The Vatican thriller "Conclave" and the musical "Emilie Perez" by French director Jacques Audiard won the most nominations today for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards, which will be presented on February 16 in London.
"Conclave" by German director Edward Berger received 12 nominations, and "Emilia Perez" 11. "The Brutalist," in which Adrien Brody plays an architect who survived the Holocaust, was nominated in nine categories.
The French film "Emilia Perez", which was a big winner at the recent Golden Globe Awards, was nominated in the categories of best film, best foreign film, best director and best actress, played by Sofia Cascone, among others.
"The Conclave," a story about the power struggles during the election of a new pope, was nominated in the categories of best film, best director and best actor, played by Ralph Fiennes, among others.
The BAFTA Awards, as well as the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, are often reliable indicators of who could win the prestigious American Oscars, which will be awarded this year on March 3 in Los Angeles.
However, the fires that have swept through Los Angeles have disrupted the Oscars program, whose nominations, which have been postponed twice, will be announced on January 23rd.
BAFTA was founded in 1947 as the British Film Academy. Its founders were a number of famous film artists, including David Lean, Carol Reed, Alexander Korda and Laurence Olivier. The organization's aim was to strengthen the film industry, which had weakened after World War II.
In 1958, the Academy merged with the Guild of Television Producers and Directors, and in 1976, it finally became BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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