Peter Bradshaw’s Baftas 2021 predictions: who will win – and who should
Will win: The FatherShould win: NomadlandShoulda been a contender: Minari
Outstanding British film
Will win: The DigShould win: RocksShoulda been a contender: Days of the Bagnold Summer
Best director
Will win: Chloé Zhao for NomadlandShould win: Jasmila Žbanić for Quo Vadis, Aida?Shoulda been a contender: Christopher Nolan for Tenet
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Will win: Rocks – Theresa Ikoko,
Claire Wilson (writers)Should win: Limbo – Ben Sharrock (writer/director),
Irune Gurtubai (producer) Shoulda been a contender: Lynn + Lucy - Fyzal
Boulifa (director)
Best film not in the English language
Will win: Another RoundShould win: Quo Vadis, Aida?Shoulda been a contender: The Good Girls
Best documentary
Will win: My Octopus TeacherShould win: CollectiveShoulda been a contender: Mother
Best animated film
Will win: SoulShould win: SoulShoulda been a contender: Kill It and Leave This Town
Best original screenplay
Will win: Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7Should win: Emerald Fennell for Promising Young WomanShoulda been a contender: Eliza
Hittman for Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Best adapted screenplay
Will win: Moira Buffini for The DigShould win: Chloé Zhao for NomadlandShoulda been a contender: Charlie Kaufman for I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Best actor
Will win: Anthony Hopkins for The FatherShould win: Anthony Hopkins for The FatherShoulda been a contender: Robert Pattinson for The Devil All the Time
Best actress
Will win: Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a WomanShould win: Frances McDor
mand for NomadlandShoulda been a contender: Rosamund Pike for I Care a Lot
Best supporting actor
Will win: Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black MessiahShould win: Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black MessiahShoulda been a contender: Jérémie Renier for Slalom
Best supporting actress
Will win: Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent MoviefilmShould win: Youn Yuh-jung for MinariShoulda
been a contender: Jennifer Ehle for Saint Maud Best music
Will win: SoulShould win: SoulShoulda been a contender: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Best cinematography
Will win: MankShould win: NomadlandShoulda been a contender: Rebecca