The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has revealed its longlist of nominees across 24 categories for its 2022 BAFTA Awards and West Side Story, Don’t Look Up, Belfast, The Power of the Dog, House of Gucci, Dune, No Time to Die, The French Dispatch and Licorice Pizza are earned double digit mentions.
Among some of the surprises this morning was the over-performance of Don’t Look Up, the underperformance of Spencer (only four longlist mentions) and Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers) missing from the leading actress longlist.
Special eligibility measures were put in place for the 2021 Film Awards to take into account the Coronavirus pandemic to cover films released January 1 – June 30, 2021. These films would have needed to meet the lower qualifying threshold of a minimum of one theatrical screening per day for seven days (excluding festival screenings); or an approved UK VOD platform minimum 30-day release if the original intention of a theatrical release was not possible due to the pandemic.
From July 1, 2021 – March 11, 2022 films were eligible if they had been theatrically exhibited publicly to a paying audience on at least ten commercial screens in the UK for at least seven days in aggregate (excluding festival screenings).
The top longlist mentions were:
West Side Story – 15
Don’t Look Up – 15
Belfast – 14
The Power of the Dog – 14
House of Gucci – 13
Dune – 12
No Time To Die – 12
The French Dispatch – 11
Licorice Pizza – 11
Being the Ricardos – 9
The Lost Daughter – 9
The Tragedy of Macbeth – 8
CODA – 7
King Richard – 7
Passing – 7
Tick… Tick… Boom – 6
The Hand of God – 5
Spencer – 4
Last season there were seven movies with 10 or more appearances on the longlists:
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (15), Mank (14), Promising Young Woman (13), News of the World (12) and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Mauritanian, Saint Maud (11).
Of those, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Promising Young Woman and The Mauritanian earned BAFTA Best Film nominations alongside The Father and Nomadland, both of which earned 8 longlist mentions. Nomadland won the BAFTA Best Film Award and the Oscar for Best Picture.
Round Two voting, to determine the nominations in the member voted categories, will open between Friday, February 14 and Thursday, February 27, 2022. The EE Rising Star Award nominations will be announced on Tuesday February 1, 2022.
The 2022 BAFTA nominations will be announced on February 3. The BAFTA Awards are scheduled to take place on March 13.
BEST FILM (15)
15 films go through to the Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. This is the only category voted for by all film voting members in all voting rounds. 217 films were submitted for consideration.
DIRECTOR (20)
20 films will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is voted on by a jury (nominations) and Round Three is voted on by the general membership (winner). To determine this longlist, in Round One, the directing chapter voted; the top seven female and top seven male directed films were automatically longlisted. The remaining 3 female and 3 male directors were voted for by a Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 ranking female and male directed films. A nominating jury will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 184 films were submitted for consideration.
LEADING ACTOR (15)
15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 102 performances were submitted for consideration.
LEADING ACTRESS (15)
15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 82 performances were submitted for consideration.
SUPPORTING ACTOR (15)
15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 283 performances were submitted for consideration.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS (15)
15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 202 performances were submitted for consideration.
CASTING (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is voted on by a jury (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 89 films were submitted in this category. Casting Statements, written by the Casting Directors about the casting process, are provided by the entrants and shared with the jury in Round Two and published on BAFTA View.
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM (20)
20 films will go through to Round Two of voting. The top five films from the opt-in chapter vote in Round One automatically receive a nomination. The next ranking 15 films will be considered by a jury, who will vote for five nominations. 10 films will be nominated in this category. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 64 films were submitted for consideration, all of which passed the BFI Diversity Standards.
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER (12)
10 films have been longlisted, and five will be nominated. The longlist, nominees and winner in this category are voted on by a jury. 37 films were submitted for consideration.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 62 films were submitted for consideration.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 78 films were submitted for consideration.
EDITING (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 154 films were submitted for consideration.
CINEMATOGRAPHY (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 126 films were submitted for consideration.
PRODUCTION DESIGN (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 99 films were submitted for consideration.
COSTUME DESIGN (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 86 films were submitted for consideration.
MAKEUP AND HAIR (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 77 films were submitted for consideration.
ORIGINAL SCORE (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 101 films were submitted for consideration. Music cue sheets are provided by the entrants and published on BAFTA View for the music chapter in Rounds One and Two, and for all voting members in Round Three.
SOUND (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 126 films were submitted for consideration.
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 56 films were submitted for consideration. Entrants can submit a supporting Statement and a show-reel of the SVFX work (up to five minutes in duration); this will be published on BAFTA View for the general voting membership in Round Three.
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. This category is voted for in all three Rounds by an opt-in Chapter. 50 films were submitted for consideration.
DOCUMENTARY (15)
15 films will progress to Round Two of voting. The top two films from the opt-in chapter vote in Round One automatically receive a nomination. The next ranking 13 films will be considered by a jury, who will vote for three nominations. Five films will be nominated in this category. In Round three, the Documentary opt-in chapter will select the winner in this category.
ANIMATED FILM (6)
Seven films will progress to Round Two of voting, and four will be nominated. This category is voted for in all three Rounds by an opt-in Chapter. 14 films were submitted for consideration.
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Six films have been longlisted, and three will be nominated. Rounds One and Two (longlist and nominations) are a jury vote, and an opt in chapter will select the winner in Round Three.
BRITISH SHORT FILM
10 films have been longlisted, and five will be nominated. In Round One, members of the opt-in shorts chapter vote to form a preliminary longlist, and from the highest ranking films a jury vote for the longlist of 10 films. In Round Two, the jury vote on the nominations. In Round Three, an opt in chapter will select the winner.
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