The Favourite – a tragicomedy starring Olivia Colman as Queen Anne – leads the British Academy Film Awards 2019 nominations with 12 nods.

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Hot off the heels of winning Best Actress at the Golden Globes, Colman has been shortlisted in the equivalent category in the Baftas, her first ever nomination at the film awards.

Colman’s co-stars in The Favourite, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, are both up for Supporting Actress, Yorgos Lanthimos is in the running for best director, and the royal romp has also been named in the Best Film category – along with nominations for Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Make Up & Hair and Editing.

Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born each received seven nods, while Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, and Cold War and Green Book both have four.

Bafta Film Awards 2019, Getty

Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots and Stan & Ollie have three nominations each.

Other British talent recognised in the nominations includes First Man’s Claire Foy for Supporting Actress and Steve Coogan for Best Actor for his role as Stan Laurel in Stan & Ollie.

The British Academy Film Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 10th February at London’s Royal Albert Hall. It will be hosted by Joanna Lumley and be broadcast on BBC1 from 9pm.

See the full list of nominees below…

BEST FILM

BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

Beast
Bohemian Rhapsody (NB Bafta has suspended Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer's nomination in this category in light of sexual abuse allegations)
The Favourite
McQueen
Stan & Ollie
You Were Never Really Here

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

Glenn Close (The Wife)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Viola Davis (Widows)

BEST LEADING ACTOR

Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
Christian Bale (Vice)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams (Vice)
Claire Foy (First Man)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Margot Robbie (Mary Queen of Scots)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)
Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Wilmott
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
First Man – Josh Singer
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Cold War – Janusz Glowacki, Pawel Pawlikowski
The Favourite – Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
Green Book – Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Vice – Adam McKay

RISING STAR

Letitia Wright
Jessie Buckley
Cynthia Erivo
Lakeith Stanfield
Barry Keoghan

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

BEST DIRECTOR

Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Paweł Pawlikowski (Cold War)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Roma (Netflix)
Roma (Netflix)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bohemian Rhapsody
Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
Roma

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Apostasy – Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)
Beast – Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)
A Cambodian Spring – Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)
Pili – Leanne Welham (Writer/Director), Sophie Harman (Producer)
Ray & Liz – Richard Billingham (Writer/Director), Jacqui Davies (Producer)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Capernaum
Cold War
Dogman
Roma
Shoplifters

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Free Solo
McQueen
RBG
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
A Star Is Born

EDITING

Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
First Man
Roma
Vice

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

COSTUME DESIGN

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots

MAKE UP & HAIR

Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Mary Queen of Scots
Stan & Ollie
Vice

SOUND

Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
A Quiet Place
A Star Is Born

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

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Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
First Man
Ready Player One

Oscars Statuettes for the Academy Awards, Getty

Authors

Ellie HarrisonWriter, RadioTimes.com
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