The nominations for the British Academy Film Awards are in, with one of the highest-grossing films of the past year leading the way. “Joker” danced its way to nominations in 11 different categories, including the best film of the year.
DC’s smash hit will be competing against several worthy contenders in the main category, including 1917, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Parasite. Major nominations that Joker managed to score also include best director (Todd Phillips), best actor (Joaquin Phoenix) and best-adapted screenplay (Phillips and Scott Silver).
The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood also impressed the British voters and scored 10 nominations each at the upcoming ceremony. War drama 1917 was right behind them with nine, including outstanding British film.
The British Academy Film Awards will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on February 2nd, with Graham Norton hosting the ceremony.
FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS FOR 2020 BAFTA AWARDS:
BEST FILM
1917 Pippa
Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren
THE
IRISHMAN Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese, Emma
Tillinger Koskoff
JOKER Bradley
Cooper, Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
ONCE
UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh,
Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Bong
Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
1917 Sam
Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
BAIT Mark
Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite
FOR
SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
ROCKETMAN Dexter
Fletcher, Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Lee Hall
SORRY
WE MISSED YOU Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
THE
TWO POPES Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin, Tracey
Seaward, Anthony McCarten
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A
BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BAIT Mark
Jenkin (Writer/Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers)
FOR
SAMA Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer), Edward Watts
(Director)
MAIDEN Alex
Holmes (Director)
ONLY
YOU Harry Wootliff (Writer/Director)
RETABLO Álvaro
Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director)*
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
THE
FAREWELL Lulu Wang, Daniele Melia
FOR
SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
PAIN
AND GLORY Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
PARASITE Bong
Joon-ho
PORTRAIT
OF A LADY ON FIRE Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
DOCUMENTARY
AMERICAN
FACTORY Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
APOLLO
11 Todd Douglas Miller
DIEGO
MARADONA Asif Kapadia
FOR
SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
THE
GREAT HACK Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim
ANIMATED FILM
FROZEN
2 Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho
KLAUS Sergio
Pablos, Jinko Gotoh
A
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON Will Becher, Richard
Phelan, Paul Kewley
TOY
STORY 4 Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen
DIRECTOR
1917 Sam
Mendes
THE
IRISHMAN Martin Scorsese
JOKER Todd
Phillips
ONCE
UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Bong
Joon-ho
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BOOKSMART Susanna
Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
KNIVES
OUT Rian Johnson
MARRIAGE
STORY Noah Baumbach
ONCE
UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Han
Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho,
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE
IRISHMAN Steven Zaillian
JOJO
RABBIT Taika Waititi
JOKER Todd
Phillips, Scott Silver
LITTLE
WOMEN Greta Gerwig
THE
TWO POPES Anthony McCarten
LEADING ACTRESS
JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Marriage Story
SAOIRSE RONAN Little Women
CHARLIZE THERON Bombshell
RENÉE ZELLWEGER Judy
LEADING ACTOR
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
ADAM DRIVER Marriage Story
TARON EGERTON Rocketman
JOAQUIN PHOENIX Joker
JONATHAN PRYCE The Two Popes
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURA DERN Marriage Story
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Jojo Rabbit
FLORENCE PUGH Little Women
MARGOT ROBBIE Bombshell
MARGOT ROBBIE Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
SUPPORTING ACTOR
TOM HANKS A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Two Popes
AL PACINO The Irishman
JOE PESCI The Irishman
BRAD PITT Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
ORIGINAL SCORE
1917 Thomas
Newman
JOJO
RABBIT Michael Giacchino
JOKER Hildur
Guđnadóttir
LITTLE
WOMEN Alexandre Desplat
STAR
WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER John Williams
CASTING
JOKER Shayna
Markowitz
MARRIAGE
STORY Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
ONCE
UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Victoria Thomas
THE
PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Sarah Crowe
THE
TWO POPES Nina Gold
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917 Roger
Deakins
THE
IRISHMAN Rodrigo Prieto
JOKER Lawrence
Sher
LE
MANS ’66 (Ford V Ferrari) Phedon Papamichael
THE
LIGHTHOUSE Jarin Blaschke
EDITING
THE
IRISHMAN Thelma Schoonmaker
JOJO
RABBIT Tom Eagles
JOKER Jeff
Groth
LE
MANS ’66 (Ford V Ferrari) Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker
ONCE
UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Fred Raskin
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917 Dennis
Gassner, Lee Sandales
THE
IRISHMAN Bob Shaw, Regina Graves
JOJO
RABBIT Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková
JOKER Mark
Friedberg, Kris Moran
ONCE
UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
COSTUME DESIGN
THE
IRISHMAN Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell
JOJO
RABBIT Mayes C. Rubeo
JUDY Jany
Temime
LITTLE
WOMEN Jacqueline Durran
ONCE
UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Arianne Phillips
MAKE UP & HAIR
1917 Naomi
Donne
BOMBSHELL Vivian
Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
JOKER Kay
Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann
JUDY Jeremy
Woodhead
ROCKETMAN Lizzie
Yianni Georgiou
SOUND
1917 Scott
Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson
JOKER Tod
Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic
LE
MANS ’66 (Ford V Ferrari) David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven
A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
ROCKETMAN Matthew
Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
STAR
WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER David Acord, Andy Nelson,
Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
1917 Greg
Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy
AVENGERS:
ENDGAME Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick
THE
IRISHMAN Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman
THE
LION KING Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam
Valdez
STAR
WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal
Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy
BRITISH SHORT
ANIMATION
GRANDAD
WAS A ROMANTIC. Maryam Mohajer
IN
HER BOOTS Kathrin Steinbacher
THE
MAGIC BOAT Naaman Azhari, Lilia Laurel
BRITISH SHORT FILM
AZAAR Myriam
Raja, Nathanael Baring
GOLDFISH Hector
Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill
KAMALI Sasha
Rainbow, Rosalind Croad
LEARNING
TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) Carol Dysinger,
Elena Andreicheva
THE
TRAP Lena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted
for by the public)
AWKWAFINA
JACK LOWDEN
KAITLYN DEVER
KELVIN HARRISON JR.
MICHEAL WARD