Richard Jordan

Jan 9, 2019

The Favourite leads the nominations for this year's British Academy Film Awards

Hot on the heels of the Golden Globes, awards season continues apace with the reveal of the nominees for the 2019 Bafta awards.

The Favourite, which won star Olivia Colman a Golden Globe for Best Actress this week, came out on top with a whopping 12 nominations. Tying for runner-up with seven nominations apiece were A Star Is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man and Roma.

The category shortlists were announced by Brit actors Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) and Will Poulter (DetroitBlack Mirror: Bandersnatch) live via social media this morning. 

The winners will be revealed at the 2019 Bafta Film Awards ceremony, hosted once again by Joanna Lumley, on 10 February.

The nominees for this year’s Bafta Rising Star Award, which is voted for by the public, have already been announced: Letitia Wright, Jessie Buckley, Cynthia Erivo, Barry Keoghan and Lakeith Stanfield.

Here is the full list of this year’s nominees:

Best Film

BlacKkKlansman

The Favourite

Green Book

Roma

A Star Is Born

Best British Film

Beast

Bohemian Rhapsody 

The Favourite 

McQueen 

Stan & Ollie 

You Were Never Really Here

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

Christian Bale, Vice

Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Steve Coogan, Stan & Ollie

Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Best Actress

Glenn Close, The Wife

Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born

Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Olivia Colman, The Favourite

Viola Davis, Widows

Best Supporting Actor

Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Richard E Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Sam Rockwell, Vice

Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, Vice

Claire Foy, First Man

Emma Stone, The Favourite

Margot Robbie, Mary, Queen of Scots

Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Director

Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman

Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War

Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite

Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Apostasy, Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)

Beast, Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)

A Cambodian Spring, Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)

Pili, Leanne Welham (Writer/Director), Sophie Harman (Producer)

Ray & Liz, Richard Billingham (Writer/Director), Jacqui Davies (Producer)

Best Animated Film

Incredibles 2

Isle of Dogs

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum

Cold War

Dogman

Roma

Shoplifters

Best Original Screenplay

Cold War

The Favourite

Green Book

Roma

Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

First Man

If Beale Street Could Talk

A Star Is Born

Best Documentary

Free Solo

McQueen

RBG

They Shall Not Grow Old

Three Identical Strangers

Best Original Music

BlacKkKlansman

If Beale Street Could Talk

Isle Of Dogs

Mary Poppins Returns

A Star Is Born

Best Cinematography

Bohemian Rhapsody

Cold War

The Favourite

First Man

Roma

Best Editing

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite

First Man

Roma

Vice

Best Production Design

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindlewald

The Favourite

First Man

Mary Poppins Returns

Roma

Best Costume Design

The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite

Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Queen Of Scots

Best Make-up and Hair

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite

Mary Queen Of Scots

Stand & Ollie

Vice

Best Sound

Bohemian Rhapsody

First Man

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

A Quiet Place

A Star Is Born

Best Special Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War

Black Panther

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindlewald

First Man

Ready Player One

British Short Film

73 Cows

Bachelor

The Blue Door

The Field

Wale

British Short Animation

I’m OK

Marfa

Roughhouse