With less than a week to go until the Oscar nominations are announced, BAFTA have unveiled their own illustrious line-up of contenders.

The surprise leader of the pack is Netflix’s powerful adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front, with a supreme fourteen nods.

The war epic, which follows a group of young German soldiers experiencing the horrors of fighting in the First World War, contests a strong Best Film line-up, while filmmaker Edward Berger is shortlisted in the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay categories.

Additionally, cast member Albrect Schuch is acknowledged in Best Supporting Actor, while the rest of the nominations are for technical achievements.

It is the strongest showing for a film at BAFTA since The King’s Speech back in 2011.

Elsewhere, Oscar frontrunners The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once continued their awards’ dominance with ten nominations each including Best Film.

The Banshees of Inisherin, which centres on the sudden fallout between two old friends, also earns a spot on the Outstanding British Film shortlist while filmmaker Martin McDonagh earns double nods for his writing and directing.

After success at the Golden Globes last week, Colin Farrell is in contention for Best Leading Actor, while co-stars Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon contest the supporting categories.

In the case of Everything Everywhere All at Once, filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert both receive screenplay and directing nods for their work on the sci-fi adventure.

Additionally, recent Golden Globe winners Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis are up for Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively, while veteran co-star Jamie Lee Curtis is in contention for Best Supporting Actress.

Elsewhere, the music-based biopic Elvis performed well with a hefty nine nominations including Best Film with star man Austin Butler earning a Best Leading Actor nod for his portrayal of legendary musician Elvis Presley.

Butler’s competition in a versatile Leading Actor line-up that includes Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Paul Mescal (Aftersun) and Bill Nighy (Living).

The final Best Film contender is the drama Tár which scored an additional four nods including Best Leading Actress for central star Cate Blanchett. The three-time BAFTA winner is joined in her category by Ana de Armas (Blonde), Viola Davis (The Woman King), and Danielle Deadwyler (Till).

In the Outstanding British Film category, the indie drama Aftersun and the romantic comedy Good Luck to You, Leo Grande are in contention alongside other recognisable features including Empire of Light, Living and Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.

There are also places on the shortlist for a number of smaller films including Brian and Charles, The Swimmers and The Wonder.

Elsewhere, a number of other homegrown stars are in contention for acting honours including Carey Mulligan (She Said), Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse), Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), and Micheal Ward (Empire of Light).

Recent Golden Globe victor Angela Bassett earns a Best Supporting Actress nod for her performance in the Marvel blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, with Hong Chau (The Whale) and Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness) among her fellow nominees.

One actor that performed well was Irish star Daryl McCormack, as he scored a Best Leading Actor mention for his role as a handsome male escort in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.

Additionally, McCormack also contests an impressive EE Rising Star award line-up that features British quartet Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, I Wanna Dance with Somebody), Sheila Atim (The Underground Railroad, The Woman King), Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Emily), and Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education, Living).

 

Meanwhile, the Best Director line-up sees Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook and Gina Prince-Bythewood earn surprise nominations for their respective work on Decision to Leave, and The Woman King.

Elsewhere, Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio competes against the likes of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Turning Red in the Best Animated Film category, while the contenders for Best Film Not in the English Language include the Golden Globe-winning Argentina, 1985 and the Irish drama The Quiet Girl.

 

However, there were a number of key snubs, led by a shocking underperformance from Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans which managed just one nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Additionally, the notable acting snubs include Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick), Felix Kammerer (All Quiet on the Western Front), Janelle Monáe (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), Brad Pitt (Babylon), Ben Whishaw (Women Talking), and Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans).

The 76th BAFTA Film Awards will take place at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 19 February with seasoned British actor Richard E. Grant on hosting duties for the first time.

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

BEST FILM
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
ELVIS
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
TÁR

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AFTERSUN
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
BRIAN AND CHARLES
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
LIVING
ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL
SEE HOW THEY RUN
THE SWIMMERS
THE WONDER

BEST DIRECTOR
Edward Berger, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Park Chan-wook, DECISION TO LEAVE
Todd Field, TÁR
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Gina Prince-Bythewood, THE WOMAN KING

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Viola Davis, THE WOMAN KING
Ana de Armas, BLONDE
Danielle Deadwyler, TILL
Emma Thompson, GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Austin Butler, ELVIS
Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE
Daryl McCormack, GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Paul Mescal, AFTERSUN
Bill Nighy, LIVING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Hong Chau, THE WHALE
Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Jamie Lee Curtis, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Dolly de Leon, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Carey Mulligan, SHE SAID

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Barry Keoghan, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Eddie Redmayne, THE GOOD NURSE
Albrect Schuch, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Micheal Ward, EMPIRE OF LIGHT

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Edward Berger)
LIVING (Kazuo Ishiguro)
THE QUIET GIRL (Colm Bairéad)
SHE SAID (Rebecca Lenkiewicz)
THE WHALE (Samuel D. Hunter)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Martin McDonagh)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert)
THE FABELMANS (Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg)
TÁR (Todd Field)
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Ruben Östlund)

BEST CASTING
AFTERSUN (Lucy Pardee)
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Simone Bär)
ELVIS (Nikki Barrett & Denise Chamian)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Sarah Halley Finn)
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Pauline Hansson)

BEST EDITING
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
ELVIS
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
THE BATMAN
ELVIS
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
BABYLON
THE BATMAN
ELVIS
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
AMSTERDAM
BABYLON
ELVIS
MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
THE BATMAN
ELVIS
ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL
THE WHALE

BEST SOUND
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
ELVIS
TÁR
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
THE BATMAN
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Volker Bertelmann)
BABYLON (Justin Hurwitz)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Carter Burwell)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Son Lux)
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (Alexandre Desplat)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH
TURNING RED

BEST FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
ARGENTINA, 1985
CORSAGE
DECISION TO LEAVE
THE QUIET GIRL

BEST DOCUMENTARY
ALL THAT BREATHES
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
FIRE OF LOVE
MOONAGE DAYDREAM
NAVALNY

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS
BAZIGAGA
BUS GIRL
A DRIFTING UP
AN IRISH GOODBYE

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
MIDDLE WATCH
YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
AFTERSUN, Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)
BLUE JEAN, Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director) & Hélène Sifre (Producer)
ELECTRIC MALADY, Marie Lidén (Director)
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE, Katy Brand (Writer)
REBELLION, Elena Sánchez Bellot (Director) & Maia Kenworthy (Director)

EE RISING STAR AWARD
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim
Emma Mackey
Daryl McCormack
Aimee Lou Wood