Britain’s largest celebration of movie – the BAFTAs – happen this Sunday, honouring one of the best films of the final yr.
With a brand-new host, two particular reside musical performances, and a pink carpet filled with celebrities, it is set to be a star-studded evening with loads of surprises in retailer.
Here’s all the pieces it’s good to know forward of this yr’s BAFTA Film Awards.
Where are they being held?
The ceremony will happen on the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre.
Sky News shall be liveblogging winners as they’re introduced, forward of the televised ceremony which can air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 7pm on Sunday evening.
Which movies are within the working?
A complete of 38 movies are up for awards.
Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic about atomic bomb creator J Robert Oppenheimer leads the pack with 13 nominations.
Gothic fairy-tale Poor Things has 11 nods, whereas Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon and German-language drama The Zone Of Interest each have 9 nods.
French courtroom drama Anatomy Of A Fall, 70s nostalgia-fest The Holdovers, and Bradley Cooper’s labour of affection Maestro all have seven nominations.
Read extra: See the complete record of nominations right here
All Of Us Strangers, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, has six nominations, whereas Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn each have 5.
Despite being the highest-grossing movie of 2023, Barbie did not make it into one of the best movie class, and Gerwig can be absent from the directing class. It’s doubtless the movie’s fictional heroine would have had one thing somewhat pointed to say about these omissions…
Which stars are more likely to take residence a gong?
If previous achievements are something to go by, Golden Globe wins earlier this yr for Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy and Poor Things actress Emma Stone set them each in good stead.
And he is Britain’s most profitable working director, however Christopher Nolan has by no means gained a BAFTA for greatest movie or greatest director, so many really feel this may very well be his yr.
With lots of the different classes large open, one which lots of the critics are calling is greatest supporting actress, with The Holdovers star Da’Vine Joy Randolph thought-about to be the runaway favorite for each a BAFTA and an Oscar win subsequent month.
Whether audience-favourite Ryan Gosling will snap up greatest supporting actor is much less straightforward to predict.
However, his nomination on this class has acquired much less of a frenzied response than the identical nod on the Oscars, primarily as a result of the truth that Margot Robbie does have a BAFTA nod for greatest actress, whereas she was locked out of the Academy Award shortlist.
In the Rising Star class – the one award voted for the general public – actor Jacob Elordi‘s much-talked about performances in Saltburn and Priscilla – would appear to offer him greater than a fair likelihood of taking residence the prize.
Who’s internet hosting?
David Tennant will host this yr’s occasion for the primary time.
Clearly feeling laid again in regards to the problem, he stated: “It’ll either work and everyone will be terribly nice about it or it’ll be a total disaster and I’ll never be asked again. Either way – it’s fine.”
The 52-year-old Scottish star has stated he will not be “roasting” any of the celebrities on the evening – an method that has acquired combined outcomes on the BAFTAs up to now.
Last yr, the awards ceremony was hosted by Saltburn actor Richard E Grant and This Morning host Alison Hammond, and the yr earlier than by Australian actress and comic Rebel Wilson.
Tennant says he hopes it will likely be an “evening of generosity and joy,” and has additionally hinted that his former Doctor Who co-star Catherine Tate would possibly make a shock look.
Who’ll be presenting the awards?
Famous faces giving out awards embody David Beckham, Dua Lipa, Hugh Grant, Idris Elba, Cate Blanchett, Gillian Anderson and Daisy Edgar Jones.
And whereas All Of Us Strangers co-star Andrew Scott was a notable absence from one of the best actor contenders, he’ll current a prize on the evening.
Will there be any music?
The ceremony will characteristic performances by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Hannah Waddingham.
Ellis-Bextor shall be performing her 2001 hit Murder On The Dancefloor, which has develop into a viral hit since that includes within the closing finale of Saltburn.
Ted Lasso star Waddingham may also give a reside musical efficiency, with particulars of her flip a intently guarded secret.
Will some other prizes be handed out?
The Bafta Fellowship – the movie academy’s highest honour – shall be offered to actress Samantha Morton.
Over a three-decade profession (and counting), her credit have spanned British indie productions to Hollywood blockbusters, starring in films together with Under The Skin, The Minority Report and The Whale.
Previous BAFTA Fellow embody Charlie Chaplin, Elizabeth Taylor and Steven Spielberg.
BAFTA’s Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema shall be offered to June Givanni.
She is a pioneering movie curator, author and programmer of African and African diaspora cinema.
Givanni based The June Givanni PanAfrican Archive (JGPACA), a volunteer-run archive comprising over 10,000 uncommon and distinctive artefacts documenting the event of filmmaking throughout Africa and the African diaspora, together with in Britain.
Sky News shall be liveblogging winners as they’re introduced, from round 4.30pm on Sunday afternoon – comply with all of it reside on our website.
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