BAFTAs 2024: the nominations in full

Oppenheimer leads with 13 nominations, with Poor Things following with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon and The Zone of Interest both with nine.

18 January 2024

Oppenheimer (2023)

Christopher Nolan’s atomic epic Oppenheimer has emerged as the front runner for this year’s BAFTAs, picking up 13 nominations including best film, best director and best actor for Cillian Murphy for his portrayal of nuclear scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Following with 11 nominations is Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos’s fantasy about a woman’s adventures across Europe after being reincarnated by a scientist in 19th-century London. The film’s nominations include best film, outstanding British film and best actress for Emma Stone.

Martin Scorsese’s true crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon and Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest have both picked up nine nominations. Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers and Maestro all have seven. All of Us Strangers has six, while Barbie and Saltburn both have five.

A number of films backed by the BFI Filmmaking Fund with National Lottery money feature in the nominations. Molly Manning Walker’s How to Have Sex is nominated for outstanding British film, best casting and Manning Walker gets a nod for outstanding British debut by a British writer, director or producer. Raine Allen-Miller’s south London-set romance Rye Lane also competes for outstanding British film, with its lead, Vivian Oparah, nominated as best actress.

Ken Loach’s The Old Oak and Charlotte Regan’s debut Scrapper, both also funded by the BFI, also compete for outstanding British film.

Two documentaries funded via the BFI’s Doc Society Fund – Lisa Selby’s Blue Bag Life and Ella Glendining’s Is There Anybody out There? – compete for outstanding British debut, and there are also two BFI-funded films in contention for best British animated short: Wild Summon and Visible Mending.

The multi-nominated Saltburn was the opening night gala film of the 67th BFI London Film Festival. Other nominated films which first screened to UK audiences at the LFF include Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, All of Us Strangers, The Zone of Interest, How to Have Sex, Blue Bag Life, Bobi Wine: The People’s President, Earth Mama, The Boy and the Heron, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Maestro, Ferrari and the short films Festival of Slaps, Such a Lovely Day and Gorka.

The winners will be announced on 18 February.

Best film

  • Anatomy of a Fall – Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
  • The Holdovers – Mark Johnson
  • Killers of the Flower Moon – Dan Friedkin, Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas
  • Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
  • Poor Things – Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone

Outstanding British film

  • All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
  • How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana Mackinnon, Konstantinos Kontovrakis
  • Napoleon – Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh, David Scarpa
  • The Old Oak – Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
  • Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, Tony McNamara
  • Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia
  • Saltburn – Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Margot Robbie
  • Scrapper – Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough
  • Wonka – Paul King, Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman, Simon Farnaby
  • The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

  • Blue Bag Life – Lisa Selby (director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (director, producer), Alex Fry (producer)
  • Bobi Wine: The People’s President – Christopher Sharp (director) [also directed by Moses Bwayo]
  • Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf (writer, director, producer), Shirley O’Connor (producer), Medb Riordan (producer)
  • How to Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker (writer, director)
  • Is There Anybody out There? – Ella Glendining (director)

Film not in the English language

  • 20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath
  • Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
  • Past Lives – Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
  • Society of the Snow – J.A. Bayona, Belen Atienza
  • The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

Documentary

  • 20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath
  • American Symphony – Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino, Joedan Okun
  • Beyond Utopia – Madeleine Gavin, Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum
  • Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Annetta Marion
  • Wham! – Chris Smith

Animated film

  • The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki
  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Sam Fell, Leyla Hobart, Steve Pegram
  • Elemental – Peter Sohn, Denise Ream
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg

Director

  • All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh
  • Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
  • The Holdovers – Alexander Payne
  • Maestro – Bradley Cooper
  • Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
  • The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

Original screenplay

  • Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
  • Barbie – Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
  • The Holdovers – David Hemingson
  • Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer
  • Past Lives – Celine Song

Adapted screenplay

  • All of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh
  • American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
  • Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
  • Poor Things – Tony Mcnamara
  • The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

Leading actress

  • Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
  • Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
  • Carey Mulligan – Maestro
  • Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
  • Margot Robbie – Barbie
  • Emma Stone – Poor Things

Leading actor

  • Bradley Cooper – Maestro
  • Colman Domingo – Rustin
  • Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
  • Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
  • Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
  • Teo Yoo – Past Lives

Supporting actress

  • Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
  • Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
  • Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers
  • Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
  • Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
  • Da’vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Supporting actor

  • Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
  • Jacob Elordi – Saltburn
  • Ryan Gosling – Barbie
  • Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers
  • Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Casting

  • All of Us Strangers – Kahleen Crawford
  • Anatomy of a Fall – Cynthia Arra
  • The Holdovers – Susan Shopmaker
  • How to Have Sex – Isabella Odoffin
  • Killers of the Flower Moon – Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes

Cinematography

  • Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
  • Maestro – Matthew Libatique
  • Oppenheimer – Hoyte Van Hoytema
  • Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
  • The Zone of Interest – Łukasz Żal

Editing

  • Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal
  • Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame
  • Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
  • The Zone of Interest – Paul Watts

Costume design

  • Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
  • Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
  • Napoleon – Dave Crossman, Janty Yates
  • Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick
  • Poor Things – Holly Waddington

Make-up and hair

  • Killers of the Flower Moon – Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen
  • Maestro – Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell
  • Napoleon – Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon
  • Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid
  • Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston

Original score

  • Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
  • Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson
  • Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix
  • Saltburn – Anthony Willis
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton

Production design

  • Barbie – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
  • Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
  • Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman
  • Poor Things – Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek
  • The Zone of Interest – Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora

Sound

  • Ferrari – Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser
  • Maestro – Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor
  • Oppenheimer – Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A. Rizzo
  • The Zone of Interest – Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers

Special visual effects

  • The Creator – Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke
  • Napoleon – Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet
  • Poor Things – Simon Hughes

British short animation

  • Crab Day – Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak
  • Visible Mending – Samantha Moore, Tilley Bancroft
  • Wild Summon – Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Jay Woolley

British short film

  • Festival of Slaps – Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer
  • Gorka – Joe Weiland, Alex Jefferson
  • Jellyfish and Lobster – Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai
  • Such a Lovely Day – Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton, Kate Phibbs
  • Yellow – Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati, Yiannis Manolopoulos

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

  • Phoebe Dynevor
  • Ayo Edebiri
  • Jacob Elordi
  • Mia McKenna-Bruce
  • Sophie Wilde

Originally published: 18 January 2024

Other things to explore