Shocking snubs shut out major Oscars contenders among BAFTA nominations

Joey Nolfi

18 January 2024 at 2:07 pm·3-min read

"Barbie" director Greta Gerwig and "Killers of the Flower Moon" Best Actress frontrunner Lily Gladstone were shockingly omitted from the BAFTA nominations.

Barbie just took a major hit from Oppenheimer on the awards trail, as the BAFTA Awards nominations shut out its filmmaker, Greta Gerwig — among many other shocking snubs — from the Best Director category.

In yet another curious late-season twist to the Oscars race, the BAFTA nominations omitted many major players from its top categories — largely thanks, once again, to the British Academy's reliance on a mix of smaller juries and overall membership votes to determine nominees.

This year, casualties of voting included Gerwig, who didn't receive a Best Director nod despite showing up at every other major precursor so far — including from the Directors Guild of America and the Golden Globes — and Best Actress frontrunner and Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone.

One thing that's consistent between BAFTA and the rest of the circuit, however, is Oppenheimer's dominance. Christopher Nolan's historical epic scored 13 overall nominations, solidifying its place as the Oscars' Best Picture and Best Director frontrunner.

<p>Everett Collection (2)</p> Greta Gerwig directing 'Barbie' ; Lily Gladstone in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' — Everett Collection (2)
Greta Gerwig directing 'Barbie' ; Lily Gladstone in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Following Oppenheimer's total is Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, which earned 11 nominations — save for a curious lack of Lanthimos' presence in the Best Director category. Similarly, Killers scored nine nods, while director Martin Scorsese was also snubbed for Best Director.

Zone of Interest's Jonathan Glazer enjoyed a resurgence in the race thanks to BAFTA's nominations, though, as he appeared among the Best Director set, and the movie was nominated for Outstanding British Film.

Surprise additions — also likely attributable to the smaller jury votes — to the BAFTA nominations included Best Actress nominee Fantasia Barrino for The Color Purple as well as Saltburn trio Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, and Jacob Elordi in Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.

While it used to be a sturdy indicator of Oscars' taste, seeing as it's made up of members that also cross over to the Academy, recent initiatives aimed at combatting a lack of diversity among BAFTA nominations have led to the organization restructuring the way it determines nominees, which are now laid out by a mixture of general membership tallies and the aforementioned jury votes.

The BAFTA Awards winners will be announced Feb. 18 at London's Southbank Centre. See the full list of 2024 BAFTA nominations below.

2024 BAFTA nominations

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 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 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 Director

Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

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

EE BAFTA Rising Star Award

Phoebe Dynevor
Ayo Edebiri
Jacob Elordi
Mia Mckenna-Bruce
Sophie Wilde

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 Makeup 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

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