After being mired in controversies for the last two seasons, British Academy Film Awards or BAFTA as we know it announced nominations for the 2022 awards season. Ever since Noel Clarke’s controversy and years of complaints against lack of diversity overshadowed the once prestigious awards BAFTA is trying to regain its credibility.
BAFTA 2022 nominations include 18 acting nominations for people of colour, including Will Smith, for best actor for King Richard, and Tessa Thompson. Further, out of the six best director nominations, three are women Jane Campion, Julia Ducournau and Audrey Diwan. Director Daniel Villeneuve’s epic science fiction Dune leads with 11 nominations, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast follow with 8 and 6 respectively.
And then there are snubs like actor Olivia Colman, Nicole Kidman and Kristen Stewart who are left out of the best actress category. Similarly, Andrew Garfield’s Tick, Tick, Boom… was overlooked by the BAFTA for best actor like many other musicals. Another loss to best actor category would be Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth. Hopefully, Oscars will come through for them.
Here is the entire BAFTA 2022 list –
Best Film
- Belfast
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- Licorice Pizza
- The Power of the Dog
Outstanding British Film
- After Love
- Ali & Ava
- Belfast
- Boiling Point
- Cyrano
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
- House of Gucci
- Last Night in Soho
- No Time to Die
- Passing
Best Animated Film
- Encanto
- Flee
- Luca
- The Mitchells vs the Machines
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
- After Love – Aleem Khan (writer/director)
- Boiling Point – James Cummings (writer), Hester Ruoff (producer) [also written by Philip Barantini and produced by Bart Ruspoli]
- The Harder They Fall – Jeymes Samuel (writer/director) [also written by Boaz Yakin]
- Keyboard Fantasies – Posy Dixon (writer/director), Liv Proctor (producer)
- Passing – Rebecca Hall (writer/director)
Best Film not in the English language
- Drive My Car
- The Hand of God
- Parallel Mothers
- Petite Maman
- The Worst Person in the World
Best Director
- Aleem Khan (After Love)
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
- Audrey Diwan (Happening)
- Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
- Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
- Julia Ducournau (Titane)
Best Actor
- Adeel Akhtar (Ali & Ava)
- Mahershala Ali (Swan Song)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up)
- Stephen Graham (Boiling Point)
- Will Smith (King Richard)
Best Original Screenplay
- Aaron Sorkin (Being the Ricardos)
- Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
- Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up)
- Zach Baylin (King Richard)
- Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Sian Heder (Coda)
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
- Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
- Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Best Documentary
- Becoming Cousteau
- Cow
- Flee
- The Rescue
- Summer of Soul
Best Actress
- Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)
- Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)
- Emilia Jones (Coda)
- Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World)
- Joanna Scanlan (After Love)
- Tessa Thompson (Passing)
Best Supporting Actress
- Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)
- Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
- Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
- Ann Dowd (Mass)
- Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
- Ruth Negga (Passing)
Best Supporting Actor
- Mike Faist (West Side Story)
- Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
- Troy Kotsur (Coda)
- Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon)
- Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
- Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Best Original Score
- Being the Ricardos
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- The French Dispatch
- The Power of the Dog
Best Casting
- Boiling Point
- Dune
- The Hand of God
- King Richard
- West Side Story
Best Cinematography
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- No Time to Die
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Editing
- Belfast
- Dune
- Licorice Pizza
- No Time to Die
- Summer of Soul
Best Production Design
- Cyrano
- Dune
- The French Dispatch
- Nightmare Alley
- West Side Story
Best Costume Design
- Cruella
- Cyrano
- Dune
- The French Dispatch
- Nightmare Alley
Best Makeup and Hair
- Cruella
- Cyrano
- Dune
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- House of Gucci
Best Sound
- Dune
- Last Night in Soho
- No Time to Die
- A Quiet Place Part II
- West Side Story
Best Special Visual Effects
- Dune
- Free Guy
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- The Matrix Resurrections
- No Time to Die
Best British Short Animation
- Affairs of the Art
- Do Not Feed the Pigeons
- Night of the Living Dread
Best British Short Film
- The Black Cop
- Femme
- The Palace
- Stuffed
- Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee
Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
- Ariana DeBose
- Harris Dickinson
- Lashana Lynch
- Millicent Simmonds
- Kodi Smit-McPhee
