‘Dune’ and ‘The Power of the Dog’ lead contenders at the 2022 BAFTAs

The British Academy Film and Television Arts have announced on February 3 the nominees for the 2022 BAFTA film awards, with Dune and The Power of the Dog leading the nominations.

Denis Villeneuve’s epic science fiction film Dune, starring Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet, has received 11 nods, including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score categories.

Tailing behind Dune is Jane Campion’s psychological drama The Power of the Dog. The film, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch, has eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay categories.

Competing against Dune and The Power of the Dog in Best Picture is Sir Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, which received six nominations. Belfast is also nominated in Outstanding British Film and Original Screenplay categories, among others.

Cary Joji Fukunaga’s No Time to Die, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story are all tied with five nominations each. 

In a press release published by BAFTA, they revealed that there are 19 nominees in performance categories who received their first nominations, including Ariana DeBose of West Side Story, Alana Haim of Licorice Pizza, Woody Norman of C’mon C’mon, Joanna Scanlan of After Love and Will Smith of King Richard. These first-time nominees are BAFTA’s evidence of their “commitment to supporting and recognizing new talent” in the film industry.

BAFTA also mentioned that there are equal numbers of female and male directors nominated in Best Director, while there are up to 70 female nominees across all categories. According to them, this is “the highest [female nominees] in the last five years.”

The 2022 BAFTA film awards will be held on March 13 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The awards show will be hosted by Australian comedian and actor Rebel Wilson, who had previously delivered a monologue about COVID-19, Cats, and the lack of female nominees in the 2020 BAFTAs.

Read on to see the full list of nominees below or here:

Best Film

Outstanding British Film

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer

Film Not In The English Language

Documentary

Animated Film

Director

Original Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay

Leading Actress

Leading Actor

Supporting Actress

Supporting Actor

Original Score

Casting

Cinematography

Editing

Production Design

Costume Design

Make-Up & Hair

Sound

Special Visual Effects

British Short Animation

British Short Film

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

 

 

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