More than half of the 24 nominees in the acting categories are from ethnic minorities, including Daniel Kaluuya for “Judas and the Black Messiah” and Bukky Bakray for “Rocks”.
Four women were nominated in the director category, including Chloé Zhao for “Nomadland”, shortly after becoming the first woman of Asian descent and the second woman to win the same Golden Globe award this year.
“I feel conflicted because many of my fellow actors who deserve it do not have the same privilege. I think we have sent a very clear message to people of color that you are not welcome here,” said Phoenix.
BAFTA announced in September about 120 “comprehensive changes” to address the lack of diversity in awards, including changes in its members and the voting process. The changes, hailed by President Krishnendu Majumdar as “a turning point” in the academy’s history, came after a seven-month review following last year’s lack of diversity in nominations.
“Nomadland” and “Rocks” received the most nominations this year, with seven each, while “O Pai”, “Mank”, “Minari” and “Promising Young Woman” received six each.
BAFTA winners’ prizes will be announced on Sunday, April 11.
BAFTA Film Awards 2021 nominations
Best movie
- “The father”
- “The Mauritanian”
- “Nomadland”
- “Promising young woman”
- “The Chicago 7 Trial”
Excellent British film
- “Calm With Horses”
- “Excavation”
- “The father”
- “Your home”
- “Limbo”
- “The Mauritanian”
- “Mogul Mowgli”
- “Promising young woman”
- “Rocks”
- “Santa Maud”
Director
- Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”)
- Shannon Murphy (“Babyteeth”)
- Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”)
- Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”)
- Jasmila Žbanić (“Quo Vadis, Aida?”)
- Sarah Gavron (“Rocks”)
Original Screenplay
- “Another round”
- “Mank”
- “Promising young woman”
- “Rocks”
- “The Chicago 7 Trial”
Adapted Roadmap
- “Excavation”
- “The father”
- “The Mauritanian”
- “Nomadland”
- “The White Tiger”
Main actress
- Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”)
- Radha Blank (“The forty-year-old version”)
- Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)
- Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of Women”)
- Wunmi Mosaku (“Your Home”)
- Alfre Woodard (“Clemency”)
Main 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 down 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 down with horses”)
- Alan Kim (“Minari”)
- Leslie Odom Jr. (“One night in Miami …”)
- Clarke Peters (“Da 5 Bloods”)
- Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”)
Notable debut by a British writer, director or producer
- Remi Weekes (“Your Home”)
- Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai (“Limbo”)
- Jack Sidey (“Moffie”)
- Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (“Rocks”)
- Rose Glass, Oliver Kassman (“Santa Maud”)
The film is not in English
- Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen (“Another Round”)
- Andrei Konchalovsky, Alisher Usmanov (“Dear comrades!”)
- Ladj Ly (“The Miserable”)
- Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh (“Minari”)
- Jasmila Žbanić, Damir Ibrahimovich (“Quo Vadis, Aida?”)
Documentary
- Alexander Nanau (“Collective”)
- Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey (“David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet”)
- Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen (“The Dissident”)
- Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster (“My octopus teacher”)
- eff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes (“The social dilemma”)
Animated movie
- Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae (“Onward”)
- Pete Docter, Dana Murray (“Soul”)
- Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young (“Wolfwalkers”)
Original score
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Mank”)
- Emile Mosseri (“Minari”)
- James Newton Howard (“News from the world”)
- Anthony Willis (“Promising young woman”)
- Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Soul”)
Casting
- Shaheen Baig (“Calm with Horses”)
- Alexa L. Fogel (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
- Julia Kim (“Minari”)
- Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu (“Promising young woman”)
- Lucy Pardee (“Rocks”)
Cinematography
- Sean Bobbitt (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
- Erik Messerschmidt (“Mank”)
- Alwin H. Küchler (“The Mauritanian”)
- Dariusz Wolski (“News of the World”)
- Joshua James Richards (“Nomadland”)
Editing
- Yorgos Lamprinos (“The Father”)
- Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”)
- Frédéric Thoraval (“Young Prominsg”)
- Mikkel EG Nielsen (“Sound of Metal”)
- Alan Baumgarten (“The Chicago Trial 7”)
Production design
- Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald (“The Dig”)
- Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone (“The Father”)
- Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale (“Mank”)
- David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan (“News from the world”)
- Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer (“Rebecca”)