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We'll be ending our live coverage of this year's Bafta nominations shortly - but before we go here's a quick recap:

• Netflix's All Quiet On The Western Front leads the field with 14 nominations
• Its strong showing makes it the first film to score 14 or more Bafta nods since The King's Speech in 2011
• The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once collected 10 nominations each
• Elvis picked up nine
• Tár got five - while Aftersun, The Batman, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,Top Gun: Maverick and The Whale all got four

• The ceremony will take place on 19 February at The Royal Festival Hall in London and will be presented by Richard E. Grant

Colin Paterson
Entertainment Correspondent

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The Baftas are a terrible indicator of what is going to win best picture at The Oscars.

Only once in the last eight years has the same film triumphed at both. That was Nomadland in that most unusual of years, 2021, a time of Covid, lockdown and The Oscars being held in a railway station.

Last year Bafta went for the gothic western The Power of the Dog - while The Oscars opted for the rather lighter fare of Coda.

When Bafta chose 1917 - in 2020 - the Oscars picked Parasite.

In 2018 Roma was rewarded by Bafta, The Oscars gave it to Green Book.

The differentiation continues all the way back to 2013, when the two ceremonies last found unity over 12 Years A Slave.

The changing make-up of both voting bodies means that this demonstration of different tastes on either side of the Atlantic may not continue.

But it has been fun while it lasted.

And come 19 February, The Banshees of Inisherin will not be hoping to lose at the Baftas, to boost their Oscars chances.

Lizo Mzimba
Entertainment correspondent

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All awards ceremonies are facing dwindling viewers, with audiences - especially younger ones - seeming to prefer to instead watch whatever viral clips from awards events circulate later on social media.

This year Bafta are making strenuous efforts to reverse that trend, most notably by broadcasting the final four awards live on BBC One and iPlayer.

In previous years, the whole ceremony has been pre-recorded. But the biggest driver of audiences to shows like the Baftas is arguably the degree to which the general public feels invested in the results.

No one doubts the quality of a film like All Quiet On The Western Front. But the movies that audiences have shown the most passion for don’t feature particularly strongly in the nominations.

I’m talking about Top Gun: Maverick, a box office smash, which got four nominations in technical categories, but wasn’t recognised in Best Film or Best Actor.

And while 13 years ago the original Avatar was the joint most nominated film at that year’s event, its sequel which is performing spectacularly around the world only has two nominations for Sound and Special Visual Effects

But Bafta will be pleased at the degree of diversity in the performance categories. As another crucial factor in how audiences relate to awards events, is how credible they feel the nominations and winners are in a multicultural world.

Helen Bushby
Entertainment reporter

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Actor and writer Richard E Grant, who is no stranger to award ceremonies himself, is hosting this year's event, on Sunday 19 February.

He was, of course, nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta in 2019 for Can You Ever Forgive Me, and he positively pulsated with excitement throughout that year's awards season.

Presenter and writer Alison Hammond is doing backstage hosting duties, giving viewers what's billed as an "access-all-areas experience" and promising viewers "a lot of fun".

She memorably interviewed Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling five years ago, for their movie Blade Runner 2049, with undeniably hilarious results.

The venue is also moving from the Royal Albert Hall to a different venue in London - the Royal Festival Hall, on the banks of the Thames.

Colin Paterson
Entertainment Correspondent

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In 2020, 20 out of 20 Bafta acting nominations were white.

The President of Bafta, Prince William, voiced his displeasure during the ceremony, saying it “was simply not right”.

Bafta decided enough was enough and brought in 120 changes to the organisation, including how voting was done.

The change for 2023 was that three (instead of two) of the acting nominees were chosen by the members of Bafta's acting branch, the other three (instead of four) by a jury of experts.

Prince William should be happy with the results.

This year 10 out of 24 acting nominees are people belonging to ethnic minorities, up from seven last year. (In 2021 there were 16, but the system was radically different, including using non-Bafta members to vote).

And there is a wide variety of roles on display, ranging from Viola Davis as a warrior general in The Woman King, to Daryl McCormack as a charming sex worker in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.

One thing Bafta is clear about though is that they will not be bringing in quotas. The belief is a simple one, that the greater number of films seen by those voting, the greater the diversity there will be in the nominations.

Helen Bushby
Entertainment reporter

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Just two years ago, Top Boy and Blue Story actor Micheal Ward was nominated in the rising star category at the Bafta Film Awards.

He went on to win.

Now, he's up for best supporting actor for Sam Mendes' film Empire of Light, about a romance which develops in an old cinema on the south coast of England in the 80s.

The film is also up for outstanding British film and cinematography.

Here he is, talking about his rising star nomination back in 2020. Watch this space.

Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick was a huge success at the box office, which is why some people are surprised to see the film only got four Bafta nods - for Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Special Visual Effects.

"Top Gun got robbed" one user watching the Bafta nomination announcement live on YouTube said, external.

Maverick grossed $770m (£624m) at the international box office and helped drive record sales in the entertainment industry last year.

Tom Cruise's sequel to 1986's Top Gun was the biggest-selling title of 2022 with more than 800,000 of its 1.1 million sales from "electronic sell-through" or downloads, according to the digital entertainment and retail association.

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter

Cate Blanchett is nominated for leading actress for her performance in Tár - in which she plays a renowned orchestra conductor whose career starts to unravel when she is accused of abuse.

The actress has previously been nominated for seven Bafta Film Awards, winning three times for Blue Jasmine, The Aviator and Elizabeth.

Widely seen as one of the frontrunners for the best actress Oscar, Blanchett faces competition in the category at the Baftas from fellow awards favourite Michelle Yeoh (for Everything Everywhere All At Once).

The other nominees are Viola Davis (for The Woman King), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Ana De Armas (Blonde), and Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande).

Helen Bushby
Entertainment reporter

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Irish actor Colin Farrell, up for best actor for The Banshees of Inisherin, is firmly back on everyone's radar as a leading man.

Farrell, 46, started out as heart-throb Danny Byrn in 1998's BBC drama Ballykissangel.

Jumping across the pond to success in the US, he landed a role in the 2000 Vietnam War film Tigerland, plus a role in Minority Report in 2002, starring Tom Cruise.

But while his film career was on the up, he became infamous when a sex tape of him was made available online.

Discussing it on the BBC's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in 2008, he said: "It seemed like a good idea at the time," he said, before joking: "I might have got some of my better reviews [for the footage], which is a bit depressing."

He also made a light-hearted reference about his drug use, and was known at the time for partying and a wild lifestyle, with his name linked to famous women, including Britney Spears.

Films he starred in, including Oliver Stone's historic 2004 film Alexander and 2008's Miami Vice, got pretty mixed reviews.

But he started to recapture his early success with In Bruges in the same year, which co-starred Brendan Gleeson and was directed by Martin McDonagh - it became a cult hit.

He also starred in 2012's Seven Psychopaths and 2015's The Lobster, and played one of the courageous divers in 2022's Thirteen Lives, Ron Howard's film about the rescue of a group of young boys trapped in a flood Thai cave.

Farrell is now firmly back with his dream team of Gleeson and McDonagh for Banshees, and looks set to continue flying high during awards season.

Hold on to your hat - here's a clip of the nominations ceremony.

Helen Bushby
Entertainment reporter

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There's no doubt that Bafta voters have not showered accolades on Steven Spielberg's autobiographical movie about his childhood, The Fabelmans, which he directed and co-wrote.

It got just one nomination for best original screenplay, for Spielberg and Tony Kushner.

It was a different story at the Golden Globes last week, with five prizes - including best drama film plus best director.

However it should of course be noted that US awards often favour home-grown talent, and the Baftas have been known to do the same.

Meanwhile Black Panther: Wakanda Forever also only got one nod, for Angela Bassett, who is up for best supporting actress, while The Good Nurse also got one nomination for Eddie Redmayne, for best supporting actor.

Missing out altogether were Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Women Talking.

Each had four longlist nominations, but are shut out entirely from the shortlist.

Katie Razzall
Culture editor

At the Baftas, one category where the glass ceiling hasn't yet been broken is cinematography. Last year there was hope that would change. Ari Wegner, cinematographer on the sumptuous-looking The Power of the Dog, was nominated for a Bafta and an Oscar.

Either win would have made history. She missed out in both. Now another woman is flying the female flag - solo - at the Baftas.

Mandy Walker, the cinematographer on Elvis, is the only woman nominated in the category (up against Roger Deakins for Empire of Light, Claudio Miranda for Top Gun: Maverick, James Friend for All Quiet on the Western Front and Greig Fraser for The Batman). That is tough competition.

Katie Razzall
Culture editor

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Since 2020, Bafta has tried to level the playing field, ensuring its best director longlist, for example, has an even split of men and women. Gender isn't a consideration for voting for the shortlist, and this year, only one female director is nominated in the category of six films.

That's Gina Prince-Blythwood, a very worthy nominee for the spectacular The Woman King. Her magnificent film, unlike some of the other films being feted by Bafta's voters, was also a box office hit.

More than twice the number of male directors were submitted to Bafta for consideration over female ones and despite the even longlist, the 7,500 voters have still opted mainly for male directors. Anna Higgs, chair of Bafta film committee told me "we are levelling the pipeline based on what the industry gives us."

But she points out that 11 women directors are nominated for films across the categories and that "we are seeing a change in terms of the next generation of talent coming through".

It's also worth remembering women have actually won best director for the past two years, Jane Campion in 2022 and Chloe Zhao the year before.

This year, all the nominees in the outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer are women, including Charlotte Wells, writer/director on Aftersun which stars Normal People's Paul Mescal.

In the category for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Bafta’s 2023 shortlisted selection is:

• Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, Writer/Director)
• Blue Jean (Georgia Oakley, Writer/Director & Hélène Sifre, Producer)
• Electric Malady (Marie Lidén, Director)
• Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (Katy Brand, Writer)
• Rebellion (Maria Kenworthy, Director)

With all the excitement we left out the shortlisted titles for the category of Film Not in the English Language. They are:

• All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger, Malte Grunert)
• Argentina, 1985 (Santiago Mitre)
• Corsage (Marie Kreutzer)
• Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok)
• The Quiet Girl (Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoí)

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter

The 14 nods for All Quiet On The Western Front means it ties with 2001's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon as the foreign-language film with the most nominations in Bafta's history

The critically-acclaimed World War One epic is a new screen adaptation of the the 1928 novel by Erich Maria Remarque.

Its strong showing makes it the first film to score 14 or more Bafta nods since The King's Speech in 2011.

Read more about the film and the other Bafta nominees.

We’ve been watching the nominations live with you this afternoon. They were presented by actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh.

There have been some notable highlights from this year’s nominations.

All Quiet on the Western Front had a whopping 14 nominations across all the different categories.

The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once collected 10 nominations each.

Elvis was able to collect nine nominations from the academy critics.

And Aftersun, The Batman, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Top Gun: Maverick and The Whale received four nominations each.

In the Best Film category, the shortlisted motion pictures for the EE Bafta Film Awards in 2023 are:

• All Quiet on the Western Front (Matte Grunert)
• The Banshees of Inisherin (Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh)
• Elvis (Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCornick, Schuyler Weiss)
• Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang)
• Tár (Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan)

For Leading Actor, we have:

• Austin Butler (Elvis)
• Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
• Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
• Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
• Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
• Bill Nighy (Living)