‘The Boy and The Heron,’ ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of The Nugget,’ ‘Elemental,’ and ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ get the nod for Animated Film with ‘The Creator,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,’ ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part,’ ‘Napoleon,’ and ‘Poor Things’ selected for Special Visual Effects.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the 2024 EE British Academy Film Awards nominations, with winners being announced at the awards ceremony, hosted by David Tennant, on Sunday, February 18, at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
Four features were nominated this year for Animated Film: The Boy and The Heron, Chicken Run: Dawn of The Nugget, Elemental, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
The nominees in the Special Visual Effects category are The Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part, Napoleon, and Poor Things.
Poor Things received 11 nominations overall, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Special Visual Effects, and Production Design.
Here’s a rundown of the best films, animated films, and visual effects-driven nominees (a complete list of nominees is available here):
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
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
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
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
Source: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
