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While the sci-fi film emerges as the top nominee with 11 nods, director Denis Villeneuve is snubbed in Best Director category, and 'Spencer' and 'Tick Tick … Boom!' fail to land a single nomination.

• Feb 4, 2022

AceShowbiz - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has given a say in the best of films within the past one year. On Thursday, February 3, they unveiled the nominations for the 2022 annual EE British Academy Film Awards.

As the British Academy has been determined to create a "level playing field" for all films in the last two years, the list sees diverse nominations with some surprises and major snubs. One of the biggest snubs is Kristen Stewart's Princess Diana drama "Spencer" which fails to land a single nomination. Andrew Garfield's "Tick Tick … Boom!" is also out of contention in all categories.

"Dune" unsurprisingly leads the pack with a total of 11 nominations, including the nods in Best Film category. While Denis Villeneuve is in contention for Best Adapted Screenplay with co-writers Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts, the helmer is snubbed in Best Director category, giving a way to Aleem Khan ("After Love"), Ryusuke Hamaguchi ("Drive My Car"), Audrey Diwan ("Happening") and Julia Ducournau ("Titane") to compete with award favorites Paul Thomas Anderson ("Licorice Pizza") and Jane Campion ("The Power of the Dog").

"The Power of the Dog" trails behind with 8 nominations, followed by Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" with six, and five for "Licorice Pizza", "No Time to Die" and "West Side Story". Despite their films' multiple nominations, Branagh and Steven Spielberg are not named among the Best Director nominees.

The Best Actress category also sees major snubs, with Olivia Colman ("The Lost Daughter") and Nicole Kidman ("Being the Ricardos") being left out. Their absence gives "After Love" star Joanna Scanlan, "Passing" lead Tessa Thompson and "The Worst Person in the World" star Renate Reinsve a chance to compete with Lady GaGa ("House of Gucci"), Alana Haim ("Licorice Pizza") and Emilia Jones ("CODA") for the prize.

The winners will be announced in a ceremony that will take place on March 13.

Full Nomination List of 2022 BAFTA Film Awards:

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"

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

• "After Love" – Aleem Khan (writer/director)
• "Boiling Point" – James Cummings (writer), Hester Ruoff (producer) [also written by Philip Barantini and produced by Bart Ruspoli]
• "The Harder They Fall" – Jeymes Samuel (writer/director) [also written by Boaz Yakin]
• "Keyboard Fantasies" – Posy Dixon (writer/director), Liv Proctor (producer)
• "Passing" – Rebecca Hall (writer/director)

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"

Best Animated Film

• "Encanto"
• "Flee"
• "Luca"
• "The Mitchells vs the Machines"

Best Director

• Aleem Khan ("After Love")
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi ("Drive My Car")
• Audrey Diwan ("Happening")
• Paul Thomas Anderson ("Licorice Pizza")
• Jane Campion ("The Power of the Dog")
• Julia Ducournau ("Titane")

Best Original Screenplay

• Aaron Sorkin ("Being the Ricardos")
• Kenneth Branagh ("Belfast")
• Adam McKay ("Don't Look Up")
• Zach Baylin ("King Richard")
• Paul Thomas Anderson ("Licorice Pizza")

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Sian Heder ("Coda")
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi ("Drive My Car")
• Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve ("Dune")
• Maggie Gyllenhaal ("The Lost Daughter")
• Jane Campion ("The Power of the Dog")

Best Actress

• Lady GaGa ("House of Gucci")
• Alana Haim ("Licorice Pizza")
• Emilia Jones ("Coda")
• Renate Reinsve ("The Worst Person in the World")
• Joanna Scanlan ("After Love")
• Tessa Thompson ("Passing")

Best Actor

• Adeel Akhtar ("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 Supporting Actress

• Caitriona Balfe ("Belfast")
• Jessie Buckley ("The Lost Daughter")
• Ariana DeBose ("West Side Story")
• Ann Dowd ("Mass")
• Aunjanue Ellis ("King Richard")
• Ruth Negga ("Passing")

Best Supporting Actor

• Mike Faist ("West Side Story")
• Ciaran 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 Original Score

• "Being the Ricardos"
• "Don't Look Up"
• "Dune"
• "The French Dispatch"
• "The Power of the Dog"

Best Casting

• "Boiling Point"
• "Dune"
• "The Hand of God"
• "King Richard"
• "West Side Story"

Best Cinematography

• "Dune"
• "Nightmare Alley"
• "No Time to Die"
• "The Power of the Dog"
• "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Best Editing

• "Belfast"
• "Dune"
• "Licorice Pizza"
• "No Time to Die"
• "Summer of Soul"

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 and 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 British Short Animation

• "Affairs of the Art"
• "Do Not Feed the Pigeons"
• "Night of the Living Dread"

Best British Short Film

• "The Black Cop"
• "Femme"
• "The Palace"
• "Stuffed"
• "Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee"

Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

• Ariana DeBose
• Harris Dickinson
• Lashana Lynch
• Millicent Simmonds
• Kodi Smit-McPhee