The nominees for the 81st Golden Globe Awards were announced on Monday 11th December, with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie the most-nominated of the films chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Warner Bros’ Barbie was nominated across 7 categories, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Lead Actress and Supporting Actor, with 3 nominations in the Original Song category for “Dance the Night Away”, “I’m Just Ken” and “What Was I Made For?”.

Justine Triet’s multi-time European Film Awards winner and the recipient of the 2023 Cannes Palme d’Or, Anatomy of a Fall, was nominated in both the Best Motion Picture – Drama category as well as the Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language category, as was Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest. The latter was also nominated in the Best Original Score – Motion Picture category alongside The Boy and the Heron, which is a leading name in the Best Motion Picture – Animated category beside Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

The 2024 Golden Globes will take place on 7th January 2024, and will be broadcast in the CBS in the US and in the UK on Paramount+.

The nominees for the 81st edition of the Golden Globe Awards (2024) are as follows:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Anatomy of a Fall
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Air
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Poor Things

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Io Capitano
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest

Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Suzume
Wish

Best Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Greta Gerwig (Barbie)
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Celine Song (Past Lives)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Annette Bening (Nyad)
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Greta Lee (Past Lives)
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Fantasia Barrino (The Color Purple)
Jennifer Lawrence (No Hard Feelings)
Natalie Portman (May December)
Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves)
Margot Robbie (Barbie)
Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Julianne Moore (May December)
Rosamund Pike (Saltburn)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Barry Keoghan (Saltburn)
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario)
Timothée Chalamet (Wonka)
Matt Damon (Air)
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Joaquin Phoenix (Beau Is Afraid)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe (Poor Things)
Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
Charles Melton (May December)
Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (Barbie)
Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Celine Song (Past Lives)
Tony McNamara (Poor Things)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things)
Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)
Joe Hisaishi (The Boy and the Heron)
Micachu (The Zone of Interest)
Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Robbie Robertson (Killers of the Flower Moon)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Addicted to Romance” by Bruce Springsteen
“Dance the Night” by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa
“I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
“Peaches” by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker, Jack Black
“Road to Freedom” by Lenny Kravitz
“What Was I Made For?” by Finneas O’Connell, Billie Eilish

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

For the full list of television nominees, please visit the Golden Globes website.

The winners of the 2023 European Film Awards were announced live from Berlin, Germany on Saturday 9th December, with Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall receiving a number of major accolades, including Best European Film.

The European Film Academy announced 11 different films from as many as 10 different countries as winners across a wide range of categories, whilst also honouring a number of individuals for their contributions to the form. English actress Vanessa Redgrave was honoured with the European Lifetime Achievement award, with Spanish film director Isabel Coixet being rewarded for European Achievement in World Cinema.

Anatomy of a Fall was the most celebrated of the stacked line-up of films, winning the award for Best European Film over fellow nominees Fallen Leaves, Green Border, Me Captain and The Zone of Interest, as well as picking up awards for European Director, European Screenwriter, European Editing, and European Actress, the latter of which was won by Sandra Hüller who was nominated twice in the category for Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest.

The awards ceremony was streamed live and in full via the European Film Awards website, with replays still available.

The winners of the 2023 European Film Awards (EFAs) are as follows:

European Film – Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Green Border
Me Captain
The Zone of Interest

European Young Audience Award – Scrapper
Longing for the World
One in a Million

European Discovery – Prix Fipresci – How to Have Sex
20,000 Species of Bees
La Palisiada
Safe Place
The Quiet Migration
Vincent Must Die

European Documentary – Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Apolonia, Apolonia
Four Daughters
Motherland
On the Adamant

European Animated Feature Film – Robot Dreams
A Greyhound of a Girl
Chicken for Linda!
The Amazing Maurice
White Plastic Sky

European Short Film – Hardly Working
27
Aqueronte
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays
Flores Del Otro Patio

European Director – Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Aki Kaurismäki (Fallen Leaves)
Agnieszka Holland (Green Border)
Matteo Garrone (Me Captain)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

European Actress – Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Eka Chavleishvili (Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry)
Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)
Leonie Benesch (The Teachers’ Lounge)
Sandra Hüller (The Zone of Interest)

European Actor – Mads Mikkelsen (The Promised Land)
Thomas Schubert (Afire)
Jussi Vatanen (Fallen Leaves)
Josh O’Connor (La Chimera)
Christian Friedel (The Zone of Interest)

European Screenwriter – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
Aki Kaurismäki (Fallen Leaves)
Gabriela Lazarkiewicz-Sieczko, Maciej Pisuk Agnieszka Holland (Green Border)
Johannes Duncker, Ilker Çatak (The Teachers’ Lounge)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

European Cinematography – Rasmus Videbæk (The Promised Land)

European Editing – Laurent Sénéchal (Anatomy of a Fall)

European Production Design – Emita Frigato (La Chimera)

European Costume Design – Kicki Ilander (The Promised Land)

European Make-Up & Hair – Society of the Snow

European Original Score – Markus Binder (Club Zero)

European Sound – Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers (The Zone of Interest)

European Visual Effects – Society of the Snow

European Lifetimes Achievement – Vanessa Redgrave

European Achievement in World Cinema – Isabel Coixet

Eurimages Co-Production Award – Uljana Kim

Honorary Award of the EFA President and Board – Béla Tarr

European Sustainability Award (Prix Film4Climate) – Güler Sabancı

The winners of the 2023 British Independent Film Awards were announced live from Old Billingsgate, London on Sunday 3rd December 2023, with Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers earning the Best British Independent Film award on a successful night for the relationship drama.

In a ceremony hosted by Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Lolly Adefope, All of Us Strangers took home British Independent Film Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Music Supervision and Best Editing, with 2023 Oscar nominee Paul Mescal (Aftersun) being named the joint winner for Best Supporting Performance for his part in the film.

Justine Triet’s 2023 Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall was awarded the title of Best International Independent Film, earning the accolade over competing titles Fallen Leaves, Fremont, Monster and Past Lives.

Mia McKenna-Bruce won the award for Best Lead Performance for her part in How to Have Sex, with casting director Isabella Odoffin also earning an accolade for Best Casting.

The full list of 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs):

Best British Independent Film – All of Us Strangers
Femme
How to Have Sex
Rye Lane
Scrapper

Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger – Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Fremont
Monster
Past Lives

Best Director sponsored by Sky Cinema – Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers)
Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films – Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers)
Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Lead Performance – Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)
Jodie Comer (The End We Start From)
Tia Nomore (Earth Mama)
Nabhaan Rizwan (In Camera)
Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers)
Tilda Swinton (The Eternal Daughter)

Best Supporting Performance – Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers)
Ritu Arya (Polite Society)
Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers)
Samuel Bottomley (How to Have Sex)
Alexandra Burke (Pretty Red Dress)
Amir El-Masry (In Camera)
Clair Foy (All of Us Strangers)
Alia Shawkat (Drift)
Shaun Thomas (How to Have Sex)
Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From)

Best Joint Lead Performance – Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George MacKay (Femme)
Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson (Scrapper)
David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane)

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by BBC Film – Savanah Leaf (Earth Mama)
Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Holly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Breakthrough Producer sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios – Theo Barrowclough (Scrapper)
Georgia Goggin (Pretty Red Dress)
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo (Rye Lane)
Gannesh Rajah (If the Streets Were on Fire)
Chi Thai (Raging Grace)

Breakthrough Performance sponsored by Netflix – Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane)
Le’Shantey Bonsu (Girl)
Lola Campbell (Scrapper)
Priya Kansara (Polite Society)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)

Best Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4 – Nida Manzoor (Polite Society)
Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary – Chloe Abrahams (The Taste of Mango)
Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn (Another Baby)
Ella Glendining (Is There Anybody Out There?)
Alice Russell (If the Streets Were on Fire)
Christopher Sharp (Bobi Wine: The People’s President)

The Raindance Maverick Award – If the Streets Were on Fire
Is There Anybody Out There?
Name Me Lawand
Raging Grace
Red Herring

Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film – If the Streets Were on Fire
Another Body
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Lyra
Occupied City

Best British Short Film – Festival of Slaps
Christopher At Sea
Lions
Muna
The Talent

Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight – Isabella Odoffin (How to Have Sex) 
Shaheen Baig (Scrapper)
Kharmel Cochrane (Rye Lane)
Kahleen Crawford (All of Us Strangers)
Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Barón, Abby Harri (Earth Mama)

Best Cinematography sponsored by Harbor & Kodak – Jamie D. Ramsay (All of Us Strangers)
Olan Collardy (Rye Lane)
Suzie Lavelle (The End We Start From)
Molly Manning Walker (Scrapper)
James Rhodes (Femme)

Best Costume Design – Buki Ebiesuwa (Femme)
George Buxton (How to Have Sex)
Oliver Cronk (Scrapper)
Cynthia Lawrence-John (Rye Lane)
PC Williams (The End We Start From)

Best Editing – Jonathan Alberts (All of Us Strangers) 
Victoria Boydell (Rye Lane)
Paul Carlin (Bobi Wine: The People’s President)
Avdhesh Mohla (High & Low – John Galliano)
Arttu Salmi (The End We Start From)

Best Effects – Jonathan Gales, Richard Baker (The Kitchen)
Paddy Eason (Polite Society)
Theodor Flo-Groeneboom (The End We Start From)

Best Music Supervision – Connie Farr (All of Us Strangers)
Ciara Elwis (Femme)
David Fish (Rye Lane)

Best Make-Up & Hair Design sponsored by The Wall Group – Marie Deehan (Femme)
Zoe Clare Brown (All of Us Strangers)
Claire Carter (Polite Society)
Natasha Lawes (How to Have Sex)
Bianca Simone Scott (Rye Lane)

Best Original Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group – Kwes (Rye Lane)
Adam Janota Bzowski (Femme)
Patrick Jonsson (Scrapper)
Anna Meredith (The End We Start From)
Ré Olunuga (Girl)

Best Production Design sponsored by ATC & Broadsword – Nathan Parker (The Kitchen)
Laura Ellis Cricks (The End We Start From)
Sarah Finlay (All of Us Strangers)
Elena Muntoni (Scrapper)
Anna Rhodes (Rye Lane)

Best Sound supported by Halo – Mark Jenkin (Enys Men)
Scrapper
How to Have Sex
All of Us Strangers
The End We Start From

Per BIFA.

The European Film Academy has revealed its nominees for the 36th European Film Awards (EFAs), with Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest and Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall being celebrated across most categories.

Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winning thriller, Anatomy of a Fall, is nominated across four categories: European Film, Directing, Lead Actress (Sandra Hüller), Screenwriting. Glazer’s The Zone of Interest has been nominated across the five leading categories: European Film, Directing, Lead Actress (Sandra Hüller), Lead Actor (Christian Friedel), Screenwriting.

British actors Josh O’Connor and Mia McKenna-Bruce were nominated in the acting categories, with the former playing the lead role in Alice Rohrwacher’s drama La Chimera and the latter being the focus of Molly Manning Walker’s acclaimed debut How to Have Sex (itself nominated for 13 British Independent Film Awards).

Aki Kaurismäki’s Finnish drama Fallen Leaves was also nominated across all five eligible categories announced.

The 2023 European Film Awards will take place live from Berlin, Germany on 9th December 2023.

Here is the full list of 2023 European Film Awards nominees:

European Film
Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Green Border
Me Captain
The Zone of Interest

European Young Audience Award
Longing for the World
One in a Million
Scrapper

European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
20,000 Species of Bees
How to Have Sex
La Palisiada
Safe Place
The Quiet Migration
Vincent Must Die

European Documentary
Apolonia, Apolonia
Four Daughters
Motherland
On the Adamant
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

European Animated Feature Film
A Greyhound of a Girl
Chicken for Linda!
Robot Dreams
The Amazing Maurice
White Plastic Sky

European Short Film
27
Aqueronte
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays
Flores Del Otro Patio
Hardly Working

European Director
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Aki Kaurismäki (Fallen Leaves)
Agnieszka Holland (Green Border)
Matteo Garrone (Me Captain)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

European Actress
Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Eka Chavleishvili (Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry)
Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)
Leonie Benesch (The Teachers’ Lounge)
Sandra Hüller (The Zone of Interest)

European Actor
Thomas Schubert (Afire)
Jussi Vatanen (Fallen Leaves)
Josh O’Connor (La Chimera)
Mads Mikkelsen (The Promised Land)
Christian Friedel (The Zone of Interest)

European Screenwriter
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
Aki Kaurismäki (Fallen Leaves)
Gabriela Lazarkiewicz-Sieczko, Maciej Pisuk Agnieszka Holland (Green Border)
Johannes Duncker, Ilker Çatak (The Teachers’ Lounge)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

On 18 February 2023, the Directors Guild of America hosted the 75th rendition of its annual awards show in Los Angeles. Presented by Judd Apatow and introduced by Lesli Linka Glatter, the ceremony brought various sectors of the American film and television industries together to celebrate directorial achievements from 2022.

Historically, the director-driven ceremony has found itself dwarfed in popularity by the Academy Awards, whose 95th instalment will take place on March 13 2023. However, the DGAs remain a prestigious ceremony that have often predicted the big winners of its Academy counterpart. 

This year’s ceremony includes a few meaningful winners. In the stacked list for Theatrical Feature Film, Everything Everywhere All at Once’s The Daniels came out on top, beating Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick), Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin), Todd Field (Tár), and Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans). As well as being newcomers to the DGA Awards, the Daniels are notably distinct in their win as dual-directors.

Following her sweeping victories at the British Independent Film Awards, Charlotte Wells has continued in a similar vein, winning Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Theatrical Film for Aftersun.  Establishing itself as a firm critical favourite, Aftersun has the potential to enjoy similar success in future ceremonies, including the Oscars, where it holds various nominations. 

Another critical darling has arisen within the documentary genre, with Fire of Love’s Sara Dosa awarded Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary. Distributed by National Geographic, the French-Canadian production follows two daring volcanologists, Katia and Maurice Krafft. With its awe-inspiring subject matter and gorgeous archival footage, Fire of Love appears to be a standout within its genre category, with DGA awards success continuing this trend.  

Beyond cinema, the Awards ceremony has historically branched out and comprised a variety of industries, mediums, and recognitions.

The comprehensive list of winners at the 75th Directors Guild of America Awards (2023):

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Todd Field (Tár)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Theatrical Film – Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Alice Diop (Saint Omer)
John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal)
Audrey Diwan (Happening)
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović – Murina

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary – Sara Dosa (Fire of Love)
Matthew Heineman (Retrograde)
Laura Poitras (All the Beauty and the Bloodshed)
Daniel Roher (Navalny)
Shaunak Sen (All That Breathes)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Sam Levinson (Euphoria) for “Stand Still Like a Hummingbird”
Jason Bateman (Ozark) for “A Hard Way To Go” 
Vince Gilligan (Better Call Saul) for “Waterworks” 
Aoife McArdle (Severance) for “Hide and Seek”
Ben Stiller (Severance) for “The We We Are” 

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series – Bill Hader (Barry) for “710N”
Tim Burton (Wednesday) for “Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe” (Netflix)
Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) for “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?”
Christopher Storer (The Bear) for “Review”
Mike White (The White Lotus) for “BYG” 

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series – Helen Shaver (Station Eleven) for “Who’s There”
Eric Appel (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story) 
Deborah Chow (Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Jeremy Podeswa (Station Eleven) for “Unbroken Circle”
Tom Verica (Inventing Anna) for “The Devil Wore Anna” 

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Liz Patrick (Saturday Night Live) for “Jack Harlow”
Paul G. Casey (Real Time with Bill Maher) for “#2010”
Jim Hoskinson (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) for “#1333”
David Paul Meyer (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah) for “Brandi Carlile Discusses Her New Deluxe Album and Performs ‘You and Me on the Rock'”
Paul Pennolino (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) for “Afghanistan”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials – Glenn Weiss for The 75th Annual Tony Awards
Ian Berger (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents) for “Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse – Hungary for Democracy” 
Hamish Hamilton for “Super Bowl LVI halftime show”
James Merryman for “Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter”
Marcus Raboy for “Mark Twain Prize 2022: Celebrating Jon Stewart”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs – Ben Simms (Running Wild with Bear Grylls) for “Florence Pugh in the Volcanic Rainforests of Costa Rica”
Joseph Guidry (The Big Brunch) for “Carb Loading Brunch”
Carrie Havel (The Go-Big Show) for “Only One Can Win”
Rich Kim (Lego Masters) for “Jurass-brick World” 
Michael Shea (FBOY Island) for “Do You Like Cats?” (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs – Anne Renton (Best Foot Forward) for “Halloween” 
Tim Federle (Better Nate Than Ever) 
Bonnie Hunt (Amber Brown) for “I, Amber Brown”
Dean Israelite (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) for “The Tale of Room 13”
Michael Lembeck (Snow Day)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials – Kim Gehrig for Apple’s “Accessibility” and “Run Baby Run”
Juan Cabral for John Lewis & Partners‘ “For All Life’s Moments” and Apple’s “Share the Joy”
Craig Gillespie for Apple’s “Hard Knocks”, Jimmy John’s’ “Problem”, and Nissan’s “Thrill Driver”
David Shane for Apple’s “Detectives”, ITVX’s “Smile”, and Procter & Gamble’s “Traffic Stop”
Ivan Zachariáš for Apple’s “Data Auction” and Upwork’s “This Is How We Work Now”

Lifetime Achievement Award in Television 
Robert Fishman

Frank Capra Achievement Award 
Mark Hansson

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award 
Valdez Flagg

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The winners of the 76th EE BAFTA Film Awards (2023) were announced from the Southbank Centre in London, England on Sunday 19th February, with All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin taking home the evening’s major awards.

In a ceremony presented to those live in attendance by BAFTA-nominated actor Richard E. Grant, and co-hosted by beloved British television presenter Allison Hammond, a total of twenty awards were handed to what the British Academy of Film and Television Arts decided were the greatest feats in filmmaking from 2022.

All Quiet on the Western Front beat early favourite and British/Irish film The Banshees of Inisherin to the Best Film and Best Director awards, earning recognition in seven categories also including Film Not In the English Language and Adapted Screenplay. The Banshees of Inisherin, meanwhile, was recognised as the Outstanding British Film, earning further recognition in the Supporting Actor and Original Screenplay categories.

The ceremony itself was presented at a fairly fast pace, the broadcast of the awards beginning later than the ceremony itself and using its tape delay to catch up to live proceedings for the last three awards: Actor, Actress, Best Film.

Richard E. Grant was endearing in his duty as host, offering laughs here and there, his most memorable moment coming whilst choking up at the In Memoriam portion of the ceremony. Live musical performances were provided by BAFTA-winning actress Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), who performed a medley in tribute to empowered women on screen, and British musician Little Simz, whose performance of “Heart on Fire” has already been widely praised.

Iconic costume designer Sandy Powell (Gangs of New York, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Favourite) was honoured with the British Academy of Film and Television’s annual BAFTA Fellowship, an award handed to those whose careers have been immensely impactful to the British film industry. Her acceptance speech, championing those in the film industry beyond the glitz and glamour of the on-screen roles, was of admirable intent.

In the only award of the night chosen by the public, Emily star Emma Mackey won the EE BAFTA Rising Star award, the actress earning the public’s favour over fellow ‘Sex Education’ actress Aimee Lou Wood (Living), Good Luck to You, Leo Grande actor Daryl McCormack, Naomi Ackie and Sheila Atim.

The full list of winners for the 76th BAFTA Film Awards (2023):

Best Film – All Quiet On the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár

Outstanding British Film – The Banshees of Inisherin
Aftersun
Brian and Charles
Empire of Light
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer – Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
George Oakley, Hélène Sifre (Blue Jean)
Marie Lidén (Electric Malady)
Katy Brand (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande)
Maia Kenworthy (Rebellion)

Film Not In the English Language – All Quiet On the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Corsage
Decision To Leave
The Quiet Girl

Documentary – Navalny
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream

Animated Film – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Director – Edward Berger (All Quiet On the Western Front)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Park Chan-Wook (Decision To Leave)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Todd Field (Tár)
Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King)

Original Screenplay – Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Todd Field (Tár)
Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)

Adapted Screenplay – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell (All Quiet On the Western Front)
Kazuo Ishiguro (Living)
Colm Bairéad (The Quiet Girl)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz (She Said)
Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale)

Leading Actress – Cate Blanchett (Tár)
Viola Davis (The Woman King)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Ana De Armas (Blonde)
Emma Thompson (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Leading Actor – Austin Butler (Elvis)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Daryl McCormack (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Bill Nighy (Living)

Supporting Actress – Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Hong Chau (The Whale)
Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Carey Mulligan (She Said)

Supporting Actor – Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)
Albrecht Schuch (All Quiet On the Western Front)
Michael Ward (Empire of Light)

Casting – Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamlan (Elvis)
Lucy Pardee (Aftersun)
Simone Bär (All Quiet On the Western Front)
Sarah Halley Finn (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Pauline Hansson (Triangle of Sadness)

Cinematography – James Friend (All Quiet On the Western Front)
Greig Fraser (The Batman)
Mandy Walker (Elvis)
Roger Deakins (Empire of Light)
Claudio Miranda (Top Gun: Maverick)

Editing – Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Sven Budelmann (All Quiet On the Western Front)
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa (Elvis)
Eddie Hamilton (Top Gun: Maverick)

Costume Design – Catherine Martin (Elvis)
Lisy Christi (All Quiet On the Western Front)
J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky (Amsterdam)
Mary Zophres (Babylon)
Jenny Beavan (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris)

Make Up & Hair – Elvis
All Quiet On the Western Front
The Batman
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
The Whale

Production Design – Babylon
All Quiet On the Western Front
The Batman
Elvis
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Original Score – Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet On the Western Front)
Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)
Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)

Sound – All Quiet On the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Special Visual Effects – Avatar: The Way of Water
All Quiet On the Western Front
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick

British Short Animation – The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
Middle Watch
Your Mountain Is Waiting

British Short Film – An Irish Goodbye
The Ballad of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up

EE Rising Star – Emma Mackey
Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl McCormack
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim

BAFTA Fellowship – Sandy Powell

Hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, the 2022 Oscars awarded 23 golden statues to the films and filmmakers that the nine-thousand-plus members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences selected as the very best of cinema from 2021.

Controversially, eight Academy Awards were handed out in the hour that preceded the 2022 Oscars’ live broadcast. The move, which is the first of its kind for the Academy Awards, sought to reduce the show’s runtime and make the Oscars more palatable for casual audiences. It was a risk that doesn’t seem to have paid off, the decision being met with a backlash on social media from avid film-watchers and Oscars enthusiasts, but more tellingly creating confusion amongst the casual audiences it sought to appease. Perhaps most vitally as regards the future of the ceremony’s formatting, the pre-show coverage of the red carpet was noticeably dampened once almost every Hollywood name invited to the ceremony made their way into the venue ahead of the first pre-broadcast award, leaving an empty red carpet for channels such as the E! Network to cover in the hour leading up to the ceremony, losing momentum for the Oscars but also dropping interest (and likely ratings, and thus advertising dollars) for the Academy’s partners.

Surprisingly, the omission of these eight categories was not the most controversial part of the ceremony, with that honour going to Will Smith and his apparent assault on presenter Chris Rock. You can see the clip below [warning: physical violence, bad language].

UNCENSORED WILL SMITH FOOTAGE AS SHOWN ON AUSTRALIAN TV pic.twitter.com/NcRfdjWxqe

— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 28, 2022

Considered by some at the time to be nothing more than well-performed comedy hijinks, Chris Rock’s clearly rattled expression and the manner in which he was unable to successfully read the rest of his category introduction, matched with Smith’s own bitter scowl, sent social media into a spiral. Smith was heard shouting “keep my wife’s name out of your f*cking mouth” in some ceremony broadcasts. This moment was kept from the broadcast on ABC in the United States.

Will Smith later accepted the award for Actor in a Leading Role for his part in King Richard – in which he played the father of Venus and Serena Williams, Richard Williams – and spoke teary-eyed of being protective over those he loves, crying as he wished for the Academy to invite him back in the future, seemingly confirming the severity of the altercation from earlier in the night.

Here’s Will Smith’s tearful acceptance speech at the #Oscars. https://t.co/ulvT7fsB57 pic.twitter.com/Uq2krBbBld

— Variety (@Variety) March 28, 2022

The rest of the broadcast proved to be a bitty affair, with awards and skits seemingly lacking any functional relation to one another, some strange song-to-video segments compacting the broadcast’s issues as comedians openly mocked the very premise of the awards. New categories, such as those selected by the public as “popular choice” were intersected in between large categories, reducing their impact to those who care and highlighting their needlessness to those who never did.

The awards themselves made a lot of history, CODA supporting actor Troy Kotsur becoming only the 2nd deaf actor to win an acting award. The Power of the Dog director Jane Campion also made history, becoming the first woman to ever succeed another female Best Director winner.

Ultimately it was Denis Villeneuve’s Warner Bros blockbuster Dune that came away from the 2022 Oscars with the most Academy Awards, the otherworldly sci-fi earning six wins and proving particularly successful across the technical categories such as production design and visual effects. Drive My Car’s award for International Feature was the only one won by a film not in the English language.

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The winners of the 94th Academy Awards (Oscars) are as follows:

BEST PICTURE – CODA
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

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INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM – DRIVE MY CAR
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM – ENCANTO
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – SUMMER OF SOUL (… OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Writing with Fire

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – JESSICA CHASTAIN (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE)
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – WILL SMITH (KING RICHARD)
Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick… Boom!)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – ARIANA DEBOSE (WEST SIDE STORY)
Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
Judi Dench (Belfast)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Troy Kotsur is only the 2nd deaf actor to win an Academy Award.

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – TROY KOTSUR (CODA)
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
JK Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

DIRECTING – JANE CAMPION (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

CINEMATOGRAPHY – GREIG FRASER (DUNE)
Dan Laustsen (Nightmare Alley)
Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog)
Bruno Delbonnel (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Janusz Kamiński (West Side Story)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – KENNETH BRANAGH (BELFAST)
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person In the World

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – SIAN HEDER (CODA)
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog

FILM EDITING – JOE WALKER (DUNE)
Hank Corwin (Don’t Look Up)
Pamela Martin (King Richard)
Peter Sciberras (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Weisblum, Myron I. Kerstein (Tick, Tick… Boom!)

PRODUCTION DESIGN – DUNE
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

COSTUME DESIGN – CRUELLA
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING – THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci

VISUAL EFFECTS – DUNE
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

ORIGINAL SCORE – HANS ZIMMER (DUNE)
Nicholas Britell (Don’t Look Up)
Germaine Franco (Encanto)
Alberto Iglesias (Parallel Mothers)
Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog)

ORIGINAL SONG – “NO TIME TO DIE” (NO TIME TO DIE)
“Be Alive” (King Richard)
“Dos Orunguitas” (Encanto)
“Down To Joy” (Belfast)
“Somehow You Do” (Four Good Days)

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – DUNE
Belfast
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM – THE LONG GOODBYE
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
The Dress
On My Mind
Please Hold

ANIMATED SHORT FILM – THE WINDSHIELD WIPER
Affairs of the Heart
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT – THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL
Audible
Lead Me Home
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies

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2022 Oscar-winning films by total number of wins:

6 – Dune
3 – CODA
2 – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
1 – Belfast; Cruella; Drive My Car; Encanto; King Richard; The Long Goodbye; No Time to Die; The Power of the Dog; The Queen of Basketball; Summer of Soul; West Side Story; The Windshield Wiper

The live broadcast opened with a performance of “Diamonds Are Forever” by Dame Shirley Bassey in honour of the 60th anniversary of James Bond on the silver screen, and featured a live performance of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” performed by CODA lead actress Emilia Jones.

For the first time, the British Academy Film Awards were presented with live sign language interpreters presented to the audience via the venue’s big screens, and deaf actor Troy Kotsur made history by winning in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in CODA.

Dune was the year’s biggest winner, earning five BAFTAs across a number of technical categories including Sound and Special Visual Effects, while Belfast, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story were each two-time winners.

Joanna Scanlan was perhaps the surprise winner of the evening, her performance in British independent film After Love earning her the Best Actress BAFTA. The 60-year-old made an emotional speech in which she thanked her husband, declaring that in the case of him “there is no such thing as ‘after love'”.

The full list of winners at the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards: 

Best Film – THE POWER OF THE DOG
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Licorice Pizza

Outstanding British Film – BELFAST
After Love
Ali & Ava
Boiling Point
Cyrano
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
House Of Gucci
Last Night In Soho
No Time To Die
Passing

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer – THE HARDER THEY FALL, Jeymes Samuel (writer/director)
After Love, Aleem Khan (writer/director)
Boiling Point, James Cummings (writer), Hester Ruoff (producer) [also written by Philip Barantini and produced by Bart Ruspoli]
Keyboard Fantasies, Posy Dixon (writer/director), Liv Proctor (producer)
Passing, Rebecca Hall (writer/director)

Film Not In The English Language – DRIVE MY CAR
The Hand Of God
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
The Worst Person In The World

Documentary – SUMMER OF SOUL (OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Becoming Cousteau
Cow
Flee
The Rescue

Animated Film – ENCANTO
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines

Director – THE POWER OF THE DOG, Jane Campion
After Love, Aleem Khan
Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Happening, Audrey Diwan
Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson
Titane, Julia Ducournau

Original Screenplay – LICORICE PIZZA, Paul Thomas Anderson
Being The Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin
Belfast, Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up, Adam Mckay
King Richard, Zach Baylin

Adapted Screenplay – CODA, Siân Heder
Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Dune, Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve
The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power Of The Dog, Jane Campion

Leading Actress – JOANNA SCANLAN, After Love
Lady Gaga, House Of Gucci
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, Coda
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person In The World
Tessa Thompson, Passing

Leading Actor – WILL SMITH, King Richard
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

Supporting Actress – ARIANA DEBOSE, West Side Story
Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ann Dowd, Mass
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing

Supporting Actor – TROY KOTSUR, CODA
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Jesse Plemons, The Power Of The Dog
Kodi Smit-Mcphee, The Power Of The Dog

Original Score – DUNE, Hans Zimmer
Being The Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton
Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
The French Dispatch, Alexandre Desplat
The Power Of The Dog, Jonny Greenwood

Casting – WEST SIDE STORY, Cindy Tolan
Boiling Point, Carolyn Mcleod
Dune, Francine, Maisler
The Hand Of God, Massimo Appolloni, Annamaria Sambucco
King Richard, Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman

Cinematography – DUNE, Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen
No Time To Die, Linus Sandgren
The Power Of The Dog, Ari Wegner
The Tragedy Of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel

Editing – NO TIME TO DIE, Tom Cross, Elliot Graham
Belfast, Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Dune, Joe Walker
Licorice Pizza, Andy Jurgensen
No Time To Die, Tom Cross, Elliot Graham
Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Joshua L. Pearson

Production Design – DUNE, Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos
Cyrano, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The French Dispatch, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo
Nightmare Alley, Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
West Side Story, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo

Costume Design – CRUELLA, Jenny Beavan
Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini
Dune, Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West
The French Dispatch, Milena Canonero
Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira

Make Up & Hair – THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, Frederic Aspiras, Jane Carboni, Giuliano Mariana, Sarah Nicole Tanno
Cruella, Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne
Cyrano, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Siân Miller
Dune, Love Larson, Donald Mowat
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh

Sound – DUNE, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett
Last Night In Soho, Colin Nicolson, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan
No Time To Die, James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
A Quiet Place Part II, Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van Der Ryn
West Side Story, Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom

Special Visual Effects – DUNE, Brian Connor, Paul Lamber, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer
Free Guy, Swen Gillberg, Brian Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre, Alessandro Ongaro
The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Debenham, Hew J Evans, Dan Glass, J. D. Schwaim
No Time To Die, Mark Bokowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green, Charlie Noble

British Short Animation – DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS, Jordi Morera
Affairs Of The Art, Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
Night Of The Living Dread, Ida Melum, Danielle Goff, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso

British Short Film – THE BLACK COP, Cherish Oteka
Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams
The Palace, Jo Prichard
Stuffed, Theo Rhys, Joss Holden-Rea
Three Meetings Of The Extraordinary Committee, Michael Woodward, Max Barron, Daniel Wheldon

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public) – LASHANA LYNCH
Ariana Debose
Harris Dickinson
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-McPhee

Awards per film: 

5 – Dune
2 – Belfast
2 – The Power of the Dog
2 – West Side Story
1 – The Harder They Fall
1 – Drive My Car
1 – CODA
1 – Licorice Pizza
1 – Summer of Soul
1 – King Richard
1 – After Love
1 – Do Not Feed the Pigeons
1 – The Black Cop
1 – No Time to Die
1 – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
1 – Encanto

Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan revealed the 2022 Oscars nominees for all 23 Academy Award categories in a live presentation that was presented via YouTube and the Oscars’ various social media platforms ahead of the 94th Oscars due to be held on Sunday 27th March 2022 from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood Highland Centre, Hollywood.

Among the Academy’s most-nominated in 2022 were Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog which earned nominations in Best Picture, Directing, Cinematography, Score, Best Actor and Supporting Actress, meanwhile Kristen Stewart earned the Best Actress nomination many had anticipated, though she was the only representative of Spencer in any category.

Amongst the surprises are the inclusion of Coming 2 America in the Makeup & Hairstyling category, making one of 2021’s least well-received films an official one-time Oscar nominee, while Licorice Pizza was absent from the cinematography category and House of Gucci was all-but shut out, including star Lady Gaga who had earlier been nominated for a BAFTA.

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The nominees for the 94th Academy Awards (Oscars) are as follows:

BEST PICTURE
Belfast
Coda
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

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INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing with Fire

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick… Boom!)
Will Smith (King Richard)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Judi Dench (Belfast)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Troy Kotsur (Coda)
Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
JK Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

DIRECTING
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Greig Fisher (Dune)
Dan Laustsen (Nightmare Alley)
Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog)
Bruno Delbonnel (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Janusz Kamiński (West Side Story)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person In the World

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Coda
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog

FILM EDITING
Hank Corwin (Don’t Look Up)
Joe Walker (Dune)
Pamela Martin (King Richard)
Peter Sciberras (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Weisblum, Myron I. Kerstein (Tick, Tick… Boom!)

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci

VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

ORIGINAL SCORE
Nicholas Britell (Don’t Look Up)
Hans Zimmer (Dune)
Germaine Franco (Encanto)
Alberto Iglesias (Parallel Mothers)
Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog)

ORIGINAL SONG
“Be Alive” (King Richard)
“Dos Orunguitas” (Encanto)
“Down To Joy” (Belfast)
“No Time to Die” (No Time to Die)
“Somehow You Do” (Four Good Days)

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Affairs of the Heart
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies

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Among the evening’s winners were the likes of coming-of-age drama Sweetheart and the Bradfordian drama Ali & Ava, but it was Aleem Khan’s After Love that was the big winner, earning awards for Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Independent British Film. Altogether, After Love, the tale of a widow discovering a dark secret from her deceased husband’s past, earned 6 British Independent Film Awards, the most of any film in 2021.

Accepting the Richard Harris award for outstanding contribution to British independent cinema was Sound of Metal Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed, whose continued presence in the industry was described by presenter Yann Demange to have “carved a space for himself and a whole generation”. Ahmed said of the honour, ‘I want to thank my teachers for telling me if I messed around in class I might get expelled but if I did it on the stage I might get a round of applause’.

The winners of the 2021 British Independent Film Awards:

Best British Independent Film – AFTER LOVE
Ali & Ava
Boiling Point
The Nest
The Souvenir: Part II

Best Director – ALEEM KHAN (AFTER LOVE)
Philip Barantini (Boiling Point)
Clio Barnard (Ali & Ava)
Sean Durkin (The Nest)
Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir: Part II)

Best Actress – JOANNA SCANLAN (AFTER LOVE)
Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)
Carrie Coon (The Nest)
Claire Rushbrook (Ali & Ava)
Ruth Wilson (True Things)

Best Actor – ADEEL AKHTAR (ALI & AVA)
Riz Ahmed (Encounter)
Stephen Graham (Boiling Point)
Jude Law (The Nest)
James Norton (Nowhere Special)

Best Supporting Actress – VINETTE ROBINSON (BOILING POINT)
Judi Dench (Belfast)
Jo Hartley (Sweetheart)
Nathalie Richard (After Love)
Tilda Swinton (The Souvenir: Part II)

Best Supporting Actor – TALID ARISS (AFTER LOVE)
Richard Ayoade (The Souvenir: Part II)
Lucian-River Chauhan (Encounter)
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Ray Panthaki (Boiling Point)

The Douglas Hickox Award 
(Best Debut Director) – ALEEM KHAN (AFTER LOVE)
Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor)
Celeste Bell (Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché)
Cathy Brady (Wildfire)
Marley Morrison (Sweetheart)

Best Screenplay – ALEEM KHAN (AFTER LOVE)
Clio Barnard (Ali & Ava)
Terence Davies (Benediction)
Sean Durkin (The Nest)
Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir: Part II)

Breakthrough Producer – MICHELLE ANTONIADES (SWEETHEART)
Helen Jones (Censor)
Jessica Malik (She Will)
Hester Ruoff (Boiling Point)
Rob Watson (The Power)

Best Debut Screenwriter – CATHY BRADY (WILDFIRE)
Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor)
Aleem Khan (After Love)
Marley Morrison (Sweetheart)
Reggie Yates (Pirates)

The Raindance Discovery Award – POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE (PAUL SNG, CELESTE BELL, ZOE HOWE, REBECCA MARK-LAWSON, MATTHEW SILVERMAN, DARIA NITSCHE)
Bank (Job Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell, Christopher Hird)
The Bike Thief (Matt Chambers, Pk Fellowes, Sophia Gibber, Lene Bausager)
I Am Belmaya (Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird)
Rebel Dykes (Harri Shanahan, Siân A. Williams, Siobhan Fahey)

Best British Short Film – FEMME
Egúngún (Masquerade)
Night of the Living Dread
Play It Safe
Precious Hair & Beauty

Best International Independent Film – FLEE
Compartment No. 6
First Cow
Petite Maman
Pleasure

Best Casting – CAROLYN MCLEOD (BOILING POINT)
Shaheen Baig (After Love)
Shaheen Baig (Ali & Ava)
Shaheen Baig (Pirates)
Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann (Belfast)

Best Cinematography – MATTHEW LEWIS (BOILING POINT)
Mátyás Erdély (The Nest)
Magdalena Kowalczyk (Cow)
Annika Summerson (Censor)
Haris Zambarloukos (Belfast)

Best Costume Design – GRACE SNELL (THE SOUVENIR: PART II)
Michael O’Connor (The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain)
Guy Speranza (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie)
Annie Symons (Benediction)
Charlotte Walter (Belfast)

Best Music – CONNIE FARR, HARRY ESCOTT (ALI & AVA)
Iain Cooke (Pirates)
Jed Kurzel (Encounter)
Clint Mansell (In the Earth)
Van Morrison (Belfast)

Best Effects – STEVEN BRAY, MIKE KNIGHTS, DAN MARTIN, LEIGH CRANSTON (DASHCAM)
Gary Brown, István Molnár, Dan Martin (Censor)
Rupert Davies (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain)

Best Editing – HELLE LE FEVRE (THE SOUVENIR: PART II)
Rebecca Lloyd, Jacob Schulsinger, Nicolas Chaudeurge (Cow)
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle (Belfast)
Mark Towns (Censor)
Ben Wheatley (In the Earth)

Best Make-Up & Hair – VICKIE LANG, KRISTYAN MALLETT, DONALD MCINNES (THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN)
Siobhan Harper-Ryan (The Souvenir: Part II)
Ruth Pease (Censor)
Nadia Stacey (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie)
Wakana Yoshihara (Belfast)

Best Production Design – STEPHANE COLLONGE (THE SOUVENIR: PART II)
Jim Clay (Belfast)
Suzie Davies (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain)
Aimee Meek (Boiling Point)
Paulina Rzeszowska (Censor)

Best Sound – JAMES DRAKE, ROB ENTWISTLE, KIFF MCMANUS (BOILING POINT)
Nicolas Becker, Cyril Holtz, Linda Forsen (Cow)
Tim Harrison, Jamie Roden, Adele Fletcher (Censor)
Martin Pavey (In the Earth)
Andrew Stirk, Paul Davies, Morgan Muse, Bernard O’Reilly, Julian Howarth (Encounter)

RICHARD HARRIS AWARD – RIZ AHMED