BAFTAs 2022 nominations revealed with The Power of the Dog and Dune sweeping the board


The biggest night in British film will take place in March


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Eve Crosbie
Eve CrosbieTV & Film Writer
Updated: March 13, 2022

After a scaled back ceremony last year, the British Academy Film Awards are back and bigger than ever!

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This year's ceremony is set to take place on Sunday 13 March 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall and will be hosted by Australian actress Rebel Wilson. Although huge Hollywood names will no doubt take home some of the most coveted gongs, it's also set to be a big night for homegrown talent too. Check out the complete list of nominees below...

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Best Film

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

Dune

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

Timothée Chalamet and Rebekah Graf in futuristic outfits stand on a desert landscape.

Dune is a contender for Best Film

Outstanding British Film

After Love

Ali & Ava

Belfast

Boiling Point

Cyrano

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

House of Gucci

Last Night in Soho

No Time to Die

Passing

Daniel Craig in a black shirt, looking serious in a blue-lit room.

No Time To Die is up for Outstanding British Film

Original Screenplay

Being the Ricardos

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

A woman in a white t-shirt and a man in a striped shirt stand by a blue car.

Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza has received seven nominations

Adapted Screenplay

CODA

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog

Olivia Colman sits on a lounge chair on the beach, holding a pen and looking contemplative.

Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter has been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

Director

Aleem Khan (After Love)

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)

Audrey Diwan (Happening)

Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)

Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Julia Ducournau (Titane)

Kenneth Branagh, with short hair and a beard, smiles while wearing a black jacket.

Kenneth Branagh has received a Best Director nomination for Belfast

Leading Actor

Adeel Akhtar (Ali & Ava)

Mahershala Ali (Swansong)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up)

Stephen Graham (Boiling Point)

Will Smith (King Richard)

Two chefs, one with a tattoo, taste food in a kitchen. No celebrities identified.

Stephen Graham has received a nomination for Best Actor for Boiling Point

Supporting Actor

Mike Faist (West Side Story)

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon)

Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst standing in a field, holding cups, with mountains in the background.

The Power of the Dog has received ten nominations

Leading Actress

Lady Gaga (The House of Gucci)

Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)

Emilia Jones (CODA)

Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World)

Joanna Scanlan (After Love)

Tessa Thompson (Passing)

Lady Gaga sits in a chair wearing a beige patterned dress, facing a person in a blue plaid shirt.

Lady Gaga has received a Best Actress nomination for House of Gucci

Supporting Actress

Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)

Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Ann Dowd (Mass)

Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Ruth Negga (Passing)

Jamie Dornan smiling and dancing with a woman in a black dress.

Caitríona Balfe is competing for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Belfast

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Aleem Khan (After Love)

James Cummings, Hester Ruoff (Boiling Point)

Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall)

Posy Dixon, Liv Proctor (Keyboard Fantasies)

Rebecca Hall (Passing)

Tessa Thompson sits at a table in a room with large windows and plants.

Rebecca Hall's directorial debut Passing has received five nominations

Film Not In The English Language

Drive My Car

The Hand of God

Parallel Mothers

Petite Mamam

The Worst Person in the World

Hidetoshi Nishijima sits in a red car, looking at a woman driving.

Drive My Car has been nominated in three categories, including Best Film Not In The English Language

Documentary

Becoming Cousteau

Cow

Flee

The Rescue

Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Animated FIlm

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells Vs The Machines

Animated character with curly hair and glasses stands in front of a colorful village, smiling.

Encanto has been nominated for Best Animated Film

Original Score

Being the Ricardos

Don’t Look Up

Dune

The French Dispatch

The Power of the Dog

Leonardo DiCaprio and a woman sit in chairs by a fireplace, engaged in conversation.

Adam McKay's Don't Look Up has received five nominations 

Casting

Boiling Point

Dune

The Hand of God

King Richard

West Side Story

A large group of people in vintage clothing dance and sing on a stage. A man in a bow tie stands on stage in the background.

West Side Story has received five nominations

Cinematography

Dune

Nightmare Alley

No Time To Die

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Denzel Washington in a textured shirt, looking serious in a black and white photo.

The Tragedy of Macbeth is up for Best Cinematography

Editing

Belfast

Dune

Licorice Pizza

No Time to Die

Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Production Design

Cyrano

Dune

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

Bradley Cooper and Rooney Mara in a scene, he in a striped coat, she in a robe reading a book.

Nightmare Alley has received nods for Production Design and Costume Design

Costume Design

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

Makeup & Hair

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House of Gucci

Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield stand outside, smiling, wearing winter coats and scarves.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye has received a nod for Best Hair & Makeup

Sound

Dune

Last Night in Soho

No Time To Die

A Quiet Place Part II

West Side Story

Matt Smith in a black suit brushes his teeth while Anya Taylor-Joy in an orange dress watches in a mirror.

Last Night in Soho has received three nominations, including Outstanding British Film

Special Visual Effects

Dune

Free Guy

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Matrix Resurrections

No Time To Die

British Short Animation

Affairs of the Art

Do Not Feed the Pigeons

Night of the Living Dead

British Short Film

The Black Cop

Femme

The Palace

Stuffed

Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee

EE Rising Star Award 

Ariana DeBose

Harris Dickinson

Lashana Lynch

Millicent Simmonds 

Kodi Smit-McPhee

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