The British Academy has revealed the results of the the first round of voting for the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards with one — perhaps unexpected — film leading the lineup of films vying for nominations.
According to the initial longlists, Netflix’s anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front has emerged as an early frontrunner, named in 15 categories, including best film and director. Lurking just a miniature donkey’s snout behind is Searchlight’s darkly comic Irish drama The Banshees of Inisherin from Martin McDonagh, with slots in 14 categories (including best film, director and leading actor). Further down, Everything Everywhere All At Once and Elvis were longlisted 12 times each, while a four-strong pack — Aftersun, Babylon, Tár and Top Gun: Maverick — landed spaces in 8 categories each, according to a report on www.hollywoodreporter.com.
The final nominations will be announced on Jan 19, with the ceremony due to take place Feb 19.
Today’s announcement, the result of the first round of voting which closed Dec. 30, is only the third time BAFTA has published nominations longlists, a decision it made in 2020 as part of a major overhaul of its voting procedures aimed at addressing the lack of diversity at its film awards. The additional longlisting round — bringing the total rounds of voting to three — was brought in among some 120 wide-ranging changes.
See the full longlists — with names in alphabetical order — and voting details below
BEST FILM
10 films will advance in the best film category. 214 eligible films were submitted for consideration. All film voting members of BAFTA vote to determine the longlist, nominations and overall winner.
‘Aftersun’, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, ‘The Fabelmans’, ‘Living’, ‘Tár’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick, and ‘Triangle of Sadness’.
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
15 films will advance in the outstanding British film category. All BAFTA film voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist (of which the top five are nominated). A jury selects the remaining five nominations. In the final round all film voting members vote to determine the winning film. 57 eligible films were submitted for consideration.
‘Aftersun’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Blue Jean’, ‘Brian And Charles’, ‘Emily’, ‘Empire of Light’, ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’, ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’, ‘Living’, ‘The Lost King’, ‘Mrs Harris Goes’, ‘To Paris’, ‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical’, ‘See How They Run’, ‘The Swimmers’ and ‘The Wonder’.
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
10 films will advance in the outstanding debut category. A jury determines the longlist, nominations and overall winner in this category. 41 eligible films were submitted for consideration.
‘Aftersun’, ‘Blue Jean’, ‘Donna’, ‘Electric Malady’, ‘Emily’, ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’, ‘Nothing’, ‘Compares’, ‘Rebellion’, ‘See How They Run’ and ‘Wayfinder’.
FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
10 films will advance in the film not in the English language category. All BAFTA film voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist. This chapter will vote to nominate five films and will vote for the overall winning film. 49 eligible films were submitted for consideration.
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, ‘Argentina, 1985’, ‘Bardo’, ‘False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’, ‘Close’, ‘Corsage’, ‘Decision To Leave’, ‘EO’, ‘Holy Spider’, ‘The Quiet Girl’ and ‘RRR’.
DOCUMENTARY
10 films will advance in the documentary category. All BAFTA film voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist (of which the top two are nominated). A jury selects the remaining three nominations, In the final round the Documentary opt-in chapter votes to determine the winning film. 56 eligible films were submitted for consideration.
‘All That Breathes’, ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’, ‘A Bunch Of Amateurs’, ‘Fire of Love’, ‘The Ghost of Richard Harris’, ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen’, ‘a Journey’, ‘a Song’, ‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’, ‘McEnroe’, ‘Moonage Daydream’ and ‘Navalny’.
ANIMATED FILM
Eight films will advance in the animated film category. All BAFTA film voting members were invited to join an opt-in chapter to determine the longlist. This chapter will vote to nominate four films and will vote for the winning film. 21 eligible films were submitted for consideration.
‘The Amazing Maurice’, ‘The Bad Guys’, ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’, ‘Lightyear’, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’, ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’, ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ and ‘Turning Red’.
DIRECTOR
16 films will advance in the director category. Members of the directing chapter vote to determine the longlist of 10 (five male and five female) of which the top two are nominated. A jury selects a further three male and three female to create a longlist of 16 (eight male and eight female directors). A jury selects four directors from the longlist to make-up a nominee list of six directors. In the final round all film voting members vote to determine the winning film. 206 eligible films were submitted for consideration.
‘Aftersun’, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Corsage’, ‘Decision To Leave’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, ‘Fire of Love’, ‘The Quiet Girl’, ‘Saint Omer’, ‘She Said’, ‘Tár’, ‘Till’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘The Woman King’ and ‘Women Talking’.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
10 films will advance in the original screenplay category. Members of the writers chapter vote to determine the longlist and the nominations. In the final round of voting, all film voting members will vote for the winning film. 82 eligible films were submitted for consideration.