Everything you need to know about the Baftas 2024
For the 77th time, the Baftas will gather together many of the most notable names in the film industry to celebrate the best the past year has had to offer, with the most distinguished event on the calendar for British cinema and one of awards season’s hottest tickets.
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the way with 13 nominations, just ahead of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things on 11, while the Baftas has also wisely capitalised on one of pop culture’s hottest moments by drafting in Sophie Ellis-Bextor for a live performance of Saltburn‘s resurgent anthem ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’, although Nolan busting out a move or two as of yet remains unconfirmed.
Away from the competitive categories, Samantha Morton will become the latest recipient of the ‘Bafta Fellowship’, with film curator June Givanni set to receive the ‘Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema’ award for her work documenting pan-African cinema for over 40 years.
Having been ongoing since 1949 and televised since 1956 with Vivien Leigh, the host of the maiden broadcast, the Baftas has spent the last eight decades solidifying its status as one of the most important dates on the filmic calendar.
Where are the Baftas held?
This year’s edition of the Baftas will be held at the Royal Festival Hall inside London’s Southbank Centre for the second consecutive year, but the awards have called several different locations home over the decades.
The earliest editions were held at the Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square before emigrating to the Royal Opera House for the period between 2007 and 2016. After that, subsequent Bafta ceremonies took place at the Royal Albert Hall up until 2022, before moving to their current destination.
When are the Baftas 2024?
As per tradition, the Baftas take place in the weeks leading up to the Oscars, which in this case finds the event falling on Sunday, February 18th, but the second month of the year has never been set in stone.
While every edition from 2001 to 2020 took place in February, throughout the course of its existence, the Baftas have been held in March, April, and May on a handful of occasions, with the tenth event in 1957 the only one to have been held in July.
Who is hosting the Baftas 2024?
For the very first time, David Tennant will take up hosting duties. The actor is “delighted to have been asked to host the EE Bafta Film Awards and help celebrate the very best of this year’s films and the many brilliant people who bring them to life,” although there’s no guarantee he’ll get to do it twice.
After all, every Baftas host since 2020 has been a first-timer, which ended a streak of dominance that saw Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross alternate between hosting duties every year from 2002 to 2017, before Joanna Lumley served as compere twice in a row.
Who is nominated for the Baftas 2024?
Best Film
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Outstanding British Film
- All of Us Strangers
- How to Have Sex
- Napoleon
- The Old Oak
- Poor Things
- Rye Lane
- Saltburn
- Scrapper
- Wonka
- The Zone of Interest
Best Director
- Andrew Haigh – All of Us Stranger
- Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
- Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
- Bradley Cooper – Maestro
- Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
- Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Best Leading Actress
- Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
- Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
- Carey Mulligan – Maestro
- Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
- Margot Robbie – Barbie
- Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best Leading Actor
- Bradley Cooper – Maestro
- Colman Domingo – Rustin
- Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
- Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
- Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
- Teo Yoo – Past Lives
Best Supporting Actress
- Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
- Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
- Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers
- Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
- Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
- Da’vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best Supporting Actor
- Robert De Niro – Killers of The Flower Moon
- Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
- Jacob Elordi – Saltburn
- Ryan Gosling – Barbie
- Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers
- Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Best Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
- Blue Bag Life
- Bobi Wine: The People’s President
- Earth Mama
- How To Have Sex
- Is There Anybody Out There?
Best Film Not In The English Language
- 20 Days In Mariupol
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Past Lives
- Society of the Snow
- The Zone of Interest
Best Documentary
- 20 Days In Mariupol
- American Symphony
- Beyond Utopia
- Still: A Michael J Fox Movie
- Wham!
Best Animated Film
- The Boy And The Heron
- Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
- Elemental
- Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Best Original Screenplay
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
- Maestro
- Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay
- All Of Us Strangers
- American Fiction
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- The Zone Of Interest
Best Original Score
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- Saltburn
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Casting
- All of Us Strangers
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Holdovers
- How To Have Sex
- Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Cinematography
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
Best Costume design
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Best Editing
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
Best Production design
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
Best Make-up and hair
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Best Sound
- Ferrari
- Maestro
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Oppenheimer
- The Zone of Interest
Best Special visual effects
- The Creator
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Napoleon
- Poor Things
Best British short film
- Festival of Slaps
- Gorka
- Jellyfish and Lobster
- Such a Lovely Day
- Yellow
Best British short animation
- Crab Day
- Visible Mending
- Wild Summon
EE Rising Star Award (As voted for by the public)
- Phoebe Dynevor
- Ayo Edebiri
- Jacob Elordi
- Mia McKenna-Bruce
- Sophie Wilde
What are the biggest surprises from the Baftas 2024 nominations?
Like every major awards ceremony, the 2024 Bafta nominees features several notable surprises and snubs. Saltburn trio Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, and Jacob Elordi made the shortlist for ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Supporting Actress’, and ‘Best Supporting Actor’ respectively, despite the film being entirely shut out of the Oscars.
The Color Purple‘s Fantasia Barrino was a surprise nominee for ‘Best Actress’, with Lily Gladstone being a shocking omission from the same category. Meanwhile, Barbie was bypassed for ‘Best Film’ and Greta Gerwig was overlooked for a ‘Best Director’ nod, while recognition for Yorgas Lanthimos as ‘Best Director’ wasn’t one of Poor Things‘ 11 nominations, either, and the same goes for Martin Scorsese in regards to nine-time nominee Killers of the Flower Moon.
Where to watch the Baftas 2024?
For those located in the United Kingdom, the Baftas will both air live on BBC One and stream simultaneously on BBC iPlayer, but international audiences won’t be missing out.
In the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, South Africa, and Sweden, the 77th annual gala will be streaming on the BritBox International platform.
Who has won the most Baftas?
No performer has ever won more than five film Baftas for their on-camera contributions, but one of the three names to have secured a quintet for their feature-length efforts also doubles as the most heavily awarded name in the history of the entire event.
Peter Finch, Maggie Smith, and Judi Dench are the illustrious trio to have five competitive film Bafta wins to their name, but the latter has also acquired an additional five for her work on television to bring her up to a nice even ten. By comparison, no director has ever won any more than two, in a testament to those three heavyweights and their excellence over such an extended period of time.
What does Baftas stand for?
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts was initially founded in 1947 under the title of The British Film Academy, with the first annual British Academy Film Awards taking place two years later.
In 1958, the Academy and The Guild of Television Producers and Directors merged together to form The Society of Film and Television, which was eventually rebranded once again under its current moniker in 1976.
Everybody loves an acronym, so it wasn’t long before any formal branding was largely dropped by industry figures, professionals, nominees, and all the rest, with the shorthand term ‘Bafta’ having become a staple part of the lexicon.
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