Bafta Film Nominations 2021

Last year’s nominations sparked criticism over the all-white acting nominees and lack of female directors.

Big changes have been made for this year including the introduction of a longlist system in a bid to increase viewership of all the submitted films.

Changes to BAFTA 2021 judging process

Following a seven-month review into the lack of diversity last year, Bafta has said it has introduced more than 120 changes to its voting, membership and campaigning processes.

They include the introduction of a new longlist round of voting, the expansion of the outstanding British film field to 10 nominations, and increasing all four acting categories and best director to six nominees in an attempt to ensure greater diversity.

Film committee chair Marc Samuelson added: “One of the key issues raised time and time again… was that too much deserving work was not being seen. The changes we are implementing are designed to ensure these films are seen and judged on merit alone.”

The new first-round longlist voting system was introduced to encourage the 6,500 Bafta members to watch a wider range of films. Members vote to decide the nominations from hundreds of films up for consideration.

Nomadland and Rocks lead the way at the Bafta film awards.

BAFTA 2021 full list of nominations

Outstanding British Film

• Calm With Horses
• The Dig
• The Father
• His House
• Limbo
• The Mauritanian
• Mogul Mowgli
• Promising Young Woman
• Rocks
• Saint Maud

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Dig – Moira Buffini
• The Father – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
• The Mauritanian – Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
• Nomadland – Chloe Zhao
• The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani

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

Best 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

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

Film not in English language

• Another Round
• Dear Comrades!
• Les Miserables
• Minari
• Quo Vadis, Aida?

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or 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]

Best 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

Best 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

Best Director

• Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
• Babyteeth – Shannon Murphy
• Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
• Nomadland – Chloe Zhao
• Quo Vadis, Aida? – Jasmila Zbanic
• Rocks – Sarah Gavron

Best Film

• The Father
• The Mauritanian
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman
• The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Best Animation

• Onward
• Soul
• Wolfwalkers

Original Score

• Mank
• Minari
• News Of The World
• Promising Young Woman
• Soul

Casting

• Calm With Horses
• Judas And The Black Messiah
• Minari
• Promising Young Woman
• Rocks

Cinematography

• Judas And The Black Messiah
• Mank
• The Mauritanian
• News Of The World
• Nomadland

Editing

• The Father
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman
• Sound Of Metal
• The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Production Design

• The Dig
• The Father
• Mank
• News Of The World
• Rebecca

Costume Design

• Ammonite
• The Dig
• Emma.
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank

Make Up & Hair

• The Dig
• Hillbilly Elegy
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank
• Pinocchio

Sound

• Greyhound
• News Of The World
• Nomadland
• Soul
• Sound Of Metal

Special Visual Effects

• Greyhound
• The Midnight Sky
• Mulan
• The One And Only Ivan Santiago
• Tenet

British Short Animation

• The Fire Next Time
• The Owl And The Pussycat
• The Song Of A Lost Boy

British Short Film

• Eyelash
• Lizard
• Lucky Break
• Miss Curvy
• The Present

EE Rising Star Award

• Bukky Bakray
• Kingsley Ben-Adir
• Morfydd Clark
• Ṣọpẹ Dirisu
• Conrad Khan