The pop culture film “Barbie” topped records at the box office around the world; but at the British Film awards, it is the somewhat biographical film “Oppenheimer” that takes the lead with 13 nominations. 

“Poor Things”, “Killers of the Flower Moon”, “The Zone of Interest”, “Anatomy of a Fall”, “The Holdovers”, “Maestro”, “All of Us Strangers”, “Saltburn”, and “Barbie” also garnered multiple nominations.

The 2024 BAFTA Awards are scheduled for February 18 in London with “Doctor Who” star David Tennant hosting the event.

The equivalent of Hollywood’s Academy Awards, the BAFTA awards are often seen as a preview of Oscar winners.

The winners of the annual BAFTA awards are selected by the Film academy’s 8,000 members.

Hollywood isn’t the only place that saw some major changes to awards nominees in recent years.  After undergoing a change in 2020, the director’s category must have an equal number of male and female nominees in its long list.  This year the short list features only one female director.  BAFTA chair Sara Putt noted that she was proud of the diversity changes made by the academy.

2024 BAFTA Award nominees:
Best Film:
“Academy of a Fall”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”

Outstanding British Film:
“All of Us Strangers”
“How to Have Sex”
“Napoleon”
“The Old Oak”
“Poor Things”
“Rye Lake”
“Saltburn”
“Scrapper”
“Wonka”
“The Zone of Interest”

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer:
“Blue Bag Life”
“Bobi Wine”
“Earth Mama”
“How to Have Sex”
“Is There Anybody Out There?”

Best Foreign Language Film:
“20 Days in Mariupol”
“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Past Lives”
“Society of the Snow”
“The Zone of Interest”

Best Documentary:
“20 Days in Mariupol”
“American Symphony”
“Beyond Utopia”
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
“WHAM!”

Best Animated Film:
“The Boy and the Heron”
“Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget”
“Elemental”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Best Direction of a Film:
Andrew Haigh for “All of Us Strangers”
Justine Triet for “Anatomy of a Fall”
Alexander Payne for “The Holdovers”
Bradley Cooper for “Maestro”
Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer”
Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest”

Best Original Screenplay:
“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Barbie”
“The Holdovers”
“Maestro”
“Past Lives”

Best Adapted Screenplay:
“All of Us Strangers”
“American Fiction”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“The Zone of Interest”

Best Leading Actress:
Fantasia Barrino in “The Color Purple”
Sandra Huller in “Anatomy of a Fall”
Carey Mulligan in “Maestro”
Vivian Oparah in “Rye Lane”
Margot Robbie in “Barbie”
Emma Stone in “Poor Things”

Best Leading Actor:
Bradley Cooper in “Maestro”
Colman Domingo in “Rustin”
Paul Giamatti in “The Holdovers”
Barry Keoghan in “Saltburn”
Cillian Murphy in “Oppenheimer”
Teo Yoo in “Past Lives”

Best Supporting Actress:
Emily Blunt in “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks in “The Color Purple”
Claire Foy in “All of Us Strangers”
Sandra Huller in “The Zone of Interest”
Rosamund Pike in “Saltburn”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in “The Holdovers”

Best Supporting Actor:
Robert De Niro in “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Robert Downey Jr in “Oppenheimer”
Jacob Elordi in “Saltburn”
Ryan Gosling in “Barbie”
Paul Mescal in “All of Us Strangers”
Dominic Sessa in “The Holdovers

Best Original Score:
Robbie Robertson for “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Ludwig Goransson for “Oppenheimer”
Jerskin Fendrix for “Poor Things”
Anthony Willis for “Saltburn”
Daniel Pemberton for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Best Castin for a Film:
Kahleen Crawford for “All of Us Strangers”
Cynthia Arra for “Anatomy of a Fall”
Susan Shopmaker for “The Holdovers”
Isabella Odoffin for “How to Have Sex”
Ellen Lewis and Rene Haynes for “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Best Cinematrography:
Rodrigo Prieto for “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Matthew Libatique for “Maestro”
Hoyte van Hoytema for “Oppenheimer”
Robbie Ryan for “Poor Things”
Lukasz Zal for “The Zone of Interest”

Best Editing:
Laurent Senechal for “Anatomy of a Fall”
Thelma Schhnmaker for “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Jennifer Lame for “Oppenheimer”
Yorgos Mavropsaridis for “Poor Things”
Paul Watts for “The Zone of Interest”

Best in Production Design:
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer for “Barbie”
Jack Fisk and Adam Willis for “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Ruth De Jong and Claire Kaufman for “Oppenheimer”
Shona Heath, James Price, and Zsuzsa Mihalek for “Poor Things”
Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kus, and Katarzyna Sikora for “The Zone of Interest”

Best in Costume Design:
Jacqueline Durran for “Barbie”
Jacqueline West for “Killers of he Flower Moon”
Dave Crossman and Janty Yates for “Napoleon”
Ellen Mirojnick for “Oppenheimer”
Holly Waddington for “Poor Things”

Best in Makeup and Hair:
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
“Napoleon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”

Best in Sound:
“Ferrari”
“Maestro”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Oppenheimer”
“The Zone of Interest”

Best in Special Visual Effects:
“The Creator”
“Guardians of the Galaxy”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Napoleon”
“Poor Things”

Best in British Short Animation:
“Crab Day”
“Visible Mending”
“Wild Summon”

Best British Short Film:
“Festival of Slaps”
“Gorka”
“Jellyfish and Lobster”
“Such a Lovely Day”
“Yellow”

EE Rising Star Award:
Phoebe Dynevor
Ayo Edebiri
Jacob Elordi
Mia McKenna-Bruce
Sophie Wilde