The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, or BAFTA, has become a crucial indicator on which films and performances could garner support for the Academy Awards due to the huge overlap of voting members. Over the years, its influence on the Oscars has been undeniable, with many of its winners often helping to shape a narrative. After getting ignored by all the major guilds, last year’s German-language film “All Quiet on the Western Front” made a big showing before going on to nab nine Oscar nominations and winning four.
The longlists, which will be announced on Friday, Jan. 5, provide the first major clues, announcing the finalists in all their respective categories.
Each branch has its own set of rules for nominating and recognizing a film or performance.
What we look for on this list is if films presumed to be more “American-leaning” also appeal to the BAFTA members. How will they take to Greta Gerwig’s toy doll flick “Barbie” or Alexander Payne’s holiday film “The Holdovers?”
Read the predictions for the longlist below.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
OSCARS | EMMYS | GRAMMYS | TONYS
Updated: Jan. 4, 2024
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Best Film
Image Credit: Neon - “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “Barbie”
- “The Holdovers”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Maestro”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Past Lives”
- “Poor Things”
- “Society of the Snow”
- “The Zone of Interest”
Alternates: “All of Us Strangers”; “American Fiction”; “May December”; “Napoleon”; “Saltburn”
**(For Round One, all members vote for up to 10 films ranked; top 10 are longlisted. For Round Two, all voters vote for five films ranked; top five become BAFTA nominees)
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Director
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett C - J.A. Bayona – “Society of the Snow”
- Jonathan Glazer – “The Zone of Interest”
- Andrew Haigh — “All of Us Strangers”
- Trần Anh Hùng — “The Taste of Things”
- Yorgos Lanthimos – “Poor Things”
- Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer”
- Alexander Payne – “The Holdovers”
- Martin Scorsese – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Kelly Fremon Craig – “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”
- Chloe Dumont – “Fair Play”
- Ava DuVernay – “Origin”
- Emerald Fennell – “Saltburn”
- Greta Gerwig – “Barbie”
- A.V. Rockwell – “A Thousand and One”
- Celine Song – “Past Lives”
- Justine Triet – “Anatomy of a Fall”
Male director alternate: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi — “Evil Does Not Exist”
Women director alternate: Kaouther Ben-Hania — “Four Daughters”
**For Round One, the top two directors (regardless of gender) from the Round One Chapter vote will automatically be nominated. The top five female and top five male directors will be longlisted. The longlisting jury will select the remaining three female and three male directors to create a longlist of 16 (equal gender split). In Round Two, the nominating jury will select four directors to join the two automatically nominated in Round One, creating a nominations list of six.
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British Film
Image Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh - “All of Us Strangers”
- “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget”
- “The Eternal Daughter”
- “The Great Escaper”
- “The Miracle Club”
- “Napoleon”
- “Occupied City”
- “One Life”
- “Polite Society”
- “Poor Things”
- “Rye Lane”
- “Saltburn”
- “Scrapper”
- “Wonka”
- “The Zone of Interest”
Alternate: “Forever Young”
**For Round One, members opt-in to vote for up to 15 films ranked; the top 15 are longlisted of which the top five are automatically nominated. For Round Two, a jury considers the films that placed no. 6-20, and votes for the five remaining nominees; 10 films become BAFTA nominees)
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Leading Actor
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix - Bradley Cooper – “Maestro”
- Leonardo DiCaprio – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Colman Domingo – “Rustin”
- Christian Friedel – “The Zone of Interest”
- Paul Giamatti – “The Holdovers”
- Anthony Hopkins – “One Life”
- Barry Keoghan – “Saltburn”
- Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”
- Franz Rogowski – “Passages”
- Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction”
Alternate: Michael Caine, “The Great Escaper”
**In Round One the acting chapter will vote for their top 10 (previously 15). The top three performances (previously two) from the chapter vote in each category will automatically be nominated, and the top seven performances will be longlisted (including the three automatically nominated). The longlisting jury will consider those placed 8-15 to select the final three performances to create the longlist of 10 (seven from the chapter vote, of which the top three are nominated automatically, and three from the longlisting jury).
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Leading Actress
Image Credit: Searchlight Pictures - Lily Gladstone — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Sandra Hüller — “Anatomy of a Fall”
- Glenda Jackson — “The Great Escaper”
- Priya Kansara — “Polite Society”
- Greta Lee — “Past Lives”
- Tia Nomore — “Earth Mama”
- Alma Pöysti – “Fallen Leaves”
- Cailee Spaeny — “Priscilla”
- Emma Stone — “Poor Things”
- Tilda Swinton — “The Eternal Daughter”
Alternate: Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
**In Round One the acting chapter will vote for their top 10 (previously 15). The top three performances (previously two) from the chapter vote in each category will automatically be nominated, and the top seven performances will be longlisted (including the three automatically nominated). The longlisting jury will consider those placed 8-15 to select the final three performances to create the longlist of 10 (seven from the chapter vote, of which the top three are nominated automatically, and three from the longlisting jury).
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Supporting Actor
Image Credit: ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection - Sterling K. Brown — “American Fiction”
- Willem Dafoe — “Poor Things”
- Robert DeNiro — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Harris Dickinson — “The Iron Claw”
- Colman Domingo — “The Color Purple”
- Robert Downey Jr. — “Oppenheimer”
- Jacob Elordi — “Saltburn”
- Ryan Gosling — “Barbie”
- Paul Mescal — “All of Us Strangers”
- Mark Ruffalo — “Poor Things”
Alternate: Riz Ahmed — “Fingernails”
**In Round One the acting chapter will vote for their top 10 (previously 15). The top three performances (previously two) from the chapter vote in each category will automatically be nominated, and the top seven performances will be longlisted (including the three automatically nominated). The longlisting jury will consider those placed 8-15 to select the final three performances to create the longlist of 10 (seven from the chapter vote, of which the top three are nominated automatically, and three from the longlisting jury).
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Supporting Actress
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection - Juliette Binoche — “The Taste of Things”
- Emily Blunt — “Oppenheimer”
- Danielle Brooks — “The Color Purple”
- Penélope Cruz — “Ferrari”
- Viola Davis — “Air”
- America Ferrera — “Barbie”
- Sandra Hüller — “The Zone of Interest”
- Julianne Moore — “May December
- Cara Jade Myers — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph — “The Holdovers”
Alternate: Vanessa Kirby, “Napoleon”
**In Round One the acting chapter will vote for their top 10 (previously 15). The top three performances (previously two) from the chapter vote in each category will automatically be nominated, and the top seven performances will be longlisted (including the three automatically nominated). The longlisting jury will consider those placed 8-15 to select the final three performances to create the longlist of 10 (seven from the chapter vote, of which the top three are nominated automatically, and three from the longlisting jury).
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Original Screenplay
- “Air”
- “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “Barbie”
- “Fallen Leaves”
- “The Holdovers”
- “Maestro”
- “May December”
- “Napoleon”
- “Past Lives”
- “The Teachers’ Lounge”
Alternate: “Saltburn”
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Documentary
Image Credit: PBS - “1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture”
- “20 Days in Mariupol”
- “American Symphony”
- “Anselm”
- “Apalonia, Apalonia”
- “Beyond Utopia”
- “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”
- “Four Daughters”
- “The Last Rider
- “Occupied City”
Alternate: “Rojek”
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Animated Film
Image Credit: ARCADIA MOTION PICTURES, LOKIZ FILMS, NOODLES PRODUCTION, LES FILMS DU WORSO - “The Boy and the Heron”
- “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget”
- “Elemental”
- “The Peasants”
- “Robot Dreams”
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
- “Suzume”
Alternate: “Nimona”
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Film Not in English Language
Image Credit: A24 - “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World”
- “Fallen Leaves”
- “Io Capitano”
- “One Fine Morning”
- “Past Lives”
- “Perfect Days”
- “The Taste of Things”
- “The Teachers’ Lounge”
- “The Zone of Interest”
Alternate: “Four Daughters”
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Production Design
Image Credit: ©Focus Features/Courtesy Everett Collection - “Asteroid City”
- “Barbie”
- “Chevalier”
- “Ferrari”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Maestro”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Poor Things”
- “Society of the Snow”
Alternate: “The Taste of Things”
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Cinematography
Image Credit: Courtesy of NEON - “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “Ferrari”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Maestro”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Poor Things”
- “Saltburn”
- “Society of the Snow”
- “The Zone of Interest”
Alternate: “Past Lives”
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Costume Design
Image Credit: Everett Collection - “Asteroid City”
- “Barbie”
- “Ferrari”
- “Maestro”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Priscilla”
- “The Taste of Things”
- “Wonka”
- “The Zone of Interest”
Alternate: “Chevalier”
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Editing
Image Credit: ©Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection - “Air”
- “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “Barbie”
- “Ferrari”
- “The Holdovers”
- “The Killer”
- “Maestro”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Society of the Snow”
Alternate: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
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Make Up & Hair
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection - “Air”
- “Barbie”
- “The Creator”
- “Golda”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon
- “Maestro”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Poor Things”
- “Society of the Snow”
Alternate: “BlackBerry”
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Original Score
Image Credit: Courtesy of Pixar - “Barbie”
- “The Boy and the Heron”
- “Elemental”
- “Ferrari”
- “The Killer”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Saltburn”
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Alternate: “Flora and Son”
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Special Visual Effects
Image Credit: Courtesy of 20th Century Studios - “The Creator”
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
- “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Poor Things”
- “Society of the Snow”
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
- “Wonka”
Alternate: “The Little Mermaid”
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Casting
Image Credit: Courtesy of MUBI - “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “Barbie”
- “The Holdovers”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Maestro”
- “May December”
- “Napoleon”
- “Passages”
- “Sharper”
- “Society of the Snow”
Alternate: “Saltburn”
