Oppenheimer looks set to sweep the board at the 2024 BAFTAs after receiving 13 nominations. 

Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic about atomic bomb creator J Robert Oppenheimer dominated the main categories when nominations were announced on Thursday, with nods for Best Film and for Nolan in Best Director. 

In comparison, Oppenheimer’s box office rival Barbie received just five nominations and was notably snubbed in the Best Film category. 

Cillian Murphy, 47, received his first ever BAFTA nomination for his portrayal of titular character Oppenheimer and will go head-to-head with fellow Irishman Barry Keoghan, 31, for Saltburn in the Best Actor category. 

They will battle it out with Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Colman Domingo for Rustin, Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers and Teo Yoo for Past Lives. 

Murphy’s co-stars Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr are also nominated for supporting actor prizes.

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer leads this year's BAFTA nominations with 13 nods, including a first time nomination for star Cillian Murphy, who will go head-to-head with fellow Irishman Barry Keoghan, 31, for Saltburn in the Best Actor category

Murphy will go head-to-head for Best Actor with fellow Irishman Barry Keoghan, 31

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads this year’s BAFTA nominations with 13 nods, including a first time nomination for star Cillian Murphy, who will go head-to-head for Best Actorwith fellow Irishman Barry Keoghan, 31, (right) for Saltburn

Oppenheimer's box office rival Barbie received just five nominations and was notably snubbed in the Best Film category

Oppenheimer’s box office rival Barbie received just five nominations and was notably snubbed in the Best Film category 

Oppenheimer, which was a box office juggernaut when it was released in cinemas last year on the same day as Barbie – sparking the Barbenheimer phenomenon – could be a career-changing film for British filmmaker Nolan, who has never won the Directing BAFTA.

He will face competition from All Of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh, Anatomy Of A Fall’s Justine Triet, The Holdovers’ Alexander Payne, Maestro’s Cooper and Jonathan Glazer for The Zone Of Interest.

For Best Film, Oppenheimer will compete against Yorgos Lanthimos’s gothic fairytale Poor Things, which scored 11 nods.

Also in the running is French courtroom drama Anatomy Of A Fall, Martin Scorsese’s western crime thriller Killers Of The Flower Moon and The Holdovers, about a cranky prep school teacher forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student.

Notably absent from the category is Barbie, which was the highest-grossing film of 2023, with director Greta Gerwig also absent from the directing category.

Gerwig is, however, recognised in the original screenplay alongside her husband and co-writer Noah Baumbach.

Barbie star Margot Robbie is up for Best Actress and will compete against Poor Things’ Emma Stone, Maestro’s Carey Mulligan, Anatomy Of A Fall’s Sandra Huller, The Colour Purple’s Fantasia Barrino and Rye Lane’s Vivian Oparah.

German actress Huller is also nominated in a second category, and will battle it out for Supporting Actress for The Zone Of Interest, alongside Oppenheimer’s Blunt, Saltburn’s Rosamund Pike, The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Colour Purple’s Danielle Brooks  and All Of Us Strangers’ Claire Foy.

Downey Jr, who has already won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice award for his performance as Lewis Strauss, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission in Oppenheimer, will compete against Robert De Niro for Killers Of The Flower Moon, Jacob Elordi for Saltburn, Ryan Gosling for Barbie, Paul Mescal for All Of Us Strangers and Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers for the supporting actor prize.

The contenders for outstanding British film are All Of Us Strangers, How To Have Sex, Napoleon, The Old Oak, Poor Things, Rye Lane, Saltburn, Scrapper, Wonka and The Zone Of Interest.

The EE Bafta film awards will be hosted by David Tennant at the Royal Festival Hall on February 18 and will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

BAFTA 2024 NOMINATIONS  

Best Film

Anatomy Of A Fall

The Holdovers

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

 

 Best Director

Andrew Haigh, All of Us Stranger

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

Alexander Payne, The Holdovers

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

 

Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro Killers Of The Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr Oppenheimer

Jacob Elordi Saltburn

Ryan Gosling Barbie

Paul Mescal All Of Us Strangers

Dominic Sessa The Holdovers

 

Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks The Color Purple

Claire Foy All Of Us Strangers

Sandra Hüller The Zone Of Interest

Rosamund Pike Saltburn

Da’vine Joy Randolph The Holdovers

 

Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Maestro

Past Lives

 

Adapted Screenplay

All Of Us Strangers

American Fiction

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone Of Interest

 

Animated Film

The Boy And The Heron

Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget

Elemental

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Leading Actor

Bradley Cooper Maestro

Colman Domingo Rustin

Paul Giamatti The Holdovers

Barry Keoghan Saltburn

Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer

Teo Yoo Past Lives

 

Leading Actress

Fantasia Barrino The Color Purple

Sandra Hüller Anatomy Of A Fall

Carey Mulligan Maestro

Vivian Oparah Rye Lane

Margot Robbie Barbie

Emma Stone Poor Things

 

Outstanding British Film

All Of Us Strangers

How To Have Sex

Napoleon

The Old Oak

Poor Things

Rye Lane

Saltburn

Scrapper

Wonka

The Zone Of Interest

 

Film Not in the English Language

20 Days In Mariupol

Anatomy of a Fall

Past Lives

Society of the Snow

The Zone of Interest

 

Outstanding Debut

Blue Bag Life

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

Earth Mama

How To Have Sex

Is There Anybody Out There?

 

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer

Lisa Selby, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry

Christopher Sharp

Savanah Leaf, Shirley O’connor, Medb Riordan

Molly Manning Walker

Ella Glendining

 

British Short Animation

Crab Day

Visible Mending

Wild Summon

 

The 2024 BAFTA nominations were announced by former EE Rising Star nominees: Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir from the arts charity’s headquarters at 195 Piccadilly, London on Thursday. 

David Tennant is set to host the awards ceremony next month.

The Doctor Who star, 52, takes over the coveted spot from last year’s hosts Alison Hammond and Richard E Grant. 

While David is no stranger to the ceremony, having previously presented an award at the BAFTA Television Awards in May, this will be his hosting debut.

Speaking about his hosting stint, the Good Omens star said: ‘I am delighted to have been asked to host the EE BAFTA Film Awards and help celebrate the very best of this year’s films and the many brilliant people who bring them to life.’

BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip added that the academy was ‘over the moon’ that David would be hosting the Film Awards. 

She said: ‘He is deservedly beloved by British and international audiences, alike. 

‘His warmth, charm and mischievous wit will make it a must-watch show next month for our guests at the Royal Festival Hall and the millions of people watching at home.’

Last year, acting veteran Richard graced the stage as the BAFTAs host, and during his opening monologue referenced the notorious 2022 Academy Awards moment when movie star Will Smith, 54, slapped presenter Chris Rock across the face after he jested about Will’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

Richard told the star-studded crowd: ‘Nobody on my watch gets slapped tonight – except on the back.’

In 2022, Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids actress Rebel Wilson made risque jokes about the royal family, Vladimir Putin, the gender pay gap, her flop film Cats and her recent weight loss.

Richard added: ‘So I was surprised…and I thought because I was so unashamedly enthusiastic during the awards circuit four years ago, when I was nominated for (a BAFTA).

‘(BAFTA organisers) must know that I’m going to be a celebratory person rather than somebody who’s there to roast other actors so hopefully, that’s (going to) work out, I don’t know yet.’ 

David Tennant is set to host the 2024 British Academy Film Awards, which will take place at London's Royal Festival Hall on February 18

David Tennant is set to host the 2024 British Academy Film Awards, which will take place at London’s Royal Festival Hall on February 18

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