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British Academy Film Awards

74th edition

  • April 11, 2021
  • United Kingdom

The 74th British Academy Film Awards, also known as the BAFTAs, were held on 10 and 11 April 2021 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2020 and early 2021. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2020 and early 2021.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Nomadland Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao Winner
The Father Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt —
The Mauritanian Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin —
Promising Young Woman Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara —
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Stuart M. Besser, Marc Platt —
Outstanding British Film
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara Winner
Calm with Horses Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson, Joe Murtagh —
The Dig Simon Stone, Gabrielle Tana, Moira Buffini —
The Father Florian Zeller, Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt, Christopher Hampton —
His House Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward King, Roy Lee —
Limbo Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont —
The Mauritanian Kevin Macdonald, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven —
Mogul Mowgli Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Thomas Benski, Bennett McGhee —
Rocks Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Faye Ward, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson —
Saint Maud Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman —
Best Directing
Nomadland Chloé Zhao Winner
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić —
Minari Lee Isaac Chung —
Rocks Sarah Gavron —
Babyteeth Shannon Murphy —
Another Round Thomas Vinterberg —
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Father Anthony Hopkins Winner
The White Tiger Adarsh Gourav —
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Chadwick Boseman —
Another Round Mads Mikkelsen —
Sound of Metal Riz Ahmed —
The Mauritanian Tahar Rahim —
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nomadland Frances McDormand Winner
Clemency Alfre Woodard —
Rocks Bukky Bakray —
The Forty-Year-Old Version Radha Blank —
Pieces of a Woman Vanessa Kirby —
His House Wunmi Mosaku —
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Judas and the Black Messiah Daniel Kaluuya Winner
Minari Alan Kim —
Calm with Horses Barry Keoghan —
Da 5 Bloods Clarke Peters —
One Night in Miami... Leslie Odom Jr. —
Sound of Metal Paul Raci —
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Minari Youn Yuh-jung Winner
County Lines Ashley Madekwe —
Judas and the Black Messiah Dominique Fishback —
Rocks Kosar Ali —
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Maria Bakalova —
Calm with Horses Niamh Algar —
Best Casting
Rocks Lucy Pardee Winner
Calm with Horses Shaheen Baig —
Judas and the Black Messiah Alexa L. Fogel —
Minari Julia Kim —
Promising Young Woman Lindsay Graham-Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu —
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
His House Remi Weekes Winner
Limbo Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai —
Moffie Jack Sidey —
Rocks Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson —
Saint Maud Rose Glass, Oliver Kassman —
Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell Winner
Another Round Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg —
Mank Jack Fincher —
Rocks Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson —
The Trial of the Chicago 7 aron Sorkin —
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller Winner
The Dig Moira Buffini —
The Mauritanian Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven —
Nomadland Chloé Zhao —
The White Tiger Ramin Bahrani —
Best Animated Film
Soul Pete Docter, Dana Murray Winner
Onward Kori Rae, Dan Scanlon —
Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young —
Best Documentary Feature Film
My Octopus Teacher Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster Winner
Collective Alexander Nanau —
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey —
The Dissident Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen, Mark Monroe, Jake Swantko —
The Social Dilemma Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Phodes —
Best International Feature Film
Another Round Thomas Vinterberg, Kasper Dissing, Sisse Graum Jørgensen Winner
Dear Comrades! Andrei Konchalovsky, Alisher Usmanov —
Les Misérables Ladj Ly, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral —
Minari Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh —
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić, Damir Ibrahimovich —
Best Cinematography
Nomadland Joshua James Richards Winner
Judas and the Black Messiah Sean Bobbitt —
Mank Erik Messerschmidt —
The Mauritanian Alwin H. Küchler —
News of the World Dariusz Wolski —
Best Original Score
Soul Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Winner
Mank Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross —
Minari Emile Mosseri —
News of the World James Newton Howard —
Promising Young Woman Anthony Willis —
Best Sound
Sound of Metal Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc Winner
Greyhound Beau Borders, Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw, David Wyman —
News of the World Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney —
Nomadland Sergio Díaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder —
Soul Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker —
Best Production Design
Mank Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale Winner
The Dig Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald —
The Father Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone —
News of the World David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan —
Rebecca Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer —
Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Winner
The Father Yorgos Lamprinos —
Nomadland Chloé Zhao —
Promising Young Woman Frédéric Thoraval —
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Alan Baumgarten —
Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ann Roth Winner
Ammonite Michael O'Connor —
The Dig Alice Babidge —
Emma. Alexandra Byrne —
Mank Trish Summerville —
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal Winner
The Dig Jenny Shircore —
Hillbilly Elegy atricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekas, Matthew W. Mungle —
Mank Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams —
Pinocchio Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier, Francesco Pegoretti —
Best Visual Effects
Tenet Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley Winner
Greyhound Peter Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Sebastian von Overheidt —
The Midnight Sky Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, David Watkins —
Mulan Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury —
The One and Only Ivan Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones —
Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Present Farah Nabulsi Winner
Eyelash Jesse Lewis Reece, Ike Newman —
Lizard Akinola Davies, Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies —
Lucky Break John Addis, Rami Sarras Pantoja —
Miss Curvy Ghada Eldemellawy —
Best Animated Short Film
The Owl and the Pussycat Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf Winner
The Fire Next Time Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe —
The Song of a Lost Boy Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein —
Rising Star Award
— Bukky Bakray Winner
— Conrad Khan —
— Kingsley Ben-Adir —
— Morfydd Clark —
— Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù —
BAFTA Fellowship
— Ang Lee Winner
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
— Noel Clarke Winner

Nomadland
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Nomadland 4
  • The Father 2
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2
  • Promising Young Woman 2
  • Soul 2
  • Sound of Metal 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Nomadland 7
  • Rocks 7
  • The Father 6
  • Mank 6
  • Minari 6
  • Promising Young Woman 6
  • The Dig 5
  • The Mauritanian 5
  • Another Round 4
  • Calm with Horses 4
  • Judas and the Black Messiah 4
  • News of the World 4
  • Sound of Metal 4
  • His House 3
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 3
  • Soul 3
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Rocks 1 / 7
  • Mank 1 / 6
  • Minari 1 / 6
  • The Dig 0 / 5
  • The Mauritanian 0 / 5
  • The Father 2 / 6
  • Promising Young Woman 2 / 6
  • Calm with Horses 0 / 4
  • News of the World 0 / 4
  • Nomadland 4 / 7
  • Another Round 1 / 4
  • Judas and the Black Messiah 1 / 4
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 0 / 3
  • Sound of Metal 2 / 4
  • His House 1 / 3

Only one nomination

36 movies:
  • Ammonite
  • Babyteeth
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Clemency
  • Collective
  • County Lines
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
  • Dear Comrades!
  • The Dissident
  • Emma.
  • Eyelash
  • The Fire Next Time
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version
  • Hillbilly Elegy
  • Lizard
  • Lucky Break
  • The Midnight Sky
  • Les Misérables
  • Miss Curvy
  • Moffie
  • Mogul Mowgli
  • Mulan
  • My Octopus Teacher
  • The One and Only Ivan
  • One Night in Miami...
  • Onward
  • The Owl and the Pussycat
  • Pieces of a Woman
  • Pinocchio
  • The Present
  • Rebecca
  • The Social Dilemma
  • The Song of a Lost Boy
  • Tenet
  • Wolfwalkers

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