In a first, the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) has released longlists in all categories for its 2021 film awards. The final nominations will be announced on March 9 and the award ceremony is scheduled for April 11. 

“Today we have published the longlists for the 2021 #EEBAFTAs! With more than 90 features and 16 short films on the lists, which ones have you seen/do you want to watch and which ones are your highlights?

Look out for the nominations on 9 March,” BAFTA tweeted on Thursday.

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“Longlisting was introduced as one of the changes resulting from the BAFTA 2020 Review and aims to level the playing field by ensuring more films are fully considered for nominations,” it added.

Here are the longlists of top BAFTA award categories:

Best film:

  1. Another Round
  2. Da 5 Bloods
  3. The Dig
  4. The Father
  5. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  6. Mank
  7. The Mauritanian
  8. News of the World
  9. Nomadland
  10. One Night In Miami…
  11. Promising Young Woman
  12. Soul
  13. Sound of Metal
  14. The Trial of the Chicago 7
  15. The White Tiger

Outstanding British film:

  1. Ammonite
  2. Calm With Horses
  3. County Lines
  4. The Courier
  5. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
  6. The Dig
  7. Emma.
  8. The Father
  9. Herself
  10. His House
  11. Limbo
  12. The Mauritanian
  13. Misbehaviour
  14. Mogul Mowgli
  15. Promising Young Woman
  16. Radioactive
  17. Rebecca
  18. Rocks
  19. Saint Maud
  20. Supernova

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer:

  1. The Australian Dream
  2. Being A Human Person
  3. Calm with Horses
  4. His House
  5. Limbo
  6. Moffie
  7. Mogul Mowgli
  8. Rare Beasts
  9. The Reason I Jump
  10. Rocks
  11. Saint Maud
  12. White Riot

Film not in English language:

  1. Another Round
  2. Bacurau
  3. Collective
  4. Dear Comrades!
  5. I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aqui)
  6. The Life Ahead
  7. Les Misérables
  8. Minari
  9. The Mole Agent
  10. New Order
  11. The Painter and the Thief
  12. Quo Vadis, Aida?
  13. System Crasher
  14. The Traitor
  15. The Truffle Hunters

Documentary:

  1. All In: The Fight For Democracy
  2. Athlete A
  3. Beastie Boys Story
  4. Becoming
  5. Billie
  6. Collective
  7. Crip Camp
  8. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
  9. Dick Johnson is Dead
  10. The Dissident
  11. I Am Greta
  12. MLK/FBI
  13. My Octopus Teacher
  14. The Social Dilemma
  15. The Truffle Hunters

Animated film:

  1. The Croods: A New Age
  2. Onward
  3. Over the Moon
  4. Soul
  5. The Willoughbys
  6. Wolfwalkers

Director:

  1. Another Round
  2. The Assistant
  3. Babyteeth
  4. The Dig
  5. The Father
  6. The Forty-Year-Old Version
  7. Mank
  8. The Mauritanian
  9. Minari
  10. My Octopus Teacher
  11. News of the World
  12. Nomadland
  13. One Night In Miami…
  14. Promising Young Woman
  15. Quo Vadis, Aida?
  16. Rocks
  17. Saint Maud
  18. Tenet
  19. The Trial of the Chicago 7
  20. The White Tiger

Original screenplay:

  1. Ammonite
  2. Another Round
  3. The Assistant
  4. Da 5 Bloods
  5. The Forty-Year-Old Version
  6. Judas and the Black Messiah
  7. Mank
  8. Minari
  9. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  10. Promising Young Woman
  11. Rocks
  12. Saint Maud
  13. Soul
  14. Sound of Metal
  15. The Trial of the Chicago 7

Adapted screenplay:

  1. Babyteeth
  2. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  3. The Dig
  4. Emma.
  5. The Father
  6. Hillbilly Elegy
  7. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  8. The Invisible Man
  9. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  10. The Mauritanian
  11. News of the World
  12. Nomadland
  13. One Night In Miami…
  14. Pieces of a Woman
  15. The White Tiger

Leading actress:

  1. Amy Adams (Hillbilly Elegy)
  2. Bukky Bakray (Rocks)
  3. Radha Blank (The Forty-Year-Old Version)
  4. Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things)
  5. Morfydd Clark Saint (Maud)
  6. Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
  7. Julia Garner (The Assistant)
  8. Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
  9. Sophia Loren (The Life Ahead)
  10. Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
  11. Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
  12. Wunmi Mosaku (His House)
  13. Kate Winslet (Ammonite)
  14. Alfre Woodard (Clemency)
  15. Zendaya (Malcolm & Marie)

Leading actor:

  1. Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
  2. Kingsley Ben (Adir One Night In Miami…)
  3. Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
  4. Ralph Fiennes (The Dig)
  5. Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger)
  6. Tom Hanks (News of the World)
  7. Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
  8. Cosmo Jarvis (Calm With Horses)
  9. Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
  10. Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round)
  11. Gary Oldman (Mank)
  12. Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian)
  13. LaKeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
  14. John David Washington (Malcolm & Marie)
  15. Steven Yeun (Minari)