Karla Sofía Gascón accepts the Greatest Worldwide Characteristic award for “Emilia Pérez” onstage throughout The Hollywood Critics Affiliation’s Astra Inventive Arts, Movie & TV Awards at Taglyan Advanced on Dec. 08, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Picture: JC Olivera/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Photos through AFP
All eyes shall be on papal thriller “Conclave” and immigrant epic “The Brutalist” at Britain’s BAFTA awards on Sunday, February 16, after an awards season crash-out for rival “Emilia Perez.”
Till final month, French director Jaques Audiard’s surreal musical, which acquired the second-most BAFTA nominations and had already received huge at Cannes and the Golden Globes, was anticipated to be a frontrunner on the British movie awards.
However previous racist and Islamophobic tweets by lead actor Karla Sofia Gascon surfaced on the finish of January, crashing the marketing campaign for “Emilia Perez” and shaking up the race days earlier than the London ceremony, simply weeks earlier than the Oscars.
Demi Moore, Timothee Chalamet, and Ariana Grande are among the many stars set to attend the glitzy evening hosted by “Physician Who” and “Good Omens” star David Tennant, which can set the tone for Hollywood’s greatest evening on March 2.
Nevertheless, Prince William, the president of the BAFTA, and his spouse Princess Catherine will skip the occasion at London’s Royal Pageant Corridor, Kensington Palace confirmed.
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British cinema shall be within the highlight, with “Fowl” by Andrea Arnold, “Blitz” by Steve McQueen, “Gladiator II” by Ridley Scott, and the brand new “Wallace and Gromit” all nominated in a devoted class.
Completely different
An underdog success story already awarded at Sundance, “Kneecap,” a docu-drama about an audacious trio of Northern Irish rappers, might additionally trigger a stir within the six classes the place it’s nominated.
However “Conclave” is main the pack with 12 nominations, in contrast to the Oscars and Golden Globe shortlists which favored “Emilia Perez” and “The Brutalist.”
The BAFTAs — the most important evening of the 12 months for the British movie business — frequently diverge from the movies favored by the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
This picture launched by Netflix exhibits Karla Sofía Gascón (left) and Adriana Paz in a scene from “Emilia Pérez.” Picture: Shanna Besson/Netflix through AP
This 12 months, the BAFTA has thrown its weight behind the papal drama “Conclave” by German-born director Edward Berger, who received huge in London two years in the past with “All Quiet on the Western Entrance”.
Set within the Vatican, the star-studded movie concerning the horse-trading that takes place after the loss of life of a pope could possibly be a crowning second for veteran British actor Ralph Fiennes, who’s eyeing his first ever BAFTA for greatest actor.
However “The Brutalist,”, a three-hour epic a couple of Holocaust survivor and architect portrayed by Adrien Brody, guarantees to be formidable competitors in 9 classes.
They’ll compete for the most effective movie award with the Palme d’Or winner “Anora”, the Bob Dylan biopic “A Full Unknown”, and “Emilia Perez,” which tells the story of a Mexican drug lord’s transition to a lady.
Spanning genres
All hope will not be misplaced for the Spanish-language musical, as BAFTA academy members started voting earlier than the tweets resurfaced. Since then, Gascon has missed a number of award ceremonies and was reportedly dropped from distributor Netflix’s publicity marketing campaign.
However even earlier than the social media controversy, “Emilia Perez,” nominated for a whopping 13 Oscars, garnered criticism for its depictions of Mexico, in addition to its use of synthetic intelligence throughout manufacturing — the identical criticism levied on contender “The Brutalist.”
The controversies might additional unsettle an already unpredictable awards season with a extremely aggressive worldwide crop of films spanning a number of genres, with no clear-cut winners.
Musical “Depraved,” horror movie “The Substance,” and science fiction “Dune: Half II” are additionally heavyweight contenders throughout classes.
FILE – Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo pose for the photographers previous to the the premiere of “Depraved” at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico Metropolis, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Picture/Fernando Llano, File)
France’s Coralie Fargeat is the one lady nominated within the directing class for “The Substance.”
Her horror movie starring Demi Moore is concerning the pressures ladies face to take care of bodily perfection as they age, and it received greatest screenplay at Cannes.
Moore, who received the Greatest Actress award on the Golden Globes, shall be competing for the BAFTA title in opposition to Gascon, Cynthia Erivo (“Depraved”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Laborious Truths”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), and Saoirse Ronan (“The Outrun”).
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The main actor award will see Brody and Fiennes pitted in opposition to Timothee Chalamet (“A Full Unknown”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Hugh Grant (“Heretic”) and Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”).
Within the supporting actress class, US pop singer Grande is nominated for “Depraved” alongside Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana (each “Emilia Perez”), Felicity Jones (“The Brutalist”), Jamie Lee Curtis (“The Final Showgirl”) and Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”).
