RRR misses BAFTA nomination

Filmmaker S S Rajamouli’s period action blockbuster RRR on Thursday failed to make the cut in the final nominations for the 2023 BAFTA awards. The movie was in the long-list for the ‘film not in English language’ category, but couldn’t find a spot in the segment’s final five nominees list.

The final nominees of the category were All Quiet On The Western Front, Argentina, 1985, Corsage, Decision To Leave, and The Quiet Girl. The BAFTA snub comes as a rare miss for the film, which earlier this month bagged a Golden Globe for best original song for the Telugu track Naatu Naatu and Critics Choice Awards for best foreign language film and best song. — PTI

PROUDLY STORMING INTO THE TOP FIVE

Filmmaker Shaunak Sen’s acclaimed All That Breathes found a proud spot in the top five of the best documentary category of 2023 BAFTA Film Awards.

The film had last month made it to the BAFTA longlist along with nine other documentaries. Set in Delhi, the documentary follows two siblings, Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who have devoted their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially black kites.

All That Breathes previously won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, a film gala that promotes independent cinema and filmmakers, and earned the Golden Eye award for the best documentary at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

The award ceremony will take place on February 19 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. The organisers unveiled the final nominees for 24 categories, including best film, best director, best actor and actress. — PTI

14 nods for All Quiet On The Western Front

All Quiet On The Western Front led the nominations with 14 nods. — Reuters

Key Nominations

LEADING ACTRESS

• Ana de Armas: Blonde
• Cate Blanchett: Tár
• Viola Davis: The Woman King
• Danielle Deadwyler: Till
• Emma Thompson: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• Michelle Yeoh: Everything Everywhere All At Once

LEADING ACTOR

• Austin Butler: Elvis
• Brendan Fraser: The Whale
• Colin Farrell: The Banshees of Inisherin
• Daryl McCormack: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• Paul Mescal: Aftersun
• Bill Nighy: Living

BEST FILM

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Tár