The 75th Annual British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) are being announced this weekend, so here are Senior Film Critics Ben Rolph and Yasmine Kandil’s predictions for who is in the running to win (and who they consider a runner up that could still possibly take the award over the predicted winner). The 2022 BAFTAs is set to host many stars and filmmakers after last year’s partially online awards ceremony, with the big awards being handed out at the traditional go-to venue, London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The nominations are quite the diverse range of picks, but the one category that is an absolute mystery and has fascinated awards pundits is Best Actress which has nothing in common with this year’s Oscar nominations. Who will win; House of Gucci‘s Lady Gaga or The Worst Person in the World‘s Renate Reinsve? We’re excited to share our predictions with you today and to inform you of winners, when they are announced on Sunday March 13, which will be updated live on DiscussingFilm.
BAFTA Predictions 2022
Best Film
WINNER: Belfast
RUNNER UP: The Power of the Dog
Dune
Licorice Pizza
Don’t Look Up
Outstanding British Film
WINNER: After Love
RUNNER UP: Boiling Point
Ali & Ava
Belfast
No Time To Die
Cyrano
Last Night in Soho
Passing
House of Gucci
Everybody’s Talking About Jaime
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
WINNER: Boiling Point, James Cummings (writer), Hester Ruoff (producer) [also written by Philip Barantini and produced by Bart Ruspoli]
RUNNER UP: After Love, Aleem Khan (writer/director)
The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel (writer/director) [Also written by Boaz Yakin]
Passing, Rebecca Hall (writer/director)
Keyboard Fantasies, Posy Dixon (writer/director), Liv Proctor (producer)
Best Film Not In The English Language
WINNER: Drive My Car
RUNNER UP: The Worst Person In The World
Petite Maman
Parallel Mothers
The Hand Of God
Best Documentary
WINNER: Flee
RUNNER UP: Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
The Rescue
Cow
Becoming Cousteau
Best Animated Film
WINNER: Encanto
RUNNER UP: Flee
The Mitchells Vs The Machines
Luca
Best Director
WINNER: The Power Of The Dog, Jane Campion
RUNNER UP: Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Titane, Julia Ducournau
Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson
After Love, Aleem Khan
Happening, Audrey Diwan
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Belfast
RUNNER UP: Being the Ricardos
Licorice Pizza
King Richard
Don’t Look Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: The Power of the Dog
RUNNER UP: Dune
Coda
Drive My Car
The Lost Daughter
Best Actress
WINNER: Lady Gaga, House Of Gucci
RUNNER UP: Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person In The World
Joanna Scanlan, After Love
Emilia Jones, Coda
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Tessa Thompson, Passing
Best Actor
WINNER: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power Of The Dog
RUNNER UP: Will Smith, King Richard
Stephen Graham, Boiling Point
Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava
Leonardo Dicaprio, Don’t Look Up
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Ariana Debose, West Side Story
RUNNER UP: Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing
Ann Dowd, Mass
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Best Supporting Actor
WINNER: Troy Kotsur, Coda
RUNNER UP: Kodi Smit-Mcphee, The Power Of The Dog
Jesse Plemons, The Power Of The Dog
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Best Original Score
WINNER: Dune, Hans Zimmer
RUNNER UP: The Power Of The Dog, Jonny Greenwood
Being The Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton
Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
The French Dispatch, Alexandre Desplat
Best Casting
WINNER: Dune, Francine Maisler
RUNNER UP: Boiling Point, Carolyn Mcleod
West Side Story, Cindy Tolan
The Hand Of God, Massimo Appolloni, Annamaria Sambucco
King Richard, Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Dune, Greig Fraser
RUNNER UP: The Power Of The Dog, Ari Wegner
Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen
The Tragedy Of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel
No Time To Die, Linus Sandgren
Best Editing
WINNER: Dune, Joe Walker
RUNNER UP: No Time To Die, Tom Cross, Elliot Graham
Licorice Pizza, Andy Jurgensen
Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Joshua L. Pearson
Belfast, Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Best Production Design
WINNER: Nightmare Alley, Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
RUNNER UP: West Side Story, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo
Dune, Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos
Cyrano, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The French Dispatch, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Cruella, Jenny Beavan
RUNNER UP: Dune, Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West
Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira
Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini
The French Dispatch, Milena Canonero
Best Makeup and Hair
WINNER: The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh
RUNNER UP: House Of Gucci, Frederic Aspiras, Jane Carboni, Giuliano Mariana, Sarah Nicole Tanno
Cruella, Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne
Dune, Love Larson, Donald Mowat
Cyrano, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Siân Miller
Best Sound
WINNER: Dune, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett
RUNNER UP: No Time To Die, James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
A Quiet Place Part II, Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van Der Ryn
Last Night In Soho, Colin Nicolson, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan
West Side Story, Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: Dune, Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer
RUNNER UP: No Time To Die, Mark Bokowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green, Charlie Noble
Free Guy, Swen Gillberg, Brian Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick
The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Debenham, Hew J Evans, Dan Glass, J. D. Schwalm
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre, Alessandro Ongaro
Best British Short Animation
WINNER: Affairs Of The Art, Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
RUNNER UP: Do Not Feed The Pigeons, Jordi Morera
Night Of The Living Dread, Ida Melum, Danielle Goff, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso
Best British Short Film
WINNER: The Black Cop, Cherish Oteka
RUNNER UP: Three Meetings Of The Extraordinary Committee, Michael Woodward, Max Barron, Daniel Wheldon
Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams
The Palace, Jo Prichard
Stuffed, Theo Rhys, Joss Holden-Rea
EE Rising Star (Voted for by the public)
WINNER: Ariana Debose
RUNNER UP: Lashana Lynch
Harris Dickinson
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-Mcphee
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