BAFTA nominations: German ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ leads nods

FILE PHOTO: Crew from "All Quiet on the Western Front" attend the National Board of Review Awards Gala in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
FILE PHOTO: Crew from "All Quiet on the Western Front" attend the National Board of Review Awards Gala in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A German remake of the anti-war classic "All Quiet On The Western Front" led nominations for the British Academy Film Awards on Thursday, overtaking other award season favourites with 14 nods.

Based on the epic 1928 novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque about the horrors of conflict during World War One, the Netflix movie was recognised in the best film category, as well as for films not in the English language, director, supporting actor, adapted screenplay, original score and other craft and technical prizes.

It equals 2001’s “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” as a film not in the English language that has garnered the most nominations in BAFTA’s history, organisers said.

Malte Grunert, producer of “All Quiet On The Western Front” told Reuters the nominations in 14 categories was “unbelievably special when looking at who we are up against and the other nominees, we really are in the best company.”

“And these 14 nominations puts us on par with ‘Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon’, which is one of my favourite films and that is a huge honour and a great joy.”

Anna Higgs, chair of the BAFTA Film Committee, told Reuters cinema viewers were watching a broader range of films, adding: “We’re really getting to a stage where subtitles aren’t considered scary anymore and actually the power of cinema can communicate across borders and cultures.”

The last non-English language movie that won the BAFTA best film prize was Netflix’s “Roma” in 2019.

FILE PHOTO: Michelle Yeoh attends for the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 15, 2023. REUTERS/Aude Guerruccii

Dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and the dimension-hopping “Everything Everywhere All At Once” each secured 10 nominations.

“Banshees”, a tale of two feuding friends on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, received nominations for leading actor Colin Farrell as well as supporting cast members Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon.

That film and Steven Spielberg’s coming-of-age story “The Fabelmans” were the two big winners at the Golden Globes earlier this month, but the latter received just one BAFTA nod, for original screenplay.

FILE PHOTO: Director Steven Spielberg attends the premiere of the film “The Fabelmans” in London, Britain, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” secured nominations for leading actress Michelle Yeoh, supporting actress Jamie Lee Curtis and supporting actor Ke Huy Quan, as well as for best film, original screenplay and director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis” came in third with nine nominations, including best film and a leading actor recognition for Austin Butler.

Drama “Tar”, in which Cate Blanchett plays a gay conductor of a Berlin orchestra whose career comes tumbling down due to an abuse scandal, had five nods, including best film, director, original screenplay and leading actress.

FILE PHOTO: Cate Blanchett accepts the Best Actress award for “Tar” during the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 15, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

Box office hits “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Top Gun: Maverick” received nominations in technical categories.

Gina Prince-Bythewood (“The Woman King”) is the only woman in the running for the director award, but the outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer category features all female nominees.

Known as the BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), Britain’s top movie honours will be awarded on Feb. 19 in London.

Below is a list of the nominees in the main categories:

BEST FILM

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Elvis”

“Everything Everywhere All At Once”

“Tár”

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

“Aftersun”

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Brian And Charles”

“Empire of Light”

“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

“Living”

“Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical”

“See How They Run”

“The Swimmers”

“The Wonder”

DIRECTOR

Edward Berger, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Park Chan-wook, “Decision To Leave”

Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

Todd Field, “Tár”

Gina Prince-Bythewood, “The Woman King”

LEADING ACTRESS

Ana de Armas, “Blonde”

Cate Blanchett, “Tár”

Viola Davis, “The Woman King”

Danielle Deadwyler, “Till”

Emma Thompson, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

LEADING ACTOR

Austin Butler, “Elvis”

Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”

Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Daryl McCormack, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

Bill Nighy, “Living”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

Hong Chau, “The Whale”

Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

Dolly De Leon, “Triangle of Sadness”

Carey Mulligan, “She Said”

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

Eddie Redmayne, “The Good Nurse”

Albrecht Schuch, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

Micheal Ward, “Empire of Light”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Everything Everywhere All At Once”

“The Fabelmans”

“Tár”

“Triangle of Sadness”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“Living”

“The Quiet Girl”

“She Said”

“The Whale”

FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“Argentina, 1985”

“Corsage”

“Decision To Leave”

“The Quiet Girl”

DOCUMENTARY

“All That Breathes”

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

“Fire of Love”

“Moonage Daydream”

“Navalny”

ANIMATED FILM

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”

“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

“Turning Red”

ORIGINAL SCORE

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“Babylon”

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Everything Everywhere All At Once”

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

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