While this year’s BAFTA nominations offer up a more balanced split between streamers and traditional distributors and studios than in recent years, Netflix still remains the dominant streamer in the 2021 race.The streaming giant earned 22 nominations this year – less than compared to last year’s 34 noms – across four titles, with Jane Campion’s period western The Power Of The Dog leading the pack with 8 nominations.
The title earned nods across all the major categories including Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Campion, Leading Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Supporting Actor noms for both Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee.Netflix’s Don’t Look Up scored 4 nominations including Best Film (giving the streamer two of the five noms in that category), Original Screenplay, Leading Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and Original Score.
Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut Passing also earned four nominations for the streamer, all in major categories: Outstanding British Film; Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer; Leading Actress for Tessa Thompson; and Supporting Actress for Ruth Negga.Hall, of course, wasn’t the only actress who made her debut behind the camera this year with Netflix also backing Maggie Gyllenhaal’s first directorial effort The Lost Daughter.
That title, based on an Elena Ferrante novel, earned two BAFTA nominations this year for Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actress for Jessie Buckley’s performance.Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand Of God earned two noms for Netflix including Film Not In The English Language while The Harder They Fall earned two noms including Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer.Last year saw Apple make its BAFTA debut with
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