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78th British Academy Film Awards
Notes from Rich: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is the top tier of talent in the UK, so their awards mean something, and the voters are loosely equivalent to Ampas (aka the Oscars) in the US. That said, Bafta continues to tinker with its voting system, so their nominees and winners are becoming more distinctive. This year's nominees reflect the usual quirks of this group, with extra love for Hugh Grant and the British/Irish Kneecap, plus more than expected for Sing Sing and The Apprentice. As always, they have also missed a major British nominee, Daniel Craig. Others surprisingly missing include Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman, Challengers and La Chimera. Winners were spread around nicely, with the safe winner taking Best Film. And the new Children's & Family Film category was rendered redundant by both its nominees and winner. But David Tennant was a terrific host for the ceremony. And Take That were a fabulous touch.
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| F I L M AnoraThe Brutalist A Complete Unknown  ConclaveEmilia Perez
| B R I T I S H F I L M BirdBlitz ConclaveGladiator II Hard Truths Kneecap Lee Love Lies Bleeding The Outrun Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
| F I L M N O T I N E N G L I S H All We Imagine As Light Emilia PerezI'm Still Here Kneecap The Seed of the Sacred Fig
| D O C U M E N T A R Y Black Box DiariesDaughters No Other Land Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve StoryWill & Harper
| A N I M A T E D F E A T U R E FlowInside Out 2 Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlThe Wild Robot
| C H I L D R E N ’ S / F A M I L Y F I L M FlowKensuke's Kingdom Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlThe Wild Robot
| D I R E C T O R Anora - Sean Baker The Brutalist - Brady CorbetConclave - Edward Berger Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve Emilia Perez - Jacques Audiard The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
| C A S T I N G Anora - Sean BakerThe Apprentice - Carmen Cuba, Stephanie Gorin A Complete Unknown - Yesi Ramirez Conclave - Nina Gold, Martin Ware Kneecap - Carla Stronge
| A C T R E S S Cynthia Erivo - WickedKarla Sofia Gascon - Emilia Perez Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths Mikey Madison - AnoraDemi Moore - The Substance Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun
| A C T O R Adrien Brody - The BrutalistTimothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo - Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes - Conclave Hugh Grant - Heretic Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
| S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S Selena Gomez - Emilia PerezAriana Grande - Wicked Felicity Jones - The Brutalist Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Showgirl Isabella Rossellini - Conclave Zoe Saldana - Emilia Perez
| S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R Yura Borisov - Anora Kieran Culkin - A Real PainClarence Maclin - Sing Sing Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown Guy Pearce - The Brutalist Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
| O R I G I N A L S C R E E N P L A Y Anora - Sean BakerThe Brutalist - Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold Kneecap - Rich Peppiatt A Real Pain - Jesse EisenbergThe Substance - Coralie Fargeat
| A D A P T E D S C R E E N P L A Y A Complete Unknown - James Mangold, Jay Cocks Conclave - Peter StraughanEmilia Perez - Jacques Audiard Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross - Joslyn Barnes Sing Sing - Clint Bentley - Greg Kwedar
| R I S I N G S T A R (winner selected by public vote) Marisa Abela - Back to BlackJharrel Jerome - Unstoppable David Jonsson - Alien: RomulusMikey Madison - Anora Nabhaan Rizwan - In Camera
| F I L M M A K I N G D E B U T Hoard - Luna Carmoon Kneecap - Rich PeppiattMonkey Man - Dev Patel Santosh - Sandhya Suri, James Bowsher, Balthazar De Ganay Sister Midnight - Karan Kandhari
| S C O R E The Brutalist - Daniel BlumbergConclave - Volker Bertelmann Emilia Perez - Clement Ducol & Camille Nosferatu - Robin Carolan The Wild Robot - Kris Bowers
| C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y The Brutalist - Lol CrawleyConclave - Stephane Fontaine Dune: Part Two - Greig Fraser Emilia Perez - Paul Guilhaume Nosferatu - Jarin Blaschke
| E D I T I N G Anora - Sean Baker Conclave - Nick EmersonDune: Part Two - Joe Walker Emilia Perez - Juliette Welfling Kneecap - Chris Gill, Julian Ulrichs
| P R O D U C T I O N D E S I G N The Brutalist - Judy BeckerConclave - Suzie Davies Dune: Part Two - Patrice Vermette Nosferatu - Craig Lathrop Wicked - Nathan Crowley
| C O S T U M E S Blitz - Jacqueline DurranA Complete Unknown - Arianne Phillips Conclave - Lisy Christl Nosferatu - Linda Muir Wicked - Paul Tazewell
| M A K E - U P & H A I R Dune: Part TwoEmilia Perez Nosferatu The SubstanceWicked
| V I S U A L E F F E C T S Better Man Dune: Part TwoGladiator II Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wicked
| S O U N D Blitz Dune: Part TwoGladiator II The Substance Wicked
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LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
| S P E C I A L A W A R D S OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA: MediCinema BAFTA FELLOWSHIP: Warwick Davis
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