British male actors are SNUBBED from 2024 BAFTA nominations
No British males have been shortlisted for appearing awards at this yr’s BAFTAs for the primary time since 1976, the nominations launched on Thursday revealed.
Both the Best and Supporting Actor classes for this yr’s awards have been devoid of any male British names.
Across this yr’s shortlist, 21 per cent of nominations have been British, a rise in contrast with 2023.
And there was no scarcity of British actresses with Carey Mulligan (Maestro) and Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane) receiving Leading Actress nominations and Claire Foy (All of Us Strangers) additionally obtained a nomination for Supporting Actress.
It was additionally a superb yr for Irish actors with Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) each receiving Leading Actor nods.
No British males have been shortlisted for appearing awards at this yr’s BAFTAs for the primary time since 1976, with Irish star Cillian Murphy main the shortlist
Both the Best and Supporting Actor classes for this yr’s awards have been devoid of any male British names, with fellow Irish favorite Barry Keoghan recognised
Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers), additionally Irish, obtained a Supporting Actor nomination.
In 1976, Americans Al Pacino received Best Actor for his roles in The Godfather II and Dog Day Afternoon and Fred Astaire received Best Supporting Actor for Towering Inferno.
The BAFTAs started in 1949.
News of no male British nominees comes after a fall in variety was famous in most of the main classes regardless of new woke guidelines.
Just one feminine director has been nominated within the Best Film class, which is the worst proportion for the reason that guidelines have been launched in 2020.
The Academy launched adjustments to extend the awards’ variety when no girls have been nominated as Best Director for the seventh yr working and all 20 nominees within the lead and supporting performer classes have been white.
Three years on, Justine Triet, who’s the director of crime thriller Anatomy of a Fall is the one lady to have obtained her nod in her class.
The voting course of was rejigged so as to add a longlist spherical within the choice earlier than the ultimate nominees are voted on by the academy’s 8,000 trade professionals.
The British Film Academy and Television Awards shortlist have revealed a fall in variety in most of the main classes regardless of new woke guidelines
Barbie director Greta Gerwig was a notable omission from Best Film after releasing her field workplace smash in the summertime, making greater than $1billion in ticket gross sales
Under the brand new guidelines, the director longlist had equal numbers of female and male filmmakers, nonetheless solely Justine made it to the shortlist.
She is up towards Andrew Haigh for All of Us Strangers, Alexander Payne for The Holdovers, Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer and Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest.
Barbie director Greta Gerwig was a notable omission after releasing her field workplace smash in the summertime, making greater than $1billion in ticket gross sales.
Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) and Celine Song (Past Lives) have been additionally arguably ignored for his or her movies.
In 2022, girls made up half of the six nominees for Best Director, and in 2021 they outnumbered males by 4 to 2.
It follows two years wherein there was one feminine on the listing: Mandy Walker in 2023 (Elvis) and Ari Wenger in 2022 (The Power Of The Dog).
No girls have been nominated this yr for Best Cinematography.
Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) and Celine Song (Past Lives) have been additionally arguably ignored for his or her movies (Emerald pictured on the Critics Choice Awards)
Other classes which have taken a step again embody the Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Two of the six nominees in these three classes are non-white. No non-white performers have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
1 / 4 of the appearing nominations have gone to non-white performers, down from 38 per cent final yr and effectively under the report 67 per cent in 2021.
Although the proportion of non-white nominees has fallen this yr, it’s nonetheless increased than the typical since 2000 (13 per cent) and is an enchancment on the 2020 listing, when each appearing nominee was white.
A modest vary of nationalities is represented throughout the 2024 appearing nominations, with performers from Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and South Korea, together with the UK and United States.
Ireland will get three placings within the appearing nominations: Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) in the perfect actor class, plus Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers) for greatest supporting actor.
Actors from the UK make up simply 5 of the 24 nominations, or 21 per cent: the identical proportion as final yr, and one of many lowest on report. The common since 2000 has been 33 per cent.
In 2002, 60 per cent of appearing nominations went to British expertise, and this stays the best proportion to this point this century.
No UK performers have been nominated for greatest actor – the primary time this has occurred since 2005. There can be no UK illustration in the perfect supporting actor class, although that is extra frequent and final occurred in 2022.
Ireland will get three placings within the appearing nominations: Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) in the perfect actor class, plus Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers) for greatest supporting actor (Cillian pictured)
The 5 UK appearing nominees this yr are Carey Mulligan (greatest actress, Maestro); Vivian Oparah (greatest actress, Rye Lane), Emily Blunt (greatest supporting actress, Oppenheimer); Claire Foy (greatest supporting actress, All of Us Strangers); and Rosamund Pike (greatest supporting actress, Saltburn).
Of the 23 individuals nominated throughout the 24 appearing awards (Sandra Huller seems twice), 11 are first-time nominees, down from 14 in 2023, 19 in 2022 and 21 in 2021. BAFTA chair Sara Putt stated she was happy with the academy’s work on variety, however ‘the enjoying subject shouldn’t be stage.’
‘We’re coming at this from a world that’s not stage, in that sense,’ she stated. ‘For each one movie made by a lady, there are three movies made by a person. So there is a actually lengthy journey to go on.’
In a extra constructive gentle, 11 out of 23 nominees within the efficiency classes have obtained their first BAFTA Film nomination, together with Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest), Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)…
Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), Colman Domingo (Rustin), Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers), Jacob Elordi (Saltburn), Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane), and Teo Yoo (Past Lives).
Alongside this yr’s EE Rising Star nominee Jacob Elordi, six former EE Rising Stars are nominated: Emily Blunt (2007), Carey Mulligan (2010), Cillian (2007), Emma Stone (2011), Margot Robbie (2015) and Barry Keoghan (2019).
In the Best Director class, 4 of the six are first-time Director nominees: Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest), Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers), Alexander Payne (The Holdovers), and Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall). None of the Director nominees are earlier winners on this class.
Three administrators within the 2023-4 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort are nominated along with Vivian Oparah. Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane) and Charlotte Regan (Scrapper) in Outstanding British Film, and Ella Glendining (Is Anybody Out There?) in Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
The 2024 British Academy Film Awards will happen on Sunday, February 18 and can air on BBC One and iPlayer.
BAFTA 2024 NOMINATIONS IN FULL
Best Film
Anatomy Of A Fall
The Holdovers
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Director
Oppenheimer’s is ready to comb the board. One of its many nominations is Christopher Nolan as Best Director
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Stranger
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro, Killers Of The Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
Jacob Elordi, Saltburn
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Paul Mescal, All Of Us Strangers
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Claire Foy, All Of Us Strangers
Sandra Hüller, The Zone Of Interest
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Original Screenplay
Anatomy Of A Fall has obtained loads of nominations together with for Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Maestro
Past Lives
Adapted Screenplay
All Of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone Of Interest
Animated Film
Chicken Run’s sequel Dawn Of The Nugget is up for Animated Film
The Boy And The Heron
Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
British Short Film
Festival Of Slaps
Gorka
Jellyfish And Lobster
Such A Lovely Day
Yellow
Cinematography
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Sone Of Interest
Documentary
20 Days In Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Wham!
Make Up & Hair
Killers Of The Flower Moon earned loads of nominations. Pictured: Lily Gladstone and Leonardo di Caprio
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Product Design
Barbie
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone Of Interest
Special Visual Effects
Poor Things, that includes Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo (each pictured), is up for Special Visual Effects
The Creator
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Poor Things
Leading Actor
Barry Keoghan is up for Leading Actor for his efficiency in Saltburn
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Teo Yoo, Past Lives
Leading Actress
Margot Robbie obtained nominated for Leading Actress
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy Of A Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Vivian Oparah, Rye Lane
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Outstanding British Film
All Of Us Strangers
How To Have Sex
Napoleon
The Old Oak
Poor Things
Rye Lane
Saltburn
Scrapper
Wonka
The Zone Of Interest
Film Not within the English Language
20 Days In Mariupol
Anatomy of a Fall
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest
Outstanding Debut
How To Have Sex obtained a nod for Outstanding Debut
Blue Bag Life
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Earth Mama
How To Have Sex
Is There Anybody Out There?
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Lisa Selby, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry
Christopher Sharp
Savanah Leaf, Shirley O’connor, Medb Riordan
Molly Manning Walker
Ella Glendining
British Short Animation
Crab Day
Visible Mending
Wild Summon
Casting
The Holdovers had a superb displaying, together with being up for Casting
All Of Us Strangers
Anatomy Of A Fall
The Holdovers
How To Have Sex
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Costume Design
Barbie
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Editing
Anatomy Of A Fall
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone Of Interest
Original Score
Killers Of The Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Sound
The Zone Of Interest is up for Sound alongside Oppenheimer, Maestro and others
Ferrari
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone Of Interest
EE Rising Star
Phoebe Dynevor
Ayo Edebiri
Jacob Elordi
Mia McKenna-Bruce
Sophie Wilde
