the sci-fi movie "dunes"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 "Belfast"by Kenneth Branagh.
The Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar will compete in the non-English speaking film category, with "parallel mothers"while the Mexican Guillermo del Toro has achieved three technical nominations with "nightmare alley": Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best 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, will compete "Belfast", "Don’t look up", "dunes", "Licorice Pizza" Y "power of the dog".
The new James Bond movie, "no time to die"has had to settle for five nominations, the same as "West Side Story" Y "Licorice Pizza"while competing for four prizes "king richard", "after love", "Booling point", "Cyrano" Y "passing".
The Baftas will act this year more than ever as a prelude to the Oscars, after some decaffeinated Golden Globes, torpedoed by NBC, the network that broadcasts them on television, due to criticism about the composition of its jury and ethical questions about its mode of operation.
That ceremony, transmitted through a website, left as the winner of the night "The power of the dog"with the Golden Globes for best dramatic film and best direction. "dunes"which has swept the Bafta nominations, only bagged the Golden Globe for best soundtrack, for the music of Hans Zimmer.
This year the Baftas have committed to "recognize 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 nominees are for the first time, with examples such as Ariana DeBose, in "West Side Story"Alana Haim, for "Licorice Pizza"and Will Smith, for "king richard". In addition, Woody Norman, who is up for the supporting actor award for "C’mon C’mon"is the youngest nominee of this edition with 11 years.
In the Bafta for best director there are the same number of men and women, with Aleem Khan, for "after love"Ryusuke Hamaguchi, by "drive my car"Audrey Diwan, for "Happening"Paul Thomas Anderson, for "Licorice Pizza"Jane Campion, for "power of the dog"and Julia Ducournau, for "Titan".
Among all the categories, the number of directors has increased from the eight that there were in the last edition to twelve in this one, while in the total count, the nominated women amount to 70, which is the largest number in recent five years, that is to say, since it began to be accounted for.
Spanish cinema will be representing at the gala with "parallel mothers"by Pedro Almodóvar, which has been nominated in the Foreign Language Film category.
Almodóvar, who has already been awarded in these awards with "Everything about my mother", "Talk to her" Y "The Skin I Live In"will compete for his sixth Bafta with "drive my car"by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Teruhisa Yamamoto, "The hand of God"by Paolo Sorrentino and Lorenzo Mieli, "Petite Maman"by Céline Sciamma and Bénédicte Couvreur, and "The worst person in the world"by Joachim Trier and Thomas Robsahm.
For his part, Del Toro, who won the Bafta for best film in 2017 with "The shape of water"has achieved three nominations with "Nightmare Alley"for best photography, best production design and best costume.
In the category of best animated film, the Disney piece "Charm"located in Colombia, is one of the four candidates to win the golden mask.
The gala will be held at the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London on March 13. It will be presented by the actress and screenwriter Rebel Wilson, author of some of the most remembered speeches in recent editions of the Baftas.
"dunes"along with the rest of the nominees, take the baton at the Baftas of "Nomadland"the most awarded film in the 2021 edition with four awards, including best film, best leading actress, for Frances McDormand, and best direction, for Chloé Zhao, who became the second woman in the history of the awards in to get it.