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Robert Dex and Arts Correspondent

Oppenheimer dominates nominations at this year's Bafta Awards

Cillian Murphy is in the running to be named best actor at this year’s Baftas with his nuclear bomb biopic Oppenheimer dominating the nominations.

The blockbuster has 13 nominations – the most of any film – picking up nods for best film and best director for Christopher Nolan.

Murphy’s fellow cast members, Robert Downey Jr and Emily Blunt, are also both nominated for supporting actor and supporting actress respectively.

Barry Keoghan (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

He faces competition from fellow Irishman Barry Keoghan, nominated for his critically-acclaimed turn in Saltburn, and Hollywood big hitter Bradley Cooper who is nominated for Maestro.

The shortlist is completed by Colman Domingo, recognised for his role in civil rights drama Rustin, Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers and Teo Yoo in Past Lives.

Cillian Murphy paid tribute to director Christopher Nolan after their film was nominated for 13 Baftas.

He said: “I couldn’t be happier that the British Academy recognised so many of my collaborators on Oppenheimer, especially Chris Nolan. Working on the film was an experience I’ll never forget.”

Cooper is also in the running to be named best director and could scoop the award for original screenplay as well for his film about the life of American composer Leonard Bernstein.

Margot Robbie (Jordan Strauss/AP) (AP)

The success of Oppenheimer’s box office rival Barbie is also recognised with Margot Robbie nominated for leading actress along with Carey Mulligan in Maestro and The Color Purple’s Fantasia Barrino.

The shortlist is completed by Sandra Huller in Anatomy of a Fall, Rye Lane’s Vivian Oparah and Emma Stone for Poor Things.

Huller is also nominated for supporting actress for The Zone of Interest with competition coming from Blunt, Danielle Brooks for The Color Purple, Claire Foy in All of Us Strangers, Saltburn’s Rosamund Pike and Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers.

Pike said it was “bliss bliss bliss” to be nominated for the best supporting actress for Saltburn.

She said: “It’s something uniquely special to be nominated for a Bafta.

“It happened once before. I thought realistically it might never happen again.

“I am proud to be nominated in this group of varied and powerful supporting actresses. And overjoyed that Jacob and Barry and our mad special film got recognition. BLISS BLISS BLISS.”

Ryan Gosling gets a nod for his role as Ken in the Barbie film with a nomination for supporting actor, along with Dominic Sessa for The Holdivers, Paul Mescal for All of Us Strangers and Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi.

The shortlist is completed by Downey Jr. and Hollywood royalty in the shape of Robert De Niro who is recognised for the Killers of the Flower Moon.

Martin Scorsese’s epic crime drama is also in the running to be named Best Film with competition coming from Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Poor Things as well as Oppenheimer.

Poor Things is also in the running for outstanding British Film with other nominees including Ridley Scott’s historical epic Napoleon, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak, Wonka and Saltburn.

BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip said the nominated films "span an extraordinary range of genres and stories".

She said: "The field this year is incredibly strong. More films were entered, making the selection process particularly tough for our voting members.

"The films and talented people nominated represent some of the most talked about films of the year, the most critically acclaimed, and films yet to be released and discovered by audiences."

The awards are being held on February 18 at the Royal Festival Hall.

EE BAFTA FILM AWARDS 2024: NOMINATIONS LIST

OPPENHEIMER LEADS THE WAY WITH 13 NOMINATIONS

BEST FILM

ANATOMY OF A FALL Marie-AngeLuciani, David Thion

THE HOLDOVERS Mark Johnson

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON DanFriedkin, Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas

OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan,Charles Roven, Emma Thomas

POOR THINGS Ed Guiney, YorgosLanthimos, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone

 

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

ALL OF US STRANGERS AndrewHaigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey

HOW TO HAVE SEX Molly ManningWalker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon, Konstantinos Kontovrakis

NAPOLEON Ridley Scott, MarkHuffam, Kevin J. Walsh, David Scarpa

THE OLD OAK Ken Loach, RebeccaO'Brien, Paul Laverty

POOR THINGS Yorgos Lanthimos,Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, Tony McNamara

RYE LANE Raine Allen-Miller,Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia

SALTBURN Emerald Fennell, JoseyMcNamara, Margot Robbie

SCRAPPER Charlotte Regan, TheoBarrowclough

WONKA Paul King, AlexandraDerbyshire, David Heyman, Simon Farnaby

THE ZONE OF INTEREST JonathanGlazer, James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska

 

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISHWRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

BLUE BAG LIFE Lisa Selby(Director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (Director, Producer), Alex Fry (Producer)

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT ChristopherSharp (Director) [also directed Moses Bwayo]

EARTH MAMA Savanah Leaf(Writer, Director, Producer), Shirley O'Connor (Producer), Medb Riordan(Producer)

HOW TO HAVE SEX Molly ManningWalker (Writer, Director)

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? EllaGlendining (Director)

 

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISHLANGUAGE

20 DAYSIN MARIUPOL Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath

ANATOMYOF A FALL Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion

PASTLIVES Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

SOCIETYOF THE SNOW J.A. Bayona, Belen Atienza

THEZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer

 

DOCUMENTARY

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL MstyslavChernov, Raney Aronson Rath

AMERICAN SYMPHONY MatthewHeineman, Lauren Domino, Joedan Okun

BEYOND UTOPIA Madeleine Gavin,Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum

STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE DavisGuggenheim, Jonathan King, Annetta Marion

WHAM! Chris Smith

 

ANIMATED FILM

THE BOY AND THE HERON HayaoMiyazaki, Toshio Suzuki

CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET SamFell, Leyla Hobart, Steve Pegram

ELEMENTAL Peter Sohn, DeniseReam

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THESPIDER-VERSE Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad,Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg

 

 DIRECTOR                                                                      

ALL OF US STRANGERS AndrewHaigh

ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet

THE HOLDOVERS Alexander Payne

MAESTRO Bradley Cooper

OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan

THE ZONE OF INTEREST JonathanGlazer

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

ANATOMY OF A FALL JustineTriet, Arthur Harari

BARBIE Greta Gerwig, NoahBaumbach

THE HOLDOVERS David Hemingson

MAESTRO Bradley Cooper, JoshSinger

PAST LIVES Celine Song

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ALL OF US STRANGERS AndrewHaigh

AMERICAN FICTION Cord Jefferson

OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan

POOR THINGS Tony McNamara

THE ZONE OF INTEREST JonathanGlazer

 

LEADING ACTRESS

FANTASIA BARRINO The ColorPurple

SANDRAHÜLLER Anatomy of a Fall

CAREY MULLIGAN Maestro

VIVIAN OPARAH Rye Lane

MARGOT ROBBIE Barbie

EMMA STONE Poor Things

 

LEADING ACTOR

BRADLEYCOOPER Maestro

COLMANDOMINGO Rustin

PAULGIAMATTI The Holdovers

BARRYKEOGHAN Saltburn

CILLIANMURPHY Oppenheimer

TEOYOO Past Lives

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

EMILYBLUNT Oppenheimer

DANIELLEBROOKS The Color Purple

CLAIREFOY All of Us Strangers

SANDRAHÜLLER The Zone of Interest

ROSAMUNDPIKE Saltburn

DA’VINEJOY RANDOLPH The Holdovers

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

ROBERTDE NIRO Killers of The Flower Moon

ROBERTDOWNEY JR. Oppenheimer

JACOBELORDI Saltburn

RYANGOSLING Barbie

PAULMESCAL All of Us Strangers

DOMINICSESSA The Holdovers

CASTING

ALL OF US STRANGERS KahleenCrawford

ANATOMY OF A FALL Cynthia Arra

THE HOLDOVERS Susan Shopmaker

HOW TO HAVE SEX IsabellaOdoffin

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON EllenLewis, Rene Haynes

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON RodrigoPrieto

MAESTRO Matthew Libatique

OPPENHEIMER Hoyte van Hoytema

POOR THINGS Robbie Ryan

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Łukasz Żal

EDITING

ANATOMYOF A FALL Laurent Sénéchal

KILLERSOF THE FLOWER MOON Thelma Schoonmaker

OPPENHEIMERJennifer Lame

POORTHINGS Yorgos Mavropsaridis

THEZONE OF INTEREST Paul Watts

 

COSTUME DESIGN

BARBIEJacqueline Durran

KILLERSOF THE FLOWER MOON Jacqueline West

NAPOLEONDave Crossman, Janty Yates

OPPENHEIMEREllen Mirojnick

POORTHINGS Holly Waddington

 

MAKE UP & HAIR

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON KayGeorgiou, Thomas Nellen

MAESTRO Sian Grigg, KayGeorgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell

NAPOLEON Jana Carboni,Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon

OPPENHEIMER Luisa Abel, JaimeLeigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid

POOR THINGS Nadia Stacey, MarkCoulier, Josh Weston

 

ORIGINAL SCORE

KILLERSOF THE FLOWER MOON Robbie Robertson

OPPENHEIMERLudwig Göransson

POORTHINGS Jerskin Fendrix

SALTBURN AnthonyWillis

SPIDER-MAN:ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Daniel Pemberton

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

THE ZONE OFINTEREST Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora

 

SOUND

FERRARI Angelo Bonanni, TonyLamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser

MAESTRO Richard King, SteveMorrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEADRECKONING 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 JohnnieBurn, Tarn Willers

 

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

THE CREATOR Jonathan Bullock,Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 TheoBialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONINGPART ONE Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke

NAPOLEON Henry Badgett, NeilCorbould, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet

POOR THINGS Simon Hughes

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

CRAB DAY Ross Stringer, BartoszStanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak

VISIBLEMENDING SamanthaMoore, Tilley Bancroft

WILD SUMMONKarni Arieli,Saul Freed, Jay Woolley

 BRITISH SHORT FILM

FESTIVAL OF SLAPS Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer

GORKA JoeWeiland, Alex Jefferson

JELLYFISH AND LOBSTER Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai

SUCH A LOVELY DAY Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton, Kate Phibbs

YELLOW Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati, Yiannis Manolopoulos

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted forby the public)

Phoeve Dynevor

Ayo Edebiri

Jacob Elordi

Mia McKenna-Bruce

Sophie Wilde

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