Early awards indicators counsel Emilia Perez is the one to beat whereas Kneecap’s Bafta likelihood is large open.
In our newest Display Awards Podcast for the 2024/25 race, Display’s editor-in-chief Matt Mueller, govt editor, opinions and new expertise Fionnuala Halligan, and awards and field workplace editor Charles Gant asses the primary wave of awards and unpick the main contenders for Bafta’s excellent British movie and British debut classes.
On the Bifas, Wealthy Peppiatt’s Kneecap was the large winner, taking dwelling finest British unbiased movie. “That [win] actually provides it momentum going into the Bafta movie awards,” stated Gant. “I’d be shocked if it doesn’t at the least choose up a nomination in finest British movie.”
The identical weekend additionally noticed the European Movie Awards (EFAs) happen the place it was Emilia Perez racking up the prizes together with finest movie and finest actress for Karla Sofia Gascon. This can solely add to the movie’s “unstoppable push” into the remainder of awards season, in accordance with Halligan.
Likewise, Emilia Perez dominated the Golden Globe nominations earlier this week the place the Spanish-language musical picked up 10 nods general. Whereas there was reward for the most effective director class – which noticed Coraline Fargeat and Payal Kapadia add some much-needed gender steadiness – different classes threw up some questions.
The crew additionally talk about what precisely qualifies the British-only classes on the Baftas – and weigh up the eligible titles vying for the ten slots obtainable for excellent British movie, together with Edward Berger’s Conclave and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.
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Earlier episodes have lined the early appearing frontrunners and the worldwide function race.