BAFTA 2020 Award Nominations: Joker Comes Out On Top

The BAFTA 2020 award nominations have been revealed on Tuesday morning and Todd Phillips’ Joker has come out on top with the supervillain origin story earning 11 nominations, including best film, best director and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix. 

Todd Phillips, the director, producer and writer of Joker was delighted with the news following the nominations: “Wow. What an incredible honour! for the significant recognition Joker received from BAFTA across the board. Recently, when Joaquin and I were in the UK, the love we felt for Joker was palpable and I just want to thank my British colleagues for connecting with the film on a cellular level. A sincere “well done” to my wonderful cast and crew who worked tirelessly to bring this film to the big screen. I also want to congratulate my fellow nominees, it is an honour (I’m going with honour!) to be in their company.”

Close behind Joker with 10 nominations each are Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino’s Once upon a Time… in Hollywood. Sam Mendes’ First World War drama 1917 follows with nine nominations.

Thelma Schoonmaker, editor of The Irishman was thrilled to hear the nomination news for the movie: “Scorsese’s unique structural ideas and style for IRISHMAN made it a joy to edit with him.  To have those bold ideas recognized by BAFTA members is thrilling.”

It’s also a successful crop for Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, which picks up six nominations, while tying on five a piece are Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women.

A total of 39 feature films received nominations today. There were four nominations apiece for For Sama, Parasite and Rocketman. Matthew Vaughn – MARV studios and David Furnish – rocket pictures – producers of Rocketman stated: “Rocketman has been a labour of love for us all so it’s truly touching to receive 4 BAFTA nominations this morning and have Taron’s spectacular performance and Elton and Bernie’s original song honoured by the HFPA. The whole journey has been the most incredible experience to us as producers. Elton, Taron and Bernie – we salute you!”

Elsewhere, there were three nominations for Bombshell, Judy, Le Mans ’66 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and two nominations for Bait.

There was also 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.

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

The EE British Academy Film Awards, which recognise the very best in film of the past year, will 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. 

Take a look at the full nominations in the list below: 

Best film
1917
The Irishman
Joker
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite

Best director
1917 – Sam Mendes
The Irishman – Martin Scorsese
Joker — Todd Phillips
Once upon a Time… in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
Parasite – Bong Joon-ho

Best British film
1917
Bait
For Sama
Rocketman
Sorry We Missed You
The Two Popes

Best actress
Jessie Buckley – Wild Rose
Scarlett Johansson — Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best 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 supporting actress
Laura Dern – Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh – Little Women
Margot Robbie – Bombshell
Margot Robbie – Once upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best supporting actor
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins The Two Popes
Al Pacino — The Irishman
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Brad Pitt – Once upon a Time… in Hollywood

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Bait – Mark Jenkin (writer/director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (producers)
For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab (director/producer), Edward Watts (director)
Maiden – Alex Holmes (director)
Only You – Harry Wootliff (writer/director)
Retablo – Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio (writer/director)

Film not in the English language
The Farewell
For Sama
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best documentary
American Factory
Apollo 11
Diego Maradona
For Sama
The Great Hack

Best animated film
Frozen II
Klaus
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Toy Story 4

Best original screenplay
Booksmart — Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
Knives Out – Rian Johnson
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
Once upon a Time… in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
Parasite – Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho,

Best adapted screenplay
The Irishman -Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi
Joker – Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Little Women – Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes – Anthony Mccarten

Best score
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best casting
Joker
Marriage Story
Once upon a Time… in Hollywood
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Two Popes

Best cinematography
1917
The Irishman
Joker
Le Mans ’66
The Lighthouse

Best editing
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Le Mans ’66
Once upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best production design
1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Once upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best costume design
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Judy
Little Women
Once upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best make up & hair
1917
Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Rocketman

Best sound
1917
Joker
Le Mans ’66
Rocketman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best special visual effects
1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker

Best British short animation
Grandad Was a Romantic
In Her Boots
The Magic Boat

Best British short film
Azaar
Goldfish
Kamali
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
The Trap

EE Rising Star award (voted for by the public)
Awkwafina
Jack Lowden
Kaitlyn Dever
Kelvin Harrison Jr
Micheal Ward

BAFTA fellowship
Kathleen Kennedy

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