How to Watch the BAFTAs

For the first time, The EE British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTAs, will have a live broadcast to U.S. viewers via Britbox. Taking place this Sunday, March 13, the live broadcast will be at 7:00 p.m. for U.S. viewers. After a scaled-down ceremony last year, the major British film award show returns to an in-person event at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Rebel Wilson. Read on for more on the nominees and how to watch the BAFTAs online.

• When are The BAFTAs: The BAFTAs are live at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 13, 2022
• Best Way to Stream Live: The BAFTAs are available to watch on BritBox.

How to Watch the BAFTAs

If you live in the U.S., the best way to watch the BAFTAs is through a live stream with BritBox.

BritBox North America is home to an extensive collection of original British series and the exclusive home to incredible modern police dramas. The service focuses on a mix of current and classic series from BBC and ITV, as well as numerous ongoing popular soaps and dramas, as well as classic comedies of the ilk that any Anglophile who grew up hearing the names of classic series from the 1970s and ’80s would be able to identify from EastEnders to Blackadder.

BritBox is available for $6.99 per month/69.99 per year—after an introductory 7-day free trial period—on Roku®, Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV 4th Gen, Samsung, LG and all iOS and Android devices, AirPlay, Chromecast, and online at https://www.britbox.com/us/. BritBox is also available on Amazon Channels for Prime members and Apple TV Channels on supported devices.

2022 BAFTA Nominees

BEST FILM

• Belfast
• Don’t Look Up
• Dune
• Licorice Pizza
• The Power of the Dog

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

• After Love
• Ali & Ava
• Belfast
• Boiling Point
• Cyrano
• Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
• House of Gucci
• Last Night in Soho
• No Time to Die
• Passing

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR, OR PRODUCER

• After Love, Aleem Khan (Writer/Director)
• Boiling Point, Philip Barantini, James Cummings (Writers), Hester Ruoff (Producer) [also produced by Bart Ruspoli]
• The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel (Writer/Director) [also written by Boaz Yakin]
• Keyboard Fantasies, Posy Dixon (Writer/Director), Liv Proctor (Producer)
• Passing, Rebecca Hall (Writer/Director)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

• Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Teruhisa Yamamoto
• The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino, Lorenzo Mieli
• Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
• Petite Maman, Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
• The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier, Thomas Robsahm

DOCUMENTARY

• Becoming Cousteau, Liz Garbus, Mridu Chandra, Dan Cogan, Evan Hayes
• Cow, Andrea Arnold, Kat Mansoor
• Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie, Monica Hellström
• The Rescue, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, John Battsek, P. J. van Sandwijk
• Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised), Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel

ANIMATED FILM

• Encanto, Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer
• Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie, Monica Hellström
• Luca, Enrico Casarosa, Andrea Warren
• The Michells vs The Machines, Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

DIRECTOR

• After Love, Aleem Khan
• Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
• Happening, Audrey Diwan
• Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion
• Titane, Julia Ducournau

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin
• Belfast, Kenneth Branagh
• Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay
• King Richard, Zach Baylin
• Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• CODA, Siân Heder
• Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
• Dune, Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve
• The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal
• The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion

LEADING ACTRESS

• Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
• Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
• Emilia Jones, CODA
• Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
• Joanna Scanlan, After Love
• Tessa Thompson, Passing

LEADING ACTOR

• Adell Akhtar, Ali & Ava
• Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
• Stephen Graham, Boiling Point
• Will Smith, King Richard

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
• Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
• Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
• Ann Dowd, Mass
• Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
• Ruth Negga, Passing

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Mike Faist, West Side Story
• Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
• Troy Kotsur, CODA
• Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
• Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
• Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

ORIGINAL SCORE

• Being the Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton
• Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
• Dune, Hans Zimmer
• The French Dispatch, Alexandre Desplat
• The Power of the Dog, Jonny Greenwood

CASTING

• Boiling Point, Carolyn McLeod
• Dune, Francine Maisler
• The Hand of God, Massimo Appolloni, Annamaria Sambucco
• King Richard, Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman
• West Side Story, Cindy Tolan

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Dune, Greig Fraser
• Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen
• No Time to Die, Linus Sandgren
• The Power of the Dog, Ari Wegner
• The Tragedy of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel

EDITING

• Belfest, Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
• Dune, Joe Walker
• Licorice Pizza, Andy Jurgensen
• No Time to Die, Tom Cross, Elliot Graham
• Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised), Joshua L. Pearson

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Cyrano, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
• Dune, Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos
• The French Dispatch, Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
• Nightmare Alley, Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
• West Side Story, Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo

COSTUME DESIGN

• Cruella, Jenny Beavan
• Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini
• Dune, Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West
• The French Dispatch, Milena Canonero
• Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira

MAKEUP & HAIR

• Cruella, Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne, Julia Vernon
• Cyrano, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Siân Miller
• Dune, Love Larson, Donald Mowat, Eva von Behr
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh
• House of Gucci, Frederic Aspiras, Jana Carboni, Göran Lundström, Giuliano Mariano, Sarah Tanno

SOUND

• Dune, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett
• Last Night in Soho, Colin Nicolson, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan
• No Time to Die, James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
• A Quiet Place II, Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Malte Bieler, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van der Ryn
• West Side Story, Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Shawn Murphy, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom 

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• Dune, Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer
• Free Guy, Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick
• Ghostbusteres: Afterlife, Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre, Alessandro Ongaro
• The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Debenham, Huw J Evans, Dan Glass, J. D. Schwalm
• No Time to Die, Mark Bakowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green, Charlie Noble

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

• Affairs of the Art, Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
• Do Not Feed the Pigeons, Vladimir Krasilnikov, Jordi Morera, Antonin Niclass
• Night of the Living Dread, Ida Melum, Danielle Goff, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso

BRITISH SHORT FILM

• The Black Cop, Cherish Oteka
• Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Rienkje Attoh, Hayley Williams
• The Palace, Jo Prichard
• Stuffed, Theo Rhys, Joss Holden-Rea
• Three Meetings of the Extraordinarey Committee, Michael Woodward, Max Barron, Daniel Wheldon

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