Given its sweep of the Golden Globes and general awards season dominance, it should come as a shock to no one that La La Land accrued the most BAFTA nominations when those were announced earlier today. The musical found itself in a whopping 11 categories, including Best Film, Director, Leading Actor, and Leading Actress.
However, the British Academy did not entirely follow suit with the dominant awards-season narrative. Its voters were particularly partial to Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals. Despite missing out on Best Film, the moody drama garnered nine nods, the same amount as Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival. Aaron Taylor Johnson—an unexpected victor Sunday night—is once again competing for the supporting actor prize, while Ford will contend for Director and Jake Gyllenhaal for Leading Actor. But what got left out while the BAFTAs were showering affection on Ford’s movie? Notably work by black filmmakers and actors. Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins wasn’t honored for directing, while Denzel Washington’s performance in Fences was ignored.
Moonlight is up for Best Film, alongside La La Land, Arrival, Manchester By The Sea, and I, Daniel Blake, the Palme D’Or winner and a hometown favorite for the BAFTAs. Elsewhere, Emily Blunt is a surprise pick for Leading Actress for the poorly-received The Girl On The Train and the British name for Zootopia is Zootropolis. Below you can see a selection of the most prominent categories, the full list is available here.
Best Film
Arrival
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester By The Sea
Moonlight
Outstanding British Film
American Honey
Denial
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
I, Daniel Blake
Notes On Blindness
Under The Shadow
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director, Or Producer
The Girl With All the Gifts: Mike Carey (Writer), Camille Gatin (Producer)
The Hard Stop: George Amponsah (Writer/Director/Producer), Dionne Walker (Writer/Producer)
Notes on Blindness: Peter Middleton (Writer/Director/Producer), James Spinney (Writer/Director), Jo-Jo Ellison (Producer)
The Pass: John Donnelly (Writer), Ben A. Williams (Director)
Under the Shadow: Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (Producers)
Film Not In The English Language
Dheephan
Julieta
Mustang
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann
Documentar
13th
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week—The Touring Years
The Eagle Huntress
Notes On Blindness
Weiner
Animated Film
Finding Dory
Kubo And The Two Strings
Moana
Zootropolis
Director
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Ken Loach, I, Daniel Blake
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Original Screenplay
Taylor Sheridan, Hell Or High Water
Paul Laverty, I, Daniel Blake
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Adapated Screenplay
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, Hacksaw Ridge
Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder, Hidden Figures
Luke Davies, Lion
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Leading Actor
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Leading Actress
Amy Adams, Arrival
Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Supporting Actor
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
Dev Patel, Lion
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jeff Bridges, Hell Or High Water
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Supporting Actress
Hayley Squires, I, Daniel Blake
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Viola Davis, Fences
Original Music
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Arrival
Mica Levi, Jackie
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka, Lion
Abel Korzeniowski, Nocturnal Animals
Cinematography
Bradford Young, Arrival
Giles Nuttgens, Hell Or High Water
Linus Sandgren, La La Land
Greig Fraser, Lion
Seamus McGarvey, Nocturnal Animals