More than half of the 24 nominees in the acting categories come 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’, not long after she became the first woman of Asian descent and second woman ever to win the same award at this year’s Golden Globes.
“I feel conflicting because so many of my fellow actors who deserve do not have the same privilege. I think we are sending a very clear message to people of color that you are not welcome here,” Phoenix said.
In September, BAFTA announced about 120 “wide-ranging changes” to address the lack of diversity in the awards, including changes to its membership and voting process. The changes, described by chairman Krishnendu Majumdar as a ‘watershed moment’ in the history of the academy, took place after a seven-month review of the lack of diversity in last year’s nominations.
“Nomadland” and “Rocks” received the most nominations this year with seven pieces, while “The Father”, “Mank”, “Minari” and “Promising Young Woman” each received six.
BAFTA awards for winners will be announced on Sunday 11 April.
BAFTA Film Awards 2021 nominations
Best movie
- “The father”
- “The Mauritanian”
- “Nomadland”
- “Promising young woman”
- “The trial of Chicago 7”
Outstanding British film
- “Calm with horses”
- “The digging”
- “The father”
- “His house”
- “Limbo”
- “The Mauritanian”
- “Mogul Mowgli”
- “Promising young woman”
- “Rocks”
- “Saint 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”
- “Lack”
- “Promising young woman”
- “Rocks”
- “The trial of Chicago 7”
Custom script
- “The digging”
- “The father”
- “The Mauritanian”
- “Nomadland”
- “The white tiger”
Starring
- Bukky Bakray (“Rocks”)
- Radha Blank (“The Forty Year Old Version”)
- Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)
- Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”)
- Wunmi Mosaku (“His House”)
- Alfre Woodard (“Clemency”)
Starring
- 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 film”)
- 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 debut by a British writer, director or producer
- Remi Weekes (“His house”)
- Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai (“Limbo”)
- Jack Sidey (“Moffie”)
- Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (“Rocks”)
- Rose Glass, Oliver Kassman (“Saint Maud”)
Film not in English language
- Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen (“Another round”)
- Andrei Konchalovsky, Alisher Usmanov (“Dear Comrade!”)
- Ladj Ly (“The Miserables”)
- 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 film
- 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 of the World”)
- Anthony Willis (“Promising Young Woman”)
- Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Soul”)
Cast
- 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 (“Lack”)
- 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 (“Prominsg Young Woman”)
- Mikkel EG Nielsen (“Sound of Metal”)
- Alan Baumgarten (“The Trial of the Chicago 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 of the World”)
- Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer (“Rebecca”)