‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ leads 2023 Bafta nominations

German First World War drama All Quiet On The Western Front leads the nominations for the Bafta Film Awards 2023 with 14 nods, tying for the most ever received by a foreign-language feature.

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Edward Berger’s Netflix title secured nominations in all but three categories for which it was eligible including best film, director, supporting actor for Albrecht Schuch, adapted screenplay, film not in the English language, casting, and all eight technical categories.

It is the first film to receive 14 or more Bafta nods since The King’s Speech in 2011 and the only other foreign-language feature to ever receive as many nominations is Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which went on to win four awards in 2001.

Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert both scored 10 nominations, and Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis secured nine.

Todd Field’s Tár received five nominations while Aftersun, The Batman, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Top Gun: Maverick and The Whale each scored four.

Receiving three nominations apiece were Babylon, Empire of Light, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Living and Triangle of Sadness.

First time nominees feature heavily this year, with 14 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories receiving their first Bafta Film nomination. They include Ana De Armas (Blonde); Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin); Brendan Fraser (The Whale); Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once).

All six nominees for the outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer are women. However, all but one of the six nominees for best director are men, with a sole nod for US filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood for The Woman King. This is down from three in 2021 and four in 2020, bringing the total number of best director nominations for women to 15, compared to 229 for men.

Netflix leads the way among distributors with 21 due to All Quiet On The Western Front as well as Blonde, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, The Good Nurse, The Swimmers and The Wonder. 

Searchlight and owner Disney ranked second with a combined 19 nominations, buoyed by The Banshees Of Inisherin, while A24 secured 14from Everything Everywhere All At Once and The Whale. Warner Bros reached 13 nods with Elvis and The Batman. Focus Features and owner Universal also secured a combined 13 nominations, led by five nods for Tár. Lionsgate reached 10 with Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, Living and Triangle Of Sadness.

Notable independent distributors include Altitude with one apiece for Blue Jean and documentary All The Beauty And The Bloodshed; Curzon Artificial Eye with two for Irish-language drama The Quiet Girl; and Dogwoof with nominations for documentaries All That Breathes, Fire Of Love and Navalny.

International film platform Mubi secured six from Charlotte Wells’ British indie favourite Aftersun and Park Chan-Wook’s South Korea drama Decision To Leave, while Amazon just managed one nod for Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985.

A total of 45 films were nominated (down from 48 in 2022), plus eight shorts.

The nominations were announced from Bafta’s headquarters in London by actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh. This year’s Bafta rising star nominees were announced last week.

The Bafta Film Awards ceremony will take place on February 19 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, having been held at the Royal Albert Hall for the past five years, and will be hosted by Richard E. Grant for the first time.

As previously announced, the final four categories will be broadcast live on BBC One in the UK for the first time. It has not yet been confirmed which four categories those will be.

The final round of voting opens tomorrow (Jan 20) to determine the winners.

Bafta 2023 film award nominations

Best Film

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Malte Grunert
• The Banshees Of Inisherin – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
• Elvis – Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
• Tár – Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan

Outstanding British Film

• Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, producer(s) TBC
• The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
• Brian And Charles – Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward
• Empire Of Light – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris
• Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand
• Living – Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical – Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly
• See How They Run – Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell
• The Swimmers – Sally El Hosaini, producer(s) TBC, Jack Thorne
• The Wonder – Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer 

• Aftersun – Charlotte Wells (writer/director)
• Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley (writer/director), Hélène Sifre (producer)
• Electric Malady – Marie Lidén (director)
• Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Katy Brand (writer)
• Rebellion – Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot (directors)

Film Not In The English Language

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger, Malte Grunert
• Argentina, 1985 – Santiago Mitre, producer(s) TBC
• Corsage – Marie Kreutzer
• Decision To Leave – Park Chan-Wook, Ko Dae-Seok
• The Quiet Girl – Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoí

Documentary

• All That Breathes – Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
• All The Beauty And The Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
• Fire Of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman
• Moonage Daydream – Brett Morgan
• Navalny – Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae

Animated Film

• Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo Del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
• Marcel The Shell With Shoes On – Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey
• Puss In Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford, Mark Swift
• Turning Red – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins

Director 

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger
• The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
• Decision To Leave – Park Chan-Wook
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• Tár – Todd Field
• The Woman King – Gina Prince-Bythewood

Original Screenplay 

• The Banshees Of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• The Fabelmans – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
• Tár – Todd Field
• Triangle Of Sadness – Ruben Östlund

Adapted Screenplay

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
• Living – Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Quiet Girl – Colm Bairéad
• She Said – Rebecca Lenkiewicz
• The Whale – Samuel D. Hunter

Leading Actress

• Cate Blanchett – Tár
• Viola Davis – The Woman King
• Danielle Deadwyler – Till
• Ana De Armas – Blonde
• Emma Thompson – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
• Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Leading Actor

• Austin Butler – Elvis
• Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
• Brendan Fraser – The Whale
• Daryl Mccormack – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
• Paul Mescal – Aftersun
• Bill Nighy – Living

Supporting Actress

• Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Hong Chau – The Whale
• Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin
• Dolly De Leon – Triangle Of Sadness
• Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Carey Mulligan – She Said

Supporting Actor

• Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin
• Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of Inisherin
• Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse
• Albrecht Schuch – All Quiet On The Western Front
• Micheal Ward – Empire Of Light

Original Score 

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Volker Bertelmann
• Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
• The Banshees Of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Son Lux
• Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat

Casting

• Aftersun – Lucy Pardee
• All Quiet On The Western Front – Simone Bär
• Elvis – Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Sarah Halley Finn
• Triangle Of Sadness – Pauline Hansson

Cinematography 

• All Quiet On The Western Front – James Friend
• The Batman – Greig Fraser
• Elvis – Mandy Walker
• Empire Of Light – Roger Deakins
• Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda

Editing

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Sven Budelmann
• The Banshees Of Inisherin – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
• Elvis – Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers
• Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton

Production Design

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Christian M. Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper
• Babylon – Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
• The Batman – James Chinlund, Lee Sandales
• Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
• Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – Curt Enderle, Guy Davis

Costume Design

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Lisy Christl
• Amsterdam – J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky
• Babylon – Mary Zophres
• Elvis – Catherine Martin
• Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris – Jenny Beavan

Make Up & Hair

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Heike Merker
• The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir
• Elvis – Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical – Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin
• The Whale – Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot

Sound

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler
• Avatar: The Way Of Water – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• Elvis – Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley
• Tár – Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke
• Top Gun: Maverick – Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten

Special Visual Effects

• All Quiet On The Western Front – Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller, Frank Petzold
• Avatar: The Way Of Water – Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon
• The Batman – Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz
• Top Gun: Maverick – Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope

British Short Animation 

• The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse – Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella
• Middle Watch – John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy
• Your Mountain Is Waiting – Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian

British Short Film 

• The Ballad Of Olive Morris – Alex Kayode-Kay
• Bazigaga – Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail
• Bus Girl – Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen
• A Drifting Up – Jacob Lee
• An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley, Ross White

Rising Star Award (public vote) 

• Aimee Lou Wood
• Daryl Mccormack
• Emma Mackey
• Naomi Ackie
• Sheila Atim