With the Oscar nominations due to arrive next week, BAFTA have contributed their own set of diverse nods ahead of the conclusion to another frenetic awards season.

The sci-fi epic Dune leads the pack with a hefty eleven mentions, which include a place on the Best Film shortlist.

The big-screen adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel is also up for multiple technical gongs, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Music.

However, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve is surprisingly overlooked in a juried Best Director category that brings a quartet of bold contenders in Audrey Diwan (Happening), Julia Ducournau (Titane), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) and Aleem Khan (After Love).

The western drama The Power of the Dog continued its impressive showing throughout this awards season with eight nods, including Best Film and Best Director for auteur Jane Campion.

Once again, British star Benedict Cumberbatch contests the Leading Actor field, while co-stars Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee both shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor.

The autobiographical drama Belfast also performed admirably with BAFTA by garnering six noms including double mentions in both Best Film, and Outstanding British Film.

Additionally, filmmaker Kenneth Branagh earns an Original Screenplay nod, while cast members Caitríona Balfe and Ciarán Hinds are in contention for the supporting accolades.

The rest of the Best Film field is made up by the political satire Don’t Look Up and the indie comedy Licorice Pizza.

In the acting categories, Hollywood heavyweights Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up) and Will Smith (King Richard) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up) contest a stellar Leading Actor field alongside Mahershala Ali (Swansong), and British stars Adeel Akhtar (Ali & Ava) and Stephen Graham (Boiling Point).

In contrast, the Leading Actress line-up brought a surprising number of snubs, including Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter), Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) and Kristen Stewart (Spencer).

However, this bodes well for fellow awards contender Lady Gaga, as she lands a nod for her portrayal of Italian socialite Patrizia Reggiani in the factual drama House of Gucci.

British starlet Emilia Jones (CODA) and TV BAFTA winner Joanna Scanlan (After Love) are also included in the Leading Actress category alongside Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) and American duo Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza) and Tessa Thompson (Passing).

 

Meanwhile, Ariana DeBose finds herself in contention for both the EE Rising Star award AND Best Supporting Actress prize for her performance as Anita in the musical remake West Side Story.

Her competition is rounded up by fellow American performers Ann Dowd (Mass) and Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) as well as Irish actresses Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), and Ruth Negga (Passing).

The Supporting Actor line-up sees child prodigy Woody Norman surprisingly shortlisted for his role in the indie drama C’Mon C’Mon with deaf actor Troy Kotsur (CODA) and Mike Faist (West Side Story) among his rival nominees.

 

Elsewhere, the James Bond blockbuster No Time to Die is up for multiple BAFTAs including Outstanding British Film where it competes against the likes of After Love, Boiling Point, Cyrano, Last Night in Soho, and Passing.

Additionally, new Bond star Lashana Lynch finds herself in contention for the public-voted EE Rising Star Award that is also contested by fellow British rookie Harris Dickinson and deaf actress Millicent Simmonds.

 

Meanwhile, Disney’s Encanto, and Pixar’s Luca go head-to-head with the documentary Flee in the Best Animated Film category, while international efforts like Drive My Car, Parallel Mothers and The Worst Person in the World are shortlisted for the Best Film Not in the English Language prize.

 

As well those multiple Leading Actress snubs, BAFTA also omitted performances from other notable acting contenders including Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos), Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza), Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog), Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick…Boom!), Jared Leto (House of Gucci), Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point), and Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth).

 

The 75th BAFTA Film Awards will take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 13 March with Australian comedian actress Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect trilogy) hosting for the first time.

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

BEST FILM
BELFAST
DON’T LOOK UP
DUNE
LICORICE PIZZA
THE POWER OF THE DOG

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AFTER LOVE
ALI & AVA
BELFAST
BOILING POINT
CYRANO
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
HOUSE OF GUCCI
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
NO TIME TO DIE
PASSING

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORICE PIZZA
Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Audrey Diwan, HAPPENING
Julia Ducournau, TITANE
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, DRIVE MY CAR
Aleem Khan, AFTER LOVE

BEST ACTOR
Adeel Ahktar, ALI & AVA
Mahershala Ali, SWAN SONG
Benedict Cumberbatch, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Leonardo DiCaprio, DON’T LOOK UP
Stephen Graham, BOILING POINT
Will Smith, KING RICHARD

BEST ACTRESS
Lady Gaga, HOUSE OF GUCCI
Alana Haim, LICORICE PIZZA
Emilia Jones, CODA
Joanna Scanlan, AFTER LOVE
Renate Reinsve, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Tessa Thompson, PASSING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mike Faist, WEST SIDE STORY
Ciarán Hinds, BELFAST
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Woody Norman, C’MON C’MON
Jesse Plemons, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitríona Balfe, BELFAST
Jessie Buckley, THE LOST DAUGHTER
Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY
Anna Dowd, MASS
Aunjuanue Ellis, KING RICHARD
Ruth Negga, PASSING

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA (Siân Heder)
DRIVE MY CAR (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)
DUNE (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve)
THE LOST DAUGHTER (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
THE POWER OF THE DOG (Jane Campion)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEING THE RICARDOS (Aaron Sorkin)
BELFAST (Kenneth Branagh)
DON’T LOOK UP (Adam McKay)
KING RICHARD (Zach Baylin)
LICORICE PIZZA (Paul Thomas Anderson)

BEST CASTING
BOILING POINT (Carolyn McLeod)
DUNE (Francine Maisler)
THE HAND OF GOD (Massimo Appolloni & Annamaria Sambucco)
KING RICHARD (Rich Delia & Avy Kaufman)
WEST SIDE STORY (Cindy Tolan)

BEST EDITING
BELFAST
DUNE
LICORICE PIZZA
NO TIME TO DIE
SUMMER OF SOUL (OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
DUNE
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
NO TIME TO DIE
THE POWER OF THE DOG
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
CYRANO
DUNE
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
CRUELLA
CYRANO
DUNE
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
NIGHTMARE ALLEY

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR
CRUELLA
CYRANO
DUNE
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
HOUSE OF GUCCI

BEST SOUND
DUNE
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
NO TIME TO DIE
A QUIET PLACE: PART II
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
DUNE
FREE GUY
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
NO TIME TO DIE

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
BEING THE RICARDOS (Daniel Pemberton)
DON’T LOOK UP (Nicholas Britell)
DUNE (Hans Zimmer)
THE FRENCH DISPATCH (Alexandre Desplat)
THE POWER OF THE DOG (Jonny Greenwood)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
ENCANTO
FLEE
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DRIVE MY CAR
THE HAND OF GOD
PARALLEL MOTHERS
PETITE MAMAN
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

BEST DOCUMENTARY
BECOMING COUSTEAU
COW
FLEE
THE RESCUE
SUMMER OF SOUL (OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
THE BLACK COP
FEMME
THE PALACE
STUFFED
THREE MEETINGS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITTEE

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
AFFAIRS OF THE ART
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
AFTER LOVE, Aleem Khan (Writer/Director)
BOILING POINT, James Cummings (Writer) & Hester Ruoff (Producer)
THE HARDER THEY FALL, Jeymes Samuel (Writer/Director)
KEYBOARD FANTASIES, Posy Dixon (Writer/Director) & Liv Proctor (Producer)
PASSING, Rebecca Hall (Writer/Director)

EE RISING STAR AWARD
Ariana DeBose
Harris Dickinson
Lashana Lynch
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-McPhee