The Bafta Awards for British Cinema will experience its most diverse and multiracial edition this Sunday, with
four directors
opting for the best production and with
16 of the 24 interpreters
selected from
ethnic minorities
, in a virtual context motivated by the pandemic.
The gala, which one more edition will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in the British capital, will not have a red carpet or the public in the stands, just the year in which the 150th anniversary of the venue is commemorated.
The 74th delivery of the Baftas, the
first in the context of a pandemic
, after the 2020 one took place in February, before the spread of the virus, will be the most diverse and multiracial of all, in response to
criticism led by Joaquin Phoenix
, protagonist of 'Joker'.
"We send a very clear message to people of color.
They are not welcome here
. That is the message we are sending to people who have contributed a lot to our environment, to our industry, in ways that we have benefited," said Phoenix. during the best actor winner speech.
The British Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Television (BAFTA) has responded by
placing more like the movies nominated for
'Nomadland'
of
Chloe Zhao
, and
'Rocks'
, of
Sarah Gravon
.
The first film tells the story of a nomadic woman in today's United States and recounts the economic problems of the aging population, while the second focuses on the survival of a girl and her brother in an impoverished London neighborhood.
Both command the nominations with seven each.
'The father'
,
'Mank'
,
'Minari'
and
'A promising young woman'
follow with six nominations, while
'The Dig'
and
'The Mauritanian'
have five.
Zhao, with 'Nomadland', has already become the second woman to win the Golden Globe for best director and the first Asian to do so, and in London she will seek to continue adding ballots in her Oscar career.
For the first time in the history of the awards, four women are competing in the category of best director or director and three of them have also been nominated for the section of best foreign language film.
Nomadland, 'The Father', 'The Mauritanian', 'Promising Young Woman' and 'The Chicago 7 Trial' are up for best picture. In addition to Zhao and Gavron, Shannon are finalists for the Best Director award Murphy ('Babyteeth') and Jasmila Zbanic ('Quo Vadis, Aida?'), Along with Thomas Vinterberg ('Another round') and Lee Isaac Chung ('Minari').
Competing for
best actor
recognition are
veteran
Anthony Hopkins
('The Father'),
Riz Ahmed
('Sound of Metal'),
Chadwick Boseman
('Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'),
Adarsh Gourav
('White tiger'),
Tahar Rahim
('The Mauritanian') and
Mads Mikkelsen
('Another round').
The nominees for
best actress
are
Frances McDormand
('Nomadland'),
Bukky Bakray
('Rocks'),
Radha Blank
('The 40-year-old version'),
Vanessa Kirby
('Pieces of a Woman'),
Wunmi Mosaku
( 'His house') and
Alfre Woodard
('Clemency').
The
gala's
touch
in Spanish is given
by
Irune Gurtubai
, who competes alongside Ben Sharrock with the film 'Limbo' in the categories of best British film and best debut by a director or producer.
Among the novelties in this atypical edition, it is worth mentioning that digitally released films have been allowed entry and that the pre-selection was extended so that the judges could access a greater variety of films, since the gala was delayed from February 14 to April 11 .
This Sunday, starting at 7:00 p.m. local time, 8 p.m. Spanish peninsular time, it will be known which film happens to '1917' as a great winner in the Bafta, after the film by Sam Mendes will win seven awards in 2020.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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