Christopher Nolan’s biographical epic Oppenheimer is leading the pack of the 2024 BAFTA film awards nominees, unveiled Thursday, with 13 nominations, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ black-comedy science fantasy Poor Things earning 11.
Oppenheimer, which had earned 15 mentions on the BAFTA longlists unveiled earlier this month, is competing for British Academy honors in such categories as best film, director (for Nolan), adapted screenplay, as well as for best leading actor (Cillian Murphy), best supporting actress (Emily Blunt) and best supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.), among others.
Poor Things is nominated for such honors as best film, outstanding British film (for Lanthimos and others), best adapted screenplay, as well as best leading actress (Emma Stone).
After getting 15 longlist mentions, Martin Scorsese’s Western crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon received nine BAFTA nods, including for best film and best supporting actor (Robert De Niro), tying with Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, which is competing for the likes of the best film not in the English language honor and the best supporting actress award. For the latter, German star Sandra Hüller is nominated, and she is also in the running for the best leading actress BAFTA for her role in Anatomy of a Scandal.