LONDON (EFE).— The science fiction film “Dune”, by Canadian Dennis Villeneuve, leads this year’s edition of the Bafta awards of the British film academy with eleven nominations, four more than the winner at the Golden Globes “The Power Of The Dog”, by Jane Campion, and five more than “Belftast”, by Kenneth Branagh.
The Spanish Pedro Almodóvar will compete in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, with “Parallel Mothers”, while the Mexican Guillermo del Toro won three technical nominations with “The Alley of Lost Souls”: Best Photography, Design of Production and Costume Design.
For the Bafta for Best Film, the most coveted golden mask of the evening to be held on March 13 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, “Belfast”, “Don’t Look Up”, “Dune”, “Licorice Pizza” and “Power Of The Dog”. The new James Bond film, “No Time To Die”, was satisfied with five nominations, the same as “West Side Story” and “Licorice Pizza”, while four awards are nominated for “King Richard”, “After Love”, “Booiling Point”, “Cyrano” and “Passing”.
The Baftas will act this year more than ever as a prelude to the Oscar, after some decaffeinated Golden Globes.
This year the Baftas have committed to “recognizing emerging talent” and this has been demonstrated in the number of directors and actors who have been nominated for the first time.
In the categories that involve actresses and actors, 19 of the 24 candidates are for the first time, with examples such as Ariana DeBose, in “West Side Story”, Alana Haim, for “Licorice Pizza”, and Will Smith, for “KingRichard.” In addition, Woody Norman, who is up for the Supporting Actor award for “C’mon C’mon”, is the youngest nominee at 11 years old.
In the Bafta for Best Director there are the same number of men and women, with Aleem Khan, for “After Love”, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, for “Drive My Car”, Audrey Diwan, for “Happening”, Paul Thomas Andersen, for “Licorice Pizza”, Jane Champions, for “Power Of The Dog”, and Julia Ducournau, for “Titane”.
Among all the categories, the number of directors increased from eight in the last edition to twelve in this one, while in the total count, the women nominated amount to 70, which is the highest number in the last five years .
Almodóvar will compete for his sixth Bafta with “Drive My Car”, by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Teruhisa Yamamoto, “The Hand Of God”, by Paolo Sorrentino and Lorenzo Mieli, “Petite Maman”, by Céline Sciamma.
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