The 2019 BAFTA film nominations are in and Olivia Colman-starrer “The Favourite” leads the back with 12 nominations. The dark comedy sees Colman playing a fragile queen at the center of a battle between two subjects (Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone) vying for her affection and influence. Colman, Weisz, and Stone are all up for acting nods, Colman as Leading Actress and Weisz and Stone in the Supporting Actress category. The script is also in the running for Original Screenplay, making co-writer Deborah Davis the only woman nominated in that category. Nicole Holofcener is the lone female nominee in the Adapted Screenplay category: she co-wrote the Melissa McCarthy-led adaptation of literary forger Lee Israel’s memoir, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”.
Women are completely shut out of the Director category. Just one of six films in the Outstanding British Film race is woman-directed: Lynne Ramsay’s revenge thriller “You Were Never Really Here.”
Of five titles in the Film Not in the English Language category, only one is woman-helmed: Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,” the story of a boy who sues his parents for bringing him into a life full of misery and suffering. The Documentary category features recently announced DGA nominees “Free Solo,” the story of a free climber’s attempt to reach the top of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan, and “RBG,” a portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her trailblazing career. The former is co-directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and the latter is directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen.
All of the animated features up for honors are helmed by men. Female nominees are wholly absent from a number of categories, including Cinematography, Editing, and Special Visual Effects.
Lady Gaga is the only woman in the Original Music category thanks to her work on “A Star Is Born.” She just won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for “Shallow,” the standout tune from the love story about an aspiring singer and weary country rocker.
Women feature prominently in the Costume Design, Production Design, and Makeup and Hair categories, with Sandy Powell receiving noms for her costume work on both “The Favourite” and “Mary Poppins Returns.”
The EE Rising Star Award, which is voted for by the public, features five nominees, three of which are women: Jessie Buckley (“Beast”), Cynthia Erivo (“Widows”), and Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”). Women were also well-represented in the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer category, with “Pili” writer-director Leanne Welham and producer Sophie Harman among the nominees.
“Colette” and “Carol” producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley will be recognized with the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema.
Check out all of the female nominees for the 2019 BAFTA Film Awards below with a list adapted from E!. The ceremony will take place February 10.
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
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
EE Rising Star Award (Voted for by the Public)
Jessie Buckley
Cynthia Erivo
Letitia Wright
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Beast, Lauren Dark (producer) and Michael Pearce (writer/director)
Pili, Sophie Harman (producer) and Leanne Welham (writer/director)
Ray & Liz, Richard Billingham (writer/director) and Jacqui Davies (producer)
Film Not in the English Language
Capernaum – Directed by Nadine Labaki
Documentary
Free Solo – Co-Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
RBG – Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen
Original Screenplay
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Adapted Screenplay
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Original Music
Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga and Lukas Nelson, A Star Is Born
Costume Design
Mary Zophres, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Sandy Powell, The Favourite
Sandy Powell, Mary Poppins Returns
Alexandra Byrne, Mary Queen of Scots
Production Design
Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton, The Favourite
Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas, First Man
Eugenio Caballero and Bárbara Enríquez, ROMA
Makeup and Hair
Mark Coulier and Jan Sewell, Bohemian Rhapsody
Nadia Stacey, The Favourite
Jenny Shircore, Mary Queen of Scots
TBC, Vice
Sound
John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey and John Warhurst, Bohemian Rhapsody
Mary H. Ellis, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño and Jon Taylor, First Man
British Short Film
Bachelor, 38 – Directed by Angela Clarke
The Field – Directed by Sandhya Suri
British Short Animation
I’m OK – Directed by Elizabeth Hobbs
Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema
Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen
