Written by Marie-Louise Gamuchian
LONDON (Reuters) – Hollywood stars will flock to London on Sunday for the annual BAFTA Film Awards. There, US historical drama Oppenheimer, one of the highest-grossing films of 2023, leads the nominations for Britain’s top film award.
The three-hour epic about the making of the atomic bomb during World War II is currently the frontrunner for the award, with 13 nominations, including the night’s top prize, Best Picture. .
Also, strong betting odds are that Irish star Cillian Murphy, who plays American theoretical physicist J. It can also be acquired.
Digital Spy film editor Ian Sandwell said Oppenheimer’s local talent could help its BAFTA chances.
“Christopher Nolan is in it, Cillian Murphy is in it, so I think it would be a big surprise if you missed that movie,” Sandwell told Reuters.
Last year, the German remake of All Quiet on the Western Front was the big winner at the BAFTAs, and to the surprise of many, the 2023 awards season favorite Everything Everywhere All At It won the Best Picture Award, beating out “Once”.
“If there’s a film that falls into this category this year, it’s ‘Zone of Interest’ because it has a British director. Even though it’s in a foreign language, it’s a local film because it’s a British co-production. ,” Sandwell said.
“The Zone of Interest,” director Jonathan Glazer’s chilling film about the commandant of Auschwitz and his family living next door to the death camp, has been nominated for nine awards.
Other nominees for best picture include Emma Stone’s sex-filled gothic comedy “Poor Things,” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Dead,” about the murders of members of the Osage Nation in the 1920s. The Flower Moon” and the courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall.” and “The Holdovers,” a comedy set in an all-boys boarding school.
Stone, who won the BAFTA and Oscar awards last time, is considered the favorite to win in the leading actress category.
“(This) was an absolutely extraordinary performance for any actress,” Tim Richards, founder and CEO of movie theater operator View International, told Reuters.
None of the Best Director nominees have previously won the award, and four of the six nominees are first-time nominees, including Glazer and Justin Trier for Anatomy of the Fall. .
Torriet is the only woman on the list, but the leak about Barbie director Greta Gerwig has raised eyebrows.
Barbie, the highest-grossing movie of 2023, received five nominations overall.
The awards ceremony, known as BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), will be held at the Royal Festival Hall on the banks of the River Thames and will be hosted by actor David Tennant.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gamchian; Editing by Susan Fenton)