Joker leads the pack of BAFTA nominations

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2020.

Joker leads the Bafta nominations with eleven, followed by Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood.

All three are up for best film, alongside Sam Mendes’s 1917 and South Korean film Parasite.

The EE British Academy Film Awards, which recognise the very best in film of the past year, take place on Sunday 2 February at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The ceremony will be hosted by Graham Norton and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD in the UK and in all major territories around the world.

A total of 39 feature films received nominations today. Highlights include:

• 11 nominations for Joker
• 10 nominations for The Irishman and Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
• Nine nominations for 1917
• Six nominations for Jojo Rabbit
• Five nominations for Little Women, Marriage Story and The Two Popes
• Four nominations for For Sama, Parasite and Rocketman
• Three nominations for Bombshell, Judy, Le Mans ’66 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
• Two nominations for Bait
• One nomination for each of the following feature films: American Factory, Apollo 11, Avengers: Endgame, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Booksmart, Diego Maradona, The Farewell, Frozen 2, The Great Hack, Klaus, Knives Out, The Lighthouse, The Lion King, Maiden, Only You, Pain and Glory, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Retablo, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Sorry We Missed You, Toy Story 4 and Wild Rose
• The following British short films were nominated: Azaar, Goldfish, Kamali, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl), The Trap, Grandad Was a Romantic, In Her Boots and The Magic Boat

The nominations were announced by Ella Balinska and Asa Butterfield at BAFTA Piccadilly in London.

Leading actress

• Laura Dern – Marriage Story
• Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
• Florence Pugh – Little Women
• Margot Robbie – Bombshell
• Margot Robbie – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
• Leading actor

• Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
• Adam Driver – Marriage Story
• Taron Egerton – Rocketman
• Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
• Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes
• Best film

• 1917
• The Irishman
• Joker
• One Upon a Time… In Hollywood
• Parasite
• Outstanding British film

• 1917
• Bait
• For Sama
• Rocketman
• Sorry We Missed You
• The Two Popes

The nominees for the EE Rising Star Award were announced yesterday as Awkwafina, Jack Lowden, Kaitlyn Dever, Kelvin Harrison Jr, and Micheal Ward.

This award is voted for by the British public and presented to an actress or actor who has demonstrated exceptional talent and has begun to capture the imagination of the UK public. Voting is now open at ee.co.uk/baftas.