Paul Thomas Anderson’s dazzling thriller “One Battle After Another” and Ryan Coogler’s resonant horror movie “Sinners” found as much love overseas as they did with Oscar voters, topping nominations at the British Film Academy Awards on Tuesday.
The two films flipped positions with the Brits, with “One Battle” leading with the way with 14 nominations, including five for its cast, and “Sinners” following with 13 nods. Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” and Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” scored big too, each picking up 11 nominations.
In the acting races, BAFTA voters restored Actors Awards nominees Chase Infiniti (“One Battle After Another”), Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”), Paul Mescal (“Hamnet”) and Odessa A’zion (“Marty Supreme”) to the fold, an easy task considering that the show has six slots per category, one more than the Oscars.
That surplus did not help “Wicked: For Good,” though. Shut out by motion picture academy voters, the musical sequel could only manage two nominations — costume design and hair and makeup — with BAFTA.
There’s no definitive count on the overlap of voters for the Oscars and the BAFTAs, but most publicists figure at least 1,000 of the 8,300 BAFTA film voters also belong to the motion picture academy. That overlap, along with the timing of its ceremony — this year it takes place Feb. 22, four days before final Oscar voting begins — makes the BAFTAs a precursor to watch with at least a passing interest.
In terms of taste, the group has a soft spot for British and European filmmakers and really loves the work of Edward Berger, diverging from the Oscars recently by giving best picture to two of his movies, “All Quiet on the Western Front” over “Everything Everywhere All at Once” in 2023 and, last year, “Conclave” instead of “Anora.”
If there’s a place where “Hamnet,” Zhao’s tender portrait of love and loss centered on the family of William Shakespeare, could pull off a best picture upset, it would be with this group.
Best film
“Hamnet” “Marty Supreme” “One Battle After Another” “Sentimental Value” “Sinners”
Leading actress
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet” Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue” Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another” Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value” Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
Leading actor
Robert Aramayo, “I Swear” Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme” Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another” Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon” Michael B Jordan, “Sinners” Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”
Supporting actress
Odessa A’zion, “Marty Supreme” Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value” Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners” Carey Mulligan, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another” Emily Watson, “Hamnet”
Supporting actor
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another” Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein” Paul Mescal, “Hamnet” Peter Mullan, “I Swear” Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another” Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”
Director
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners” Yorgos Lanthimos, “Bugonia” Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme” Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another” Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value” Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Film not in the English language
“It Was Just An Accident” “The Secret Agent” “Sentimental Value” “Sirât” “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Documentary
“2000 Meters to Andriivka” “Apocalypse in the Tropics” “Cover-Up” “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” “The Perfect Neighbor”
Animated film
“Elio” “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” “Zootopia 2”
Children’s and family film
“Arco” “Boong” “Lilo & Stitch” “Zootopia 2”
Original screenplay
“I Swear” “Marty Supreme” “The Secret Agent” “Sentimental Value” “Sinners”
Adapted screenplay
“The Ballad of Wallis Island” “Bugonia” “Hamnet” “One Battle After Another” “Pillion”
Original score
“Bugonia” “Frankenstein” “Hamnet” “One Battle After Another” “Sinners”
Casting
“I Swear” “Marty Supreme” “One Battle After Another” “Sentimental Value” “Sinners”
Cinematography
“Frankenstein” “Marty Supreme” “One Battle After Another” “Sinners” “Train Dreams”
Costume design
“Frankenstein” “Hamnet” “Marty Supreme” “Sinners” “Wicked: For Good”
Editing
“F1” “A House of Dynamite” “Marty Supreme” “One Battle After Another” “Sinners”
Production design
“Frankenstein” “Hamnet” “Marty Supreme” “One Battle After Another” “Sinners”
Make-up and hair
“Frankenstein” “Hamnet” “Marty Supreme” “Sinners” “Wicked: For Good”
Sound
“F1” “Frankenstein” “One Battle After Another” “Sinners” “Warfare”
Special visual effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” “F1” “Frankenstein” “How to Train Your Dragon” “The Lost Bus”
Outstanding British film
“28 Years Later”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy”
“Die My Love”
“H Is for Hawk”
“Hamnet”
“I Swear”
“Mr. Burton”
“Pillion”
“Steve”
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
“The Ceremony”
“My Father’s Shadow”
“Pillion”
“A Want in Her”
“Wasteman”
British short film
“Magid / Zafar” “Nostalgie” “Terence” “This Is Endometriosis” “Welcome Home Freckles”
British short animation
“Cardboard” “Solstice” “Two Black Boys in Paradise”
EE Bafta rising star award (voted for by the public)
Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
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