With the Golden Globes now out of the way, the Brits have contributed their group of contenders for the 2019 EE BAFTA Film Awards as the Oscar race intensifies.

Out in front is the historical dramedy The Favourite, which has a dominant twelve nominations, including the lucrative Best Film and Outstanding British Film award.

Centring on an unlikely love-triangle between Queen Anne, her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill and servant girl Abigail Masham, the film also received acting nominations for actresses Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz while director Yorgos Lanthimos is also recognised in his own category.

 

The joint-second most nods are shared between four films, including the Mexican drama Roma and the music-based romance A Star is Born with seven mentions each, including Best Film. Directors Alfonso Cuarón and Bradley Cooper go head-to-head in their own category, which also includes surprise nominee Paweł Pawlikowski for the Polish drama Cold War.

The rest of the films competing for Best Film are the Spike Lee-directed crime caper BlackKklansman and the recent Golden Globe-winning dramedy Green Book.

After its shock success at the Globes on Sunday, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody garnered seven nominations including Outstanding British Film, while Rami Malek was recognised again in Leading Actor for his portrayal of legendary singer Freddie Mercury.

 

Malek faces stern competition in his category from fellow Oscar contenders Christian Bale (Vice), Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born) and Viggo Mortensen (Green Book) plus Steve Coogan for his portrayal of beloved comedian actor Stan Laurel in the Laurel and Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie.

Meanwhile, the Leading Actress line-up sees Olivia Colman up against fellow Globe winners Glenn Close (The Wife) and Lady Gaga (A Star is Born) as well as Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) and surprise nominee Viola Davis (Widows).

 

In the supporting categories, British star Richard E. Grant is acknowledged in Best Supporting Actor for his role in Can You Ever Forgive Me? alongside Mahershala Ali (Green Book), Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) and Adam Driver (BlackKklansman) with last year’s winner Sam Rockwell also mentioned for Vice.

The Supporting Actress line-up sees Amy Adams receive a seventh nomination for her portrayal of Lynne Cheney in Vice. Her competition includes British star Claire Foy (First Man) and Australian beauty Margot Robbie (Mary Queen of Scots).

Alongside The Favourite, Bohemian and Stan & Ollie, the rest of the Outstanding British Film category is completed by the documentary McQueen and thrillers Beast and You Were Never Really Here.

 

Other films that performed well in the technical categories included First Man, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

The Best Animated Film line-up sees Marvel’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse battle it out with Pixar’s Incredibles 2 and the stop-motion animation Isle of Dogs. Finally, the powerful First World War documentary They Shall Not Grow Old is in contention for Best Documentary alongside the likes of Free Solo and McQueen.

After her Supporting Actress win at the Golden Globes, Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) was surprisingly overlooked by BAFTA alongside fellow Oscar contenders John David Washington (BlackKklansman), Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns) and Sam Elliott (A Star is Born). The Marvel blockbuster Black Panther also underperformed, with just one nomination for Visual Effects.

The 72nd EE BAFTA Film Awards will take place in London on February 10th with Joanna Lumley returning to host.

The full list of BAFTA nominations are below (winner predictions in blue):

BEST FILM
BLACKKKLANSMAN
THE FAVOURITE
GREEN BOOK
ROMA
A STAR IS BORN

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BEAST
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
THE FAVOURITE
MCQUEEN
STAN & OLLIE
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

BEST DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper, A STAR IS BORN
Alfonso Cuarón, ROMA
Yorgos Lanthimos, THE FAVOURITE
Spike Lee, BLACKKKLANSMAN
Paweł Pawlikowski, COLD WAR

 

BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, THE WIFE
Olivia Colman, THE FAVOURITE
Viola Davis, WIDOWS
Lady Gaga, A STAR IS BORN
Melissa McCarthy, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale, VICE
Steve Coogan, STAN & OLLIE
Bradley Cooper, A STAR IS BORN
Rami Malek, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Viggo Mortensen, GREEN BOOK

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, VICE
Claire Foy, FIRST MAN
Margot Robbie, MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
Emma Stone, THE FAVOURITE
Rachel Weisz, THE FAVOURITE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, GREEN BOOK
Timothée Chalamet, BEAUTIFUL BOY
Adam Driver, BLACKKKLANSMAN
Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Sam Rockwell, VICE

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BLACKKKLANSMAN (Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel & Kevin Willmott)
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty)
FIRST MAN (Josh Singer)
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Barry Jenkins)
A STAR IS BORN (Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters & Eric Roth)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
COLD WAR (Janusz Głowacki & Paweł Pawlikowski)
THE FAVOURITE (Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara)
GREEN BOOK (Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly & Nick Vallelonga)
ROMA (Alfonso Cuarón)
VICE (Adam McKay)

 

BEST EDITING
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
THE FAVOURITE
FIRST MAN
ROMA
VICE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
COLD WAR
THE FAVOURITE
FIRST MAN
ROMA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
THE FAVOURITE
FIRST MAN
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
ROMA

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
THE FAVOURITE
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
THE FAVOURITE
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
STAN & OLLIE
VICE

 

BEST SOUND
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
FIRST MAN
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT
A QUIET PLACE
A STAR IS BORN

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
BLACK PANTHER
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
FIRST MAN
READY PLAYER ONE

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
BLACKKKLANSMAN (Terence Blanchard)
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Nicholas Britell)
ISLE OF DOGS (Alexandre Desplat)
MARY POPPINS RETURNS (Marc Shaiman)
A STAR IS BORN (Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga & Lukas Nelson)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
INCREDIBLES 2
ISLE OF DOGS
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CAPERNAUM
COLD WAR
DOGMAN
ROMA
SHOPLIFTERS

BEST DOCUMENTARY
FREE SOLO
MCQUEEN
RBG
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

 

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
BACHELOR
THE BLUE DOOR
THE FIELD
73 COWS
WALE

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
I’M OK
MARFA
ROUGHHOUSE

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
APOSTASY, Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)
BEAST, Michael Pearce (Writer/Director) & Lauren Dark (Producer)
A CAMBODIAN SPRING, Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)
PILI, Leanne Welham (Writer/Director) & Sophie Harman (Producer)
RAY & LIZ, Richard Billingham (Writer/Director) & Jacqui Davies (Producer)

EE RISING STAR AWARD
Jessie Buckley
Cynthia Erivo
Barry Keoghan
Lakeith Stanfield
Letitia Wright