Dune leads 2022 BAFTA Film Awards nominations
msn.comDenis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic Dune leads the 2022 British Academy Film Awards nominations with 11. The movie adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic, starring Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson and Oscar Isaac, topped the nominations when they were announced in London on Thursday.
Dune received nods for Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score for Hans Zimmer, and Best Special Visual Effects, among a range of other technical categories.
Dune was followed by Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog with eight, Kenneth Branagh's coming-of-age film Belfast with six, then Licorice Pizza, No Time to Die, and West Side Story with five each.
The sci-fi blockbuster will compete with Belfast, The Power of the Dog, Don't Look Up, and Licorice Pizza for the Best Film prize, while the nominees for Outstanding British Film are No Time to Die, Belfast, After Love, Ali & Ava, Boiling Point, Cyrano, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, House of Gucci, Last Night in Soho, and Passing.
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