The British Film Awards (BAFTA) has released its official list of nominees for the upcoming BAFTA 2021 award ceremony. Many analysts are expecting The White Tiger to win in several categories including Adarsh Gourav for Best Leading Actor and Ramin Bahrani for Adapted Screenplay. The BAFTAs will not have a live audience this year due to Covid-19, but there will be a virtual event broadcasting from Royal Albert Hall in London.
The White Tiger follows the story of Balram Halwai (played by Adarsh Gourav) who uses entrepreneurship as a way of changing his life. The film made its debut on Netflix on Jan. 22.
It will be interesting to see who wins the Best Actor category as there are several standout performances nominated at this year’s event including the late Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins for The Father, Mads Mikkelsen for Another Round and Tahar Rahim for The Mauritanian.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
- The Father
- The Mauritanian
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Outstanding British Film
- Calm with Horses
- The Dig
- The Father
- His House
- Limbo
- The Mauritanian
- Mogul Mowgli
- Promising Young Woman
- Rocks
- Saint Maud
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
- His House, Remi Weekes
- Limbo, Ben Sharrock
- Moffie, Jack Sidey
- Rocks, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
- Saint Maud, Rose Glass
Film not in English language
- Another Round
- Dear Comrades!
- Les Misérables
- Minari
- Quo Vadis, Aida?
Documentary
- Collective, Alexander Nanau
- David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey
- The Dissident, Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen
- My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster
- The Social Dilemma, Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes
Animated film
- Onward
- Soul
- Wolfwalkers
Director
- Shannon Murphy, Babyteeth
- Jasmila Zbanic, Quo Vadis, Aida?
- Sarah Gavron, Rocks
- Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
- Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Original Screenplay
- Another Round
- Mank
- Promising Young Woman
- Rocks
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Adapted Screenplay
- The Dig
- The Father
- The Mauritanian
- Nomadland
- The White Tiger
Leading Actress
- Bukky Bakray, Rocks
- Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
- Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
- Frances McDormand, Nomadland
- Wunmi Mosaku, His House
- Alfre Woodward, Clemency
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
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
- 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
Original Score
- MANK Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- MINARI Emile Mosseri
- NEWS OF THE WORLD James Newton Howard
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Anthony Willis
- SOUL Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Casting
- CALM WITH HORSES Shaheen Baig
- JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH Alexa L. Fogel
- MINARI Julia Kim
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu
- ROCKS Lucy Pardee
Cinematography
- JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH Sean Bobbitt
- MANK Erik Messerschmidt
- THE MAURITANIAN Alwin H. Küchler
- NEWS OF THE WORLD Dariusz Wolski
- NOMADLAND Joshua James Richards
Editing
- THE FATHER Yorgos Lamprinos
- NOMADLAND Chloé Zhao
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Frédéric Thoraval
- SOUND OF METAL Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 Alan Baumgarten
Production Design
- THE DIG Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
- THE FATHER Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
- MANK Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
- NEWS OF THE WORLD David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
- REBECCA Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Costume Design
- AMMONITE Michael O’Connor
- THE DIG Alice Babidge
- EMMA. Alexandra Byrne
- MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Ann Roth
- MANK Trish Summerville
Make up & Hair
- THE DIG Jenny Shircore
- HILLBILLY ELEGY Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle
- MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
- MANK Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
- PINOCCHIO Mark Coulier
Sound
- GREYHOUND Nominees TBC
- NEWS OF THE WORLD Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney
- NOMADLAND Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder
- SOUL Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker
- SOUND OF METAL Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc
Special Visual Effects
- GREYHOUND Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Sebastian von Overheidt
- THE MIDNIGHT SKY Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins
- MULAN Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury
- THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher
- TENET Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
British Short Animation
- THE FIRE NEXT TIME Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe
- THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
- THE SONG OF A LOST BOY Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein
British Short Film
- EYELASH Jesse Lewis Reece, Ike Newman
- LIZARD Akinola Davies, Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies
- LUCKY BREAK John Addis, Rami Sarras Pantoja
- MISS CURVY Ghada Eldemellawy
- THE PRESENT Farah Nabulsi
EE Rising Star Award
- BUKKY BAKRAY
- CONRAD KHAN
- KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR
- MORFYDD CLARK
- P DÌRÍSÙ
