BAFTA Awards 2023 nominations out

BAFTA Awards 2023 is all set to be held on February 19, 2023, to look back and celebrate all the great films from 2022, the year that saw an immense resurgence in cinema-going audiences after the previous two years were dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Needless to say, there are many frontrunners for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA Awards) across categories.

A month ahead of the coveted awards ceremony, which is set to take place at the Royal Festival Hall within London's Southbank Centre, BAFTA has just revealed its full list of nominees from the packed year of 2022. Some films like All Quiet on the Western Front and Banshees of Inisherin bagged multiple nominations, while a resurgence in great independent films has also been noted.

The 2023 BAFTA Awards nominations–All categories revealed for the event

Here are all the films, actors, and crew members who have been nominated for the BAFTA Awards 2023 for their outstanding achievements in 2022. The longlist for BAFTA Awards 2023 was released a few weeks ago and comprised multiple more nominees from each category.

There are no BAFTA TV nominations, given that the ceremonly exclusively celebrates and awards only films.

Check out the nominations here:

Best film

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Tár

Outstanding British film

Aftersun

The Banshees of Inisherin

Brian and Charles

Empire of Light

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Living

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

See How They Run

The Swimmers

The Wonder

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Aftersun – Charlotte Wells (writer/director)

Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley (writer/director), Hélène Sifre (producer)

Electric Malady – Marie Lidén (director)

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Katy Brand (writer)

Rebellion – Maia Kenworthy (director)

Best film not in the English language

All Quiet on the Western Front

Argentina, 1985

Corsage

Decision to Leave

The Quiet Girl

Best documentary

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

Moonage Daydream

Navalny

Best animated film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

Turning Red

Best director

Edward Berger – All Quiet on the Western Front

Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Todd Field – Tár

Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King

Best original screenplay

Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Todd Field – Tár

Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness

Best adapted screenplay

Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell – All Quiet on the Western Front

Kazuo Ishiguro – Living

Colm Bairéad – The Quiet Girl

Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said

Samuel D Hunter – The Whale

Best actress

Cate Blanchett – Tár

Viola Davis – The Woman King

Danielle Deadwyler – Till

Ana de Armas – Blonde

Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best actor

Austin Butler – Elvis

Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Daryl McCormack – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Bill Nighy – Living

Best supporting actress

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau – The Whale

Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin

Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness

Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Carey Mulligan – She Said

Best supporting actor

Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

Middle Watch

Your Mountain Is Waiting

Best British short film

The Ballad of Olive Morris

Bazigaga

Bus Girl

A Drifting Up

An Irish Goodbye

EE Rising Star award (voted for by the public)

Aimee Lou Wood

Daryl McCormack

Emma Mackey

Naomi Ackie

Sheila Atim

It seems BAFTA 2023's most nominated film is All Quiet on the Western Front, with 14 nominations across multiple categories. BAFTA 2023 predictions will surely put this film above others.

Catch the BAFTA Awards 2023 live on February 19, 2023.

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