‘The Favourite’ leads Bafta nominations
LONDON: With 12 category nods, “The Favourite” is in the running for everything from best film to best makeup, hair, and costume.
Nominated for both Best Film and Best British Film, thanks to its status as a US, Irish, and British co-production, 18th century regal drama “The Favourite” has collected a total of 12 nods from nearly every eligible category at the 2019 Bafta Awards.
Those commendations include Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos, Best Actress for Olivia Colman, Best Supporting Actress for both Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, categories whose form winners tend to carry with them at the Oscars.
There are also placings for “The Favourite” within Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup and Hair, and Editing.
Other notable multiple nominees included fellow Oscar frontrunner “A Star is Born” alongside “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and “Vice.”
The 72nd British Academy Film Awards take place Feb 10, 2019. Select Bafta 2019 nominations (full list from bafta.org) Best Film “BlacKkKlansman” by Spike Lee*
“The Favourite” by Yorgos Lanthimos*
“Green Book” by Peter Farrelly “Roma” by Alfonso Cuarón* “A Star is Born” by Bradley Cooper*
*Also nominated for Best Director along with Pawel Pawlikowski (“Cold War”) Outstanding British Film “Jersey Affair” by Michael Pearce
“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Bryan Singer
“The Favourite” by Yorgos Lanthimos
“McQueen” by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui “Stan & Ollie” by Jon S. Baird Best Actress Glenn Close in “The Wife” Lady Gaga in “A Star is Born” Melissa McCarthy in “Can You Ever Forgive Me ?”
Olivia Colman in “The Favourite” Viola Davis in “The Widows” Best Actor Bradley Cooper in “A Star Is Born” Christian Bale in “Vice” Rami Malek in “Bohemian Rhapsody” Steve Coogan in “Stan & Ollie” Viggo Mortensen in “Green Book” Best Animated Film “Incredibles 2” “Isle of Dogs” “Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse”
Best Film Not in the English Language
“Capernaum” by Nadine Labaki (Arabic) “Cold War” by Pawel Pawlikowski ( Polish)
“Dogman” by Matteo Garrone ( Italian)
“Roma” by Alfonso Cuarón (Spanish, Mixtec)
“Shoplifters” by Hirokazu Kore- eda (Japanese) Rising Star Award Jessie Buckley (“Taboo,” “Beast,” “The Woman in White”)
Cynthia Erivo (“Widows,” “Bad Times at the El Royale”)
Barry Keoghan (“The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” “American Animals”)
Lakeith Stanfield (“Sorry to Bother You,” “Get Out”)
Letitia Wright (“Black Panther,” “Ready Player One,” “Avengers: Infi nity War”)