albeit nowhere near as much as the other films mentioned. With 12 nominations it clearly has widespread and well-deserved support and it grew on me on a rewatch too, taking my third place. My two personal favourites, however, are Drive My Car, which really moved me on a deeper level and was a truly impressive adaptation from Hamaguchi, and Licorice Pizza, which simply is one of the best times I have had in a cinema the last year. Neither of the two stand a chance, though. Personally, I would have loved to see at least one of the following: Flee, Spencer and/or The Worst Person in the World.

Who will win: The Power of the Dog

Potential spoiler: CODA

Personal favourite: Licorice Pizza

Should have been there: Spencer

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos (2,0)

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog (4,5)

Andrew Garfield, Tick, tick…BOOM! (4,5)

Will Smith, King Richard (4,0)

Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth (4,0)

The category that deflated the finale of last year’s Oscars with Anthony Hopkins’ extremely deserved, yet clearly unplanned win, is back with another seemingly clear cut winner in advance this year. Last year, Chadwick Boseman was on everyone’s lips and this year Will Smith’s name is as good as already engraved in the Best Leading Actor Oscar. He is charming and inspiring in King Richard; his best performance since The Pursuit of Happiness and perhaps his career best. The only possible challenger for him seems to be Benedict Cumberbatch who might also give a career best performance in The Power of the Dog; he is as vile as he is fragile and his performance is constantly unnerving. My personal favourite, however, is once again out of tune with the consensus: Andrew Garfield broke my heart in Tick, tick…BOOM! where he sang and performed with all he got as Jonathan Larson. Another career best? The three of them are outstanding! Washington is always good, but yet, to me, he never managed to make The Tragedy of Macbeth more than a(n extremely stunning) visual showpiece. The inclusion of Javier Bardem is honestly insulting to quite a big bunch of actors who gave beautiful, layered performances. Personally, I would have loved to see Nic Cage for Pig, Hidetoshi Nishijima for Drive My Car or one of my personal favourites of the year Peter Dinklage for Cyrano who simply broke my heart with his performance as the titular character; he is one of the most charismatic actors to see and was probably the one closest to getting the nod.

Who will win: Will Smith

Potential spoiler: Benedict Cumberbatch

Personal favourite: Andrew Garfield

Should have been there: Nicolas Cage / Peter Dinklage

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciaran Hinds, Belfast (3,5)

Troy Kotsur, CODA (4,0)

Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog (4,5)

J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos (2,)

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog (4,5)

Another two horse race involving The Power of the Dog and another two horse race where it looks destined to lose. Kodi Smit-McPhee started award season in a strong way, but - as with Best Picture - the moment Kotsur and the CODA cast took the stage at SAG changed everything. Kotsur has won everything since then and he would be a well-deserved winner as his performance in the film is both extremely funny (completely relying on ASL for the laughs) and heartwarming. Add to that his extreme likability when entering the stage and you have one of the most certain winners of the night. I would not complain with a Smit-McPhee win either, though. Plemons is the least showy in The Power of the Dog, but it was still a nice surprise to see him on nomination morning; he will get a lot closer to an Oscar win in the coming years, I’m sure. Ciaran Hinds is extremely charming in Belfast and creates a lovable character. The inclusion of J.K. Simmons, much like that of Bardem in leading actor, is a disaster; his character was one-dimensional and uninspired. Considering the amount of beautiful supporting actor performances we have had this year, his inclusion could only have been topped by the inclusion of Jared Leto for House of Gucci. With all this being said, I have to highlight Jason Isaacs in Mass - it is a crime that he wasn’t nominated. Heck, I honestly think he should be winning. Mike Faist for West Side Story could also have deserved a nomination here and so could Anders Danielsen Lie in The Worst Person in the World, although you could argue that he balances on being a lead.

Who will win: Troy Kotsur

Potential spoiler: Kodi Smit-McPhee

Personal Favourite: Troy Kotsur

Could have been there: Jason Isaacs (Mass)

Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (3,5)

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter (3,5)

Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers (3,5)

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos (2,0)

Kristen Stewart, Spencer (4,5)

Just as last year, this category is all up in the air! Before the awards season started everyone had Kristen Stewart as a clear winner, then she lost Golden Globe to Nicole Kidman who took the favourite tag especially as Kristen Stewart missed several nominations. Then Lady Gaga took over for House of Gucci only to not even get an Oscar nomination allowing Chastain to take over with wins at SAG and Critics Choice. And now, after the release of secret Oscar ballots, Penélope Cruz looks ready for a last minute surge. Who will win??? It looks like Chastain, who I really liked in Tammy Faye, but look out for Cruz or Colman! Both of them deliver amazing work in their films and they are extremely well-liked in Hollywood and I might very well end up going with a surprise last minute win for Cruz. Stewart’s performance in Spencer is in my eyes easily the best performance of the year, but the general lack of love for the film makes it hard to imagine a world where she wins, and Kidman seems to be out of the race again too. Renate Reinsve should have been here for The Worst Person in the World and so should Alana Haim for Licorice Pizza.

Who will win: Jessica Chastain

Potential spoiler: Penélope Cruz

Personal favourite: Kristen Stewart

Could have been there: Renate Reinsve and Alana Haim

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter (3,5)

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (3,5)

Judi Dench, Belfast (3,5)

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog (4,5)

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard (4,0)

One of the easiest categories to call of the evening. If Ariana DeBose doesn’t win for her scene stealing performance in West Side Story then it is easily one of the biggest shocks in recent Oscar history; she has won EVERY important award until now. While she is very good, my personal favourite of the five nominees is Jessie Buckley who simply gets better and better, and for me, she stole the show in The Lost Daughter. Ellis has some stunning scenes in King Richard and Dunst has rarely been better. Dench is biggest question mark here - she’s just here on merit, right? The fact that she was picked ahead of Caitriona Balfe for Belfast has been widely discussed and righly so - Balfe is the heart of that film and the only possible explanation is that many people placed her in lead… Anne Dowd and Martha Plimpton in Mass really should have been in contention here, albeit Plimpton could have been placed in lead.

Who will win: Ariana DeBose

Potential spoiler: None (but Dunst if I have to pick one)

Personal favourite: Jessie Buckley

Should have been there: Anne Dowd (Mass)

Animated Feature Film

Encanto (4,0)

Flee (5,0)

Luca (4,0)

The Mitchells vs the Machines (4,0)

Raya and the Last Dragon (3,5)

The Disney category is more Disney than ever this year with three of five nominees. Flee is the only masterpiece of this year’s nominees in my opinion, yet I don’t think it will take home any Oscar, because the love for it will probably be split between categories. It’s not my personal favourite in this category either. Encanto looks destined to win with its stunning animation and record beating soundtrack, however The Mitchells vs the Machines is the most playful of the films and Luca packs the most moving story. Raya and the Last Dragon is the weakest the category has to offer, although it in no means is a bad film.

Who will win: Encanto

Potential spoiler: The Mitchells vs the Machines

Personal favourite: The Mitchells vs the Machines

Cinematography

Greig Fraser, Dune (4,0)

Dan Laustsen, Nightmare Alley (4,0)

Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog (4,5)

Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth (4,0)

Janusz Kaminski, West Side Story (3,5)

Perhaps the best line-up of any category this year. Five amazing examples of cinematography. Fraser’s work in Dune is otherworldly and stunning in its many sci-fi vistas, Laustsen continues his atmospheric and dark collaboration with del Toro in Nightmare Alley, Wegner’s grand vistas in The Power of the Dog makes it one of the most stunning films of the year, Delbonnel creates some fascinating images in The Tragedy of Macbeth and Kaminski’s opening scene in West Side Story makes his nomination well-deserved for a film that packs plenty of cinematography magic. I honestly will not complain no matter who wins, but Fraser walks into the night as the favourite perhaps strengthened by people’s admiration for his current work on The Batman. Look out for Wegner, however, as her work is equally stunning and she has picked up a couple of wins. I would have loved to see Claire Mathon recognised for her work on Spencer, but I don’t know what to kick out if I’m honest.

Who will win: Dune

Potential spoiler: The Power of the Dog

Personal favourite: The Power of the Dog

Could have been there: Spencer

Costume Design

Cruella (3,5)

Cyrano (3,5)

Dune (4,0)

Nightmare Alley (4,0)

West Side Story (3,5)

If a film about two fashion designers battling against each other with two very distinct styles, which features a ton of costumes should not win this category, what should? And so it will be; Cruella is destined to take this home and it would be well-deserved.

Who will win: Cruella

Potential spoiler: Dune

Personal favourite: Cruella

Directing

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast (3,5)

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car (4,5)

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza (4,5)

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (4,5)

Steven Spielberg, West Side Story (3,5)

Last year was a historic year for this category; the first time that two female directors were nominated in the same year. This year we only have one, but she will undoubtedly win. Jane Campion’s admirable work with The Power of the Dog looks unbeatable and she could have gotten well-deserved female company from Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter) or Julia Ducournau (Titane). However, the biggest snub here is the omission of Denis Villeneauve for his work on Dune; a work often labelled un-adaptable that goes on to get 10 nominations but not for directing? Get out! Hamaguchi’s work is beautiful, but his screenplay is even stronger than his directing. West Side Story and Belfast are clear passion projects, but I definitely think that Spielberg’s direction is the strongest of the two. Finally, PTA just knows how to set up memorable scenes.

Who will win: Jane Campion

Potential spoiler: Steven Spielberg

Personal favourite: Jane Campion

SHOULD have been there: Denis Villeneuve

Documentary (Feature)

Ascension (4,0)

Attica (4,0)

Flee (4,0)

Summer of Soul (…or, when the revolution could not be televised) (4,5)

Writing With Fire (3,5)

If Flee had only been nominated in this category it would have won and frankly, it should win! One of the best documentaries of recent years. However, Summer of Soul looks like the winner, and to be fair it is brilliant film that flawlessly manages to mix the stunning concert footage into a socio-political context to make a both entertaining and thought-provoking film. Ascension was deeply fascinating, Attica was a hard watch and Writing With Fire was deeply inspiring, albeit a bit uninspired film-wise. But a great year for documentaries!

Who will win: Summer of Soul (…or, when the revolution could not be televised)

Potential spoiler: Flee

Personal favourite: Flee

Documentary (Short Subject)

Audible (3,5)

Lead Me Home (2,0)

The Queen of Basketball (4,0)

Three Songs for Benazir (3,5)

When We Were Bullies (have not seen this)

A category that is historically difficult to predict. However, this year The Queen of Basketball seems like quite a good pick in a somewhat disappointing year. Audible is its closest competitor as Three Songs for Benazir felt a bit too short and something felt off with Lead Me Home’s stylish take on its deeply sad focus.

Who will win: The Queen of Basketball

Potential spoiler: Audible

Personal Favourite: The Queen of Basketball

Film Editing

Don’t Look Up (4,0)

Dune (4,0)

King Richard (4,0)

The Power of the Dog (4,5)

Tick, tick…BOOM! (4,5)

We have all the different types of editing in place here. The fast-paced, playing-an-active-part-in-the-film editing of McKay’s satires in Don’t Look Up, impressive action editing in Dune, fast-paced sports and montage editing in King Richard, seemless editing in The Power of the Dog and the more artistic and musical-based editing of Tick, tick…BOOM! A good thing to have in mind when predicting here is the obvious editing for the naked eye. King Richard or Tick, tick…BOOM! look like good bets then, but I have an idea that Dune will come close to a technical sweep and as such it needs this as well, but look out for the two others. West Side Story could have been in the mix here!

Who will win: Dune

Potential spoiler: King Richard

Personal favourite: Tick, tick…BOOM!

Could have been there: West Side Story

International Feature Film

Drive My Car (4,5)

Flee (5,0)

The Hand of God (3,0)

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (3,5)

The Worst Person in the World (4,5)

Drive My Car is up for four Oscars including Best Picture. This race is looking like a non-brainer. Flee is deserving and so is The Worst Person in the World, but they don’t seem to stand a chance. Lunana was a nice surprise and it will get a well-deserved attention boost thanks this nomination. I didn’t care that much for The Hand of God and would have liked it (VERY MUCH) if Titane had taken its place.

Who will win: Drive My Car

Potential spoiler: The Worst Person in the World

Personal favourite: Flee

Should have been there: Titane

Makeup and Hairstyling

Coming 2 America (1,5)

Cruella (3,5)

Dune (4,0)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (3,5)

House of Gucci (2,0)

The only nomination for the travesty that was House of Gucci and it will not get close to winning it despite its prosthetic work. Prosthetics were done better in both Dune and especially Coming 2 America. I think The Eyes of Tammy Faye will ride on the possible win for Chastain, but look out for the transformations of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in Coming 2 America. Cruella is here for the hairstyling but it will settle for its costume win. Again, Titane should have been there!

Who will win: The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Potential spoiler: Coming 2 America

Personal favourite: Dune

Should have been there: Titane

Music (Original Score)

Don’t Look Up (4,0)

Dune (4,0)

Encanto (4,0)

Parallel Mothers (3,5)

The Power of the Dog (4,5)

Some strong scores here, with Zimmer looking like the clear winner for his loud, ominous work on Dune. Iglesias’ score for Parallel Mothers is brilliant and controls the film like no other nominee. Greenwood comes closest to doing that with his work in The Power of the Dog and he should have been here for Spencer as well. However, the scores of Britell and Franco in Don’t Look Up and Encanto are the most listenable outside of their films.

Who will win: Dune

Potential spoiler: Parallel Mothers

Personal favourite: The Power of the Dog

Should have been there: Spencer

Music (Original Song)

“Be Alive”, King Richard (4,0)

“Dos Oruguitas”, Encanto (4,0)

“Down to Joy”, Belfast (3,5)

“No Time to Die”, No Time to Die (4,0)

“Somehow You Do”, Four Good Days (2,5)

Disney are hating themselves for not letting “We don’t talk about Bruno” compete, although “Dos Oruguitas” is a stunning song that might just ride on the back of the record beating hit to give Lin-Manuel Miranda his EGOT. However, Billie Eilish and Beyonce would want a word in that fight with Eilish looking like the winner. Diane Warren is here again, because you know - apparently she has to, and “Down to Joy” is bland, although it is a plus that it is featured in the actual film. “Just Look Up” should have been there, as should “Beyond the Shore” from CODA.

Who will win: “No Time to Die”

Potential spoiler: “Dos Oruguitas”

Personal favourite: “Dos Oruguitas”

Should have been there: “Beyond the Shore”

Production Design

Dune (4,0)

Nightmare Alley (4,0)

The Power of the Dog (4,5)

The Tragedy of Macbeth (4,0)

West Side Story (3,5)

Five stunning films here highlighted by their corresponding cinematography nominations. While I think Dune will get that one, I think it might just lose this one to Nightmare Alley. Will the Academy go with the extremely impressive world building of Dune or the atmospheric del Toro magic of Nightmare Alley? It will be very close. Cyrano and Spencer could have been there, but who should they replace really?

Who will win: Nightmare Alley

Potential spoiler: Dune

Personal favourite: Nightmare Alley

Could have been there: Cyrano/Spencer

Short Film (Animation)

Affairs of the Art (2,5)

Bestia (3,0)

Boxballet (have not seen it)

Robin Robin (3,5)

The Windshield Wiper (4,0)

The most adult line-up in this category for years. Affairs of the Art and Bestia are quite disturbing, while The Windshield Wiper is stunning and fascinating. Robin Robin looks like the favourite and it is extremely charming and cute, but I am going for a surprise win for The Windshield Wiper.

Who will win: The Windshield Wiper

Potential spoiler: Robin Robin

Personal favourite: The Windshield Wiper

Short Film (Live Action)

Ala Kachuu - Take and Run (4,0)

The Dress (3,0)

The Long Goodbye (4,0)

On My Mind (2,5)

Please Hold (have not seen this)

The Long Goodbye is hard-hitting and can feel slightly un-finished, but it is strong and has the star factor of Riz Ahmed, although that didn’t help The Letter Room (Oscar Isaac) last year. Danish contender On My Mind felt way too constructed and managed to feel overlong despite its 18 minute runtime. Finally, Ala Kachuu and The Dress are hard to watch, but Ala Kachuu seems to have a lot more heart and sympathy for its subject and, thus, it looks like the one to beat The Long Goodbye if one has to. Unless it will be the Black Mirror-ish Please Hold, which I sadly have not seen.

Who will win: The Long Goodbye

Potential spoiler: Ala Kachuu - Take and Run

Personal favourite: The Long Goodbye

Sound

Belfast (3,5)

Dune (4,0)

No Time to Die (4,0)

The Power of the Dog (4,5)

West Side Story (3,5)

Belfast has an interesting sound design as one of its strongest assets and the sound design of The Power of the Dog really helps build its atmosphere. However, it seems like it will be between the remaining three. Of them Dune seems like the strongest, but look out for West Side Story. If Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho should have been anywhere, it probably should have been here.

Who will win: Dune

Potential spoiler: West Side Story

Personal favourite: Dune

Visual Effects

Dune (4,0)

Free Guy (3,0)

No Time to Die (4,0)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (3,5)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (4,0)

Last year I wrote: “A category that would probably have been dominated by films such as Godzilla vs. Kong, Dune and Black Widow in a normal 2020.” Of these, only Dune made it into the category in the end. Free Guy is the surprise addition here with is playful effects, and also this is the only option to give Spidey an Oscar, although Shang-Chi arguably had better special effects. However, Dune looks destined to win this as its effects played an integral part in its world building.

Who will win: Dune

Potential spoiler: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Personal favourite: Dune

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

CODA (4,0)

Drive My Car (4,5)

Dune (4,0)

The Lost Daughter (3,5)

The Power of the Dog (4,5)

While I really liked CODA, I think it is wild that it might just beat (in particular) Drive My Car in this category. That ought to be winning, but The Power of the Dog looks like the one to beat for CODA as in Best Picture. And I actually think it will, even though it might just be the weakest of these five screenplays.

Who will win: CODA

Potential spoiler: The Power of the Dog

Personal favourite: Drive My Car

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Belfast (3,5)

Don’t Look Up (4,0)

King Richard (4,0)

Licorice Pizza (4,5)

The Worst Person in the World (4,0)

I thought this would be Paul Thomas Anderson’s spot for finally winning an Oscar, but him losing the WGA to Adam McKay for Don’t Look Up was quite the curve ball. Maybe Branagh will take it home for Belfast, although I did have some issues with his writing here. Can McKay do it with Don’t Look Up? It seems too divisive, but it is in no way impossible. The real winner, however, should be The Worst Person in the World and I would love for it to win! Fran Kranz’ screenplay for Mass should have been here easily knocking King Richard out of the five.

Who will win: Belfast

Potential spoiler: Don’t Look Up

Personal favourite: The Worst Person in the World

Should have been there: Mass

I wish everyone the best of Oscar nights! May the best films win!

#Oscars 2022 #Academy Awards #Oscar Predictions #The Power of the Dog #Dune #West Side Story #King Richard #Coda #Drive My Car #Nightmare Alley #Licorice Pizza #Belfast #Don't Look Up

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2021 BAFTA Awards — Nominees

BEST FILM The Father The Mauritanian Nomadland Promising Young Woman The Trial Of The Chicago 7

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

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, BRITISH WRITER/DIRECTOR/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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE Another Round Dear Comrades! Les Misérables Minari Quo Vadis, Aida?

DOCUMENTARY Collective David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet The Dissident My Octopus Teacher The Social Dilemma

ANIMATED FILM Onward Soul Wolfwalkers

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

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

#bafta awards #bafta #bafta 2021 #nominees

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For our South African fans!!! Streaming now!!

Adapted from Deborah Harkness’s bestselling All Souls trilogy, A Discovery of Witches is a vampire meets witch story of forbidden love, starring Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey and The Crown) and Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, I Am Number Four). In Season 2, the star-crossed lovers time walk from the present back to 1590, to hide from the Congregation while Diana learns to control her magic.

Season 1 was nominated for Best New Drama at the 2019 National Television Awards and as Best Horror Series by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, after becoming Sky One’s most watched series of 2018 and the most successful series in the history of Sundance Now.

Season 2 has an 87% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics consensus praises the leads’ “infectious chemistry” and the show’s “visual splendor.” James Purefoy (Rome, The Following) and BAFTA nominee Sheila Hancock (Unforgotten) join the cast this season.

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'The BAFTAs are this Sunday and in so many categories it feels like a fight between Poor Things and Oppenheimer, at least in the ones where Christopher Nolan’s near billion dollar blockbuster isn’t already the runaway frontrunner.

Whether it’s Best Film, Adapted Screenplay or Original Score, the two films seem in lockstep with each other. Were it not for the director snub of PT‘s Yorgos Lanthimos it might be even more competitive between the two films. But where Oppenheimer has a clear path in several below the categories (like Editing, Sound, Cinematography, Score), Poor Things not only has it to contend with but Barbie in categories like Production Design and Costume Design and unless we’re in for an unprecedented sweep for Oppy (not impossible), those are close races, especially the former, which has seen all three win at least one precursor so far.

Unsurprisingly, Oppenheimer and Poor Things also factor in three of the four acting races with the top two a real fight, just not with each other. Leading Actor is between Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy (who has the Golden Globe for Drama) and The Holdovers‘ Paul Giamatti (who has the Golden Globe for Comedy and Critics Choice). BAFTA, even with its voting structure merry-go-round, has seen fit to award the eventual Best Actor Oscar winner 15 times out of the last 20 years, only two of those time in the last 10 years. Of course, that includes just last year when Austin Butler (Elvis) bested Brendan Fraser (The Whale) and is really the only 1:1 comparison we have in the modern era with Fraser going on to win the Oscar. Both Murphy and Giamatti have hit everywhere and are the critics’ leaders with Murphy having the edge there in overall wins. But will Murphy ride the wave of his film’s potential awards blowout or is Giamatti poised to take full control of the race?...

One category Poor Things and Oppenheimer aren’t competing in, very surprisingly, is Best Casting. Only in its fifth year, there are no real trends or patterns to go off from, especially with the two top films left off the list completely. This category has seen Joker beat Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocks beating Best Film nominee Promising Young Woman and Elvis winning last year over All Quiet on the Western Front, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Triangle of Sadness and Aftersun. This year, three of the five nominees are also Best Film nominees: Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers and Killers of the Flower Moon. Then we have All of Us Strangers, which has six nominations including two acting nods and Best Director, and How to Have Sex, which is also nominated for Outstanding British Debut and Outstanding British Film (where AOUS is as well). Twice in those four years the winner was not nominated for Best Film but in the case of 2021’s West Side Story that film also had a Supporting Actress win with Ariana DeBose. Cast size doesn’t seem to be an overriding factor here either and four of the five nominees this year having small casts of just four or fives primary performers. While Anatomy and Holdovers seem like the safest bets here if voters want to vote for Strangers this is definitely its best shot at a win...

Here are my ranked winner predictions for the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards.

Best Film

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

Best Director

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

Leading Actor

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

Supporting Actor

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

Supporting Actress

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers Rosamund Pike, Saltburn Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

Casting

The Holdovers (Susan Shopmaker) All of Us Strangers (Kahleen Crawford) Anatomy of a Fall (Cynthia Arra) Killers of the Flower Moon (Ellen Lewis and Rene Haynes) How to Have Sex (Isabella Odoffin)

Adapted Screenplay

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

Outstanding British Film

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

Cinematography

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

Editing

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

Production Design

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

Costume Design

Poor Things (Holly Waddington) Barbie (Jacqueline Durran) Napoleon (Dave Crossman and Janty Yates) Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West) Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick)

Make Up & Hair

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

Original Score

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

Sound

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

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