British Academy Film Awards 2021

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Chloé Zhao, director of the four award-winning film Nomadland

The 74th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA Awards) took place on April 10-11, 2021 to honor the best films and filmmakers of 2020 . The film awards of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were awarded in 27 categories (including an audience award and two honorary awards). The British mobile communications company EE Limited acted as sponsor, which is why the ceremony was officially referred to as the EE British Academy Film Awards .

The nominees for the Rising Star Award were presented on March 3, 2021. The nominations were announced on March 9, 2021 by Aisling Bea and Susan Wokoma at the Royal Albert Hall in London . The nominations led the American production Nomadland by Chloé Zhao and the British film Rocks by Sarah Gavron with seven nominations each. For the first time in the history of the film award, four women were nominated in the Best Director category. Nomad landwas able to live up to his role as a favorite and was the most successful film of the evening with four prizes won - Best Film , Best Director , Best Actress and Best Cinematography .

The winners were chosen from March 25 to April 7, 2021. The winners in the secondary categories were announced on April 10, 2021, and those in the main categories one day later.

The most successful films
(at least two nominations)
highlighted = most awards
N = nomination; A = award
Movie N A.
Nomad land 7th 4th
Rocks 7th 2
The Father 6th 2
Deficiency 6th 1
Minari - where we put down roots 6th 1
Promising Young Woman 6th 2
The excavation 5 0
The Mauritanian 5 0
Calm with horses 4th 0
Judas and the Black Messiah 4th 1
News from the world 4th 0
The intoxication 4th 1
Sound of metal 4th 2
His house 3 1
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 3 2
soul 3 2
The Trial of the Chicago 7 3 0
Greyhound - Battle of the Atlantic 2 0
limbo 2 0
Quo Vadis, Aida? 2 0
Saint Maud 2 0
The White tiger 2 0

background

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , BAFTA had already announced in mid-June 2020 that its film awards ceremony would be postponed from February 14 to April 11, 2021. At the same time, the 2021 Academy Awards and the 2021 Golden Globe Awards had also been postponed. In times of lockdown regulations and unusual cinema premieres, smaller, independent film productions as well as documentaries, foreign language and British productions should be given the opportunity to qualify for the British Film Academy Awards 2021. Other changes made by the film committee included: Allow productions that were released before UK cinemas closed, regardless of how many days they were shown in theaters. Films were also allowed that were only released on video-on-demand platforms (the titles had to have been available online to the UK audience for at least 30 days). The condition was that the theatrical release would be rescheduled after the opening of the British cinemas within a certain period. Films that only open in British cinemas after the lockdown are said to have been shown at least once every seven days.

In addition, the BAFTA announced on September 24, 2020, inter alia. to review and independently verify their selection process and the selection of their members for the film awards ceremony within a seven-month process. The decision was made immediately after the nominations for the 73rd award were announced on January 7, 2020, where there was considerable criticism due to a lack of diversity. At the British Academy Film Awards, for example, only white actors were considered in the categories for best leading and supporting roles. Also, only male directors were represented in the Best Director category . In 2019, BAFTA was the first major film award to adopt criteria for diversity and inclusion, based on the requirements of the British Film Institute (BFI). Upon review, BAFTA concluded that it would make 120 changes. So, inter alia. up to 1000 new academy members from underrepresented groups in the next two years. Members should also be given the opportunity to review all films submitted. A new, three-stage nomination process has been resolved for all categories, before the first round of which the voting members must receive the necessary training for the voters.

Award winners and nominations

Best movie

Nomadland - Production: Mollye Asher , Dan Janvey , Frances McDormand , Peter Spears , Chloé Zhao

Best British Film

Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell , Ben Browning , Ashley Fox , Josey McNamara

Best debut by a UK writer, director or producer

His House - Remi Weekes

Best Non-English Language Film

The Rush (Druk) - Thomas Vinterberg , Kasper Dissing , Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Best documentary

My teacher, the octopus (Octopus My Teacher) - Pippa Ehrlich , James Reed , Craig Foster

Best animated film

Soul - Pete Docter , Dana Murray

Best director

Chloé Zhao - Nomad Land

Best original script

Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman

Best adapted script

Christopher Hampton , Florian Zeller - The Father

Best main actress

Frances McDormand - Nomad Land

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins - The Father

The best supporting actress

Yoon Yeo-jeong - Minari - Where We Put Down Roots (Minari)

Best supporting actor

Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah

Best casting

Lucy Pardee - Rocks

Best film score

Jon Batiste , Atticus Ross , Trent Reznor - Soul

Best camera

Joshua James Richards - Nomad Land

Best cut

Mikkel EG Nielsen - Sound of Metal

Best production design

Donald Graham Burt , Jan Pascale - Mank

Best costume design

Ann Roth - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best makeup and best hairstyles

Matiki Anoff , Larry M. Cherry , Sergio Lopez-Rivera , Mia Neal - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best special effects

Scott Fisher , Andrew Jackson , Andrew Lockley - Tenet

Best tone

Jaime Baksht , Nicolas Becker , Phillip Bladh , Carlos Cortés , Michelle Couttolenc - Sound of Metal

Best animated short film

The Owl and the Pussycat - Mole Hill , Laura Duncalf

Best British Short Film

The Present - Farah Nabulsi

Audience award

Best Young Actor (EE Rising Star Award)

Bukky Bakray

Prizes of honor

BAFTA Fellowship

Best contribution to British cinema

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Nominations announced: EE British Academy Film Awards in 2021 . In: bafta.org, March 9, 2021 (accessed March 10, 2021).
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  5. ↑ a b Temporary changes to eligibility rules announced and date confirmed for the EE British Academy Film Awards 2021 . In: bafta.org, June 16, 2020 (accessed January 15, 2021).
  6. ↑ The 78th Golden Globes Have A New Date for 2021 . In: goldenglobes.com, June 22, 2020 (accessed December 26, 2020).
  7. ↑ The BAFTA 2020 Review . In: bafta.org (accessed January 15, 2021).
  8. ↑ Lanre Bakare: Baftas 2020: British film awards on back foot after diversity row . In: theguardian.com, January 7, 2020 (accessed January 15, 2021).
  9. ↑ Stewart Clarke: BAFTA Admits 'Infuriating' Lack of Diversity in Noms, Calls on Industry to Change . In: variety.com, January 7, 2020 (accessed January 15, 2021)
  10. ↑ Adam White: #BaftasSoWhite: All-white acting nominees sparks Baftas backlash . In: independent.co.uk, January 7, 2020 (accessed January 15, 2021).
  11. ↑ Katie Rosseinsky: From Jennifer Lopez to Jessie Buckley: The Bafta 2020 nominations snubs and surprises . In: standard.co.uk, January 7, 2020 (accessed January 15, 2021).
  12. ↑ Awards - BFI Diversity Standards . In: bafta.org (accessed January 15, 2021).
  13. ↑ The BAFTA 2020 Review . In: bafta.org (accessed January 15, 2021).
  14. ↑ Noel Clarke to be honored at the 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema . In: bafta.org, March 29, 2021 (accessed April 11, 2021).