David Farnor | On 09, Mar 2021

The 2021 BAFTA Awards nominations have been announced, and Rocks and Nomadland are leading the pack with seven nods each.

In a first for the awards, four women have been nominated in the Director category, with the helmers competing including Sarah Gavron for Rocks, Chloé Zhao for Nomadland, Shannon Murphy for Babyteeth, Lee Isaac Chung for Minari, Jasmila Žbanić for Quo Vadis, Aida? and Thomas Vinterberg for Another Round.

Nomadland (which will be released on Disney+ this April) is also up for Best Film, along with Promising Young Woman, The Mauritanian, The Father and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Nominated for Outstanding British Film are Calm with Horses, The Dig, His House, The Father, Limbo, Amazon’s The Mauritanian, Mogul Mowgli, Promising Young Woman, Rocks and Saint Maud. His House, Rocks, Limbo and Saint Maud are also nominated for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, along with Moffie.

Other nominees include The Dig, which has five nods along with The Mauritanian, and Mank, which has six nods along with Promising Young Woman, Minari and The Father. Indeed, Netflix is a notable presence across the list of contenders, with His House up for three nominations, along with Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – including one posthumous nod for Chadwick Boseman – and The Trial of the Chicago 7, as well as Disney’s Soul.

News of the World, which was picked up by Netflix from Paramount and released last month, is nominated for four awards, along with Another Round, Calm with Horses, Judas and the Black Messiah (released on PVOD in the UK this week) and Sound of Metal. Netflix’s The White Tiger is also up for two nominations, along with Tom Hanks’ Greyhound (acquired by Apple TV+) Limbo, Quo Vadis, Aida? and Saint Maud.

Netflix’s Da 5 Bloods is up for one nomination – for Clarke Peters in the Best Supporting Actor category, not Delroy Lindo – along with the streamer’s other original films The Forty-Year-Old Version, Hillbilly Elegy, The Midnight Sky, Pieces of a Woman, My Octopus Teacher, Rebecca and The Social Dilemma. Amazon’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm has one nod – for Best Supporting Actress Maria Bakalova – along with One Night in Miami, a trio of Disney films (Mulan, The One and Only Ivan and Onward) and Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers, which is available on Apple TV+. Rocks, Les Misérables and Babyteeth are also available to stream on Netflix.

The winners will be announced on 10th and 11th April, with the BBC broadcasting the weekend’s celeberations – you can see our full guide to how to watch the ceremony here.

Read on for the full list of nominees, plus where you can stream them online – or when they will be released in the UK (where dates are available).

Struggling to keep up-to-date with UK film releases in 2021? See our guide to the big new movies coming soon to VOD.

BEST FILM

THE FATHER Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt
Released in UK cinemas on 11th June

THE MAURITANIAN
Watch on Amazon Prime Video

NOMADLAND Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara
Available on Sky Cinema / NOW from 16th April

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 Stuart Besser, Marc Platt
Watch on Netflix UK

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

CALM WITH HORSES Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson, Joe Murtagh
Watch on Netflix UK

THE DIG Simon Stone, Gabrielle Tana, Moira Buffini
Watch on Netflix UK

THE FATHER Florian Zeller, Philippe Carcassone, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt, Christopher Hampton
Released in UK cinemas on 11th June

HIS HOUSE Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward Kings, Roy Lee
Watch on Netflix UK

LIMBO Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont
Released by MUBI on 30th July – available at Borderlines Film Festival until Sunday 10th April

THE MAURITANIAN Kevin Macdonald, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
Watch on Amazon Prime Video

MOGUL MOWGLI Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Thomas Benski, Bennett McGhee
Watch on BFI Player

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Emerald Fennell, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara
Available on Sky Cinema / NOW from 16th April

ROCKS Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Faye Ward, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
Watch on Netflix UK

SAINT MAUD Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman
Buy or rent online

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

HIS HOUSE Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)
Watch on Netflix UK

LIMBO Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), Irune Gurtubai (Producer) [also produced by Angus Lamont]
Released by MUBI on 30th July – available at Borderlines Film Festival until Sunday 10th April

MOFFIE Jack Sidey (Writer/Producer) [also written by Oliver Hermanus and produced by Eric Abraham]
Buy or rent online

ROCKS Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers)
Watch on Netflix UK

SAINT MAUD Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer) [also produced by Andrea Cornwell]
Buy or rent online

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ANOTHER ROUND Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Release in UK cinemas on 25th June

DEAR COMRADES! Andrei Konchalovsky, Alisher Usmanov
Buy or rent online

LES MISÉRABLES Ladj Ly
Watch on Netflix UK

MINARI Lee Isaac Chung, Christina Oh
Buy or rent online

QUO VADIS, AIDA? Jasmila Žbanić, Damir Ibrahimovich
Buy or rent online

DOCUMENTARY

COLLECTIVE Alexander Nanau
Watch on BBC iPlayer

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET Alastair Fothergill, Jonnie Hughes, Keith Scholey
Watch on Netflix UK

THE DISSIDENT Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen
Watch on Amazon Prime Video

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster
Watch on Netflix UK

THE SOCIAL DILEMMA Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes
Watch on Netflix UK

ANIMATED FILM

ONWARD Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae
Watch on Disney+

SOUL Pete Docter, Dana Murray
Watch on Disney+

WOLFWALKERS Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young
Watch on Apple TV+

DIRECTOR

ANOTHER ROUND Thomas Vinterberg
Release in UK cinemas on 25th June

BABYTEETH Shannon Murphy
Watch on Netflix UK

MINARI Lee Isaac Chung
Buy or rent online

NOMADLAND Chloé Zhao
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April

QUO VADIS, AIDA? Jasmila Žbanić
Buy or rent online

ROCKS Sarah Gavron
Watch on Netflix UK

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

ANOTHER ROUND Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
Release in UK cinemas on 25th June

MANK Jack Fincher
Watch on Netflix UK

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Emerald Fennell
Available on Sky Cinema / NOW from 16th April

ROCKS Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
Watch on Netflix UK

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 Aaron Sorkin
Watch on Netflix UK

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THE DIG Moira Buffini
Watch on Netflix UK

THE FATHER Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
Released in UK cinemas on 11th June

THE MAURITANIAN Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
Watch on Amazon Prime Video

NOMADLAND Chloé Zhao
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April

THE WHITE TIGER Ramin Bahrani
Watch on Netflix UK

LEADING ACTRESS

BUKKY BAKRAY Rocks
Watch on Netflix UK

RADHA BLANK The Forty-Year-Old Version
Watch on Netflix UK

VANESSA KIRBY Pieces of a Woman
Watch on Netflix UK

FRANCES McDORMAND Nomadland
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April

WUNMI MOSAKU His House
Watch on Netflix UK

ALFRE WOODARD Clemency
Watch on Sky Cinema and NOW

LEADING ACTOR

RIZ AHMED Sound of Metal
Watch on Amazon Prime

CHADWICK BOSEMAN Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Watch on Netflix UK

ADARSH GOURAV The White Tiger
Watch on Netflix UK

ANTHONY HOPKINS The Father
Released in UK cinemas on 11th June

MADS MIKKELSEN Another Round
Release in UK cinemas on 25th June

TAHAR RAHIM The Mauritanian
Watch on Amazon Prime Video

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

NIAMH ALGAR Calm With Horses
Watch on Netflix UK

KOSAR ALI Rocks
Watch on Netflix UK

MARIA BAKALOVA Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Watch on Amazon Prime Video

DOMINIQUE FISHBACK Judas and the Black Messiah
Rent on Premium VOD

ASHLEY MADEKWE County Lines
Buy or rent online

YUH-JUNG YOUN Minari
Buy or rent online

SUPPORTING ACTOR

DANIEL KALUUYA Judas and the Black Messiah
Rent on Premium VOD

BARRY KEOGHAN Calm With Horses
Watch on Netflix UK

ALAN KIM Minari
Buy or rent online

LESLIE ODOM JR One Night in Miami
Watch on Amazon Prime Video

CLARKE PETERS Da 5 Bloods
Watch on Netflix UK

PAUL RACI Sound of Metal
Watch on Amazon Prime

ORIGINAL SCORE

MANK Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Watch on Netflix UK

MINARI Emile Mosseri
Buy or rent online

NEWS OF THE WORLD James Newton Howard
Watch on Netflix UK

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Anthony Willis
Available on Sky Cinema / NOW from 16th April

SOUL Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Watch on Disney+

CASTING

CALM WITH HORSES Shaheen Baig
Watch on Netflix UK

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH Alexa L. Fogel
Rent on Premium VOD

MINARI Julia Kim
Buy or rent online

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu
Available on Sky Cinema / NOW from 16th April

ROCKS Lucy Pardee
Watch on Netflix UK

CINEMATOGRAPHY

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH Sean Bobbitt
Rent on Premium VOD

MANK Erik Messerschmidt
Watch on Netflix UK

THE MAURITANIAN Alwin H. Küchler
Watch on Amazon Prime Video

NEWS OF THE WORLD Dariusz Wolski
Watch on Netflix UK

NOMADLAND Joshua James Richards
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April

EDITING

THE FATHER Yorgos Lamprinos
Released in UK cinemas on 11th June

NOMADLAND Chloé Zhao
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Frédéric Thoraval
Available on Sky Cinema / NOW from 16th April

SOUND OF METAL Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Watch on Amazon Prime

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 Alan Baumgarten
Watch on Netflix UK

PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE DIG Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Watch on Netflix UK

THE FATHER Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
Released in UK cinemas on 11th June

MANK Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
Watch on Netflix UK

NEWS OF THE WORLD David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
Watch on Netflix UK

REBECCA Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Watch on Netflix UK

COSTUME DESIGN

AMMONITE Michael O’Connor
Rent on Premium VOD

THE DIG Alice Babidge
Watch on Netflix UK

EMMA Alexandra Byrne
Watch on Sky Cinema and NOW

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Ann Roth
Watch on Netflix UK

MANK Trish Summerville
Watch on Netflix UK

MAKE UP & HAIR

THE DIG Jenny Shircore
Watch on Netflix UK

HILLBILLY ELEGY Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle
Watch on Netflix UK

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
Watch on Netflix UK

MANK Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
Watch on Netflix UK

PINOCCHIO Mark Coulier
Buy or rent online

SOUND

GREYHOUND Nominees TBC
Watch on Apple TV+

NEWS OF THE WORLD Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney
Watch on Netflix UK

NOMADLAND Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder
Available on Disney+ (Star) from 30th April

SOUL Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker
Watch on Disney+

SOUND OF METAL Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc
Watch on Amazon Prime

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

GREYHOUND Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Sebastian von Overheidt
Watch on Apple TV+

THE MIDNIGHT SKY Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins
Watch on Netflix UK

MULAN Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury
Watch on Disney+

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher
Watch on Disney+

TENET Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley
Buy or rent online

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

THE FIRE NEXT TIME Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe
Not available on UK VOD
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
Watch on YouTube
THE SONG OF A LOST BOY Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein
Watch on YouTube

BRITISH SHORT FILM

EYELASH Jesse Lewis Reece, Ike Newman
Watch on YouTube
LIZARD Akinola Davies, Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies
Watch on YouTube
LUCKY BREAK John Addis, Rami Sarras Pantoja
Watch on YouTube
MISS CURVY Ghada Eldemellawy
Watch on YouTube
THE PRESENT Farah Nabulsi
Not available on UK VOD

EE RISING STAR AWARD

BUKKY BAKRAY

CONRAD KHAN

KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR

MORFYDD CLARK

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