• Round One longlisting introduced after BAFTA 2020 Review with the aim of levelling the playing field and ensuring more films are fully considered for nominations
• Nominations to be announced on 3 February and EE Rising Star Award nominations on 1 February

12 JANUARY, LONDON: BAFTA today revealed the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2022.

This longlisting round was introduced in 2021 for the EE British Academy Film Awards resulting in three rounds of voting.  The publication of the longlists follows the BAFTA 2020 Review, whereby over 120 wide-ranging changes were introduced across voting, membership and campaigning.

Round One voting, which took place from 10 December 2021 to 4 January 2022, produced the longlists in all categories announced today.

Every category in this round was voted on by a craft chapter, opt-in chapter or jury, with the exception of Best Film which was voted for by all film voting members.

BAFTA Film Committee Chair Anna Higgs said: “2021 continued to be a difficult year for so many, including the film industry with cinemas in the UK remaining closed until May last year and shoots continually adapting to restrictions.  Throughout the ongoing uncertainty, BAFTA has remained dedicated to making the Awards fairer for entrants, to celebrate excellence, and support a more inclusive industry.  

“We are delighted to announce this year’s longlist: such an exciting range of films, different genres and incredible performances being recognised is a real testament to the strength, ingenuity and resilience of our crews, talent and filmmakers.” 

BAFTA Chair Krishnendu Majumdar said: “The breadth of films and talent recognised in the longlist announced today shows the enduring creativity and resilience of the film industry against a backdrop of more challenges and uncertainty over the last year.  At the same time BAFTA has made considerable changes to our rules and voting processes to level the playing field for all film awards entries and importantly to ensure more titles are watched by more voters.  While nothing beats the theatrical experience of watching a film on the big screen, this year all titles have been made available to members on BAFTA View which has seen voters watching more films on average than previous years as well as a significant increase in the number of views of films overall, with over 134,000 streams already before we begin the second round of voting.  This is a positive step in our work to promote and enable a more inclusive, accessible and sustainable industry and I’m encouraged by the support of our members in the changes we’ve made and cannot wait to find out the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards on 3 February.” 

The longlists can be accessed HERE. However, the DAFTAS films will be selected from the following three nominations:

BEST FILM

15 films go through to the Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. This is the only category voted for by all film voting members in all voting rounds. 217 films were submitted for consideration.

• Being The Ricardos
• Belfast
• CODA
• Don’t Look Up
• Dune
• House of Gucci
• King Richard
• Licorice Pizza
• No Time To Die
• The French Dispatch
• The Lost Daughter
• The Power of the Dog
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
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• West Side Story

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

20 films will go through to Round Two of voting. The top five films from the opt-in chapter vote in Round One automatically receive a nomination. The next ranking 15 films will be considered by a jury, who will vote for five nominations. 10 films will be nominated in this category. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 64 films were submitted for consideration, all of which passed the BFI Diversity Standards.

• After Love
• Ali & Ava
• Belfast
• Benediction
• Boiling Point
• The Colour Room
• Cruella
• Cyrano
• The Duke
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
• Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
• House of Gucci
• The King’s Man
• Last Night in Soho
• Mothering Sunday
• Munich- The Edge of War
• No Time To Die
• Operation Mincemeat
• Passing
• Spencer

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

10 films have been longlisted, and five will be nominated. The longlist, nominees and winner in this category are voted on by a jury. 37 films were submitted for consideration.

• After Love
• Boiling Point
• Censor
• Dying to Divorce
• The Harder They Fall
• Hostile
• Keyboard Fantasies
• Passing
• The Power
• Sweetheart

Chapters are made up of a minimum of 100 BAFTA members who hold specialist knowledge in the relevant craft. Members are also invited annually to opt-in to up to three feature chapters including Outstanding British Film, Documentary, Film Not in the English Language and Animated Film, plus British Short Film and British Short Animation.  

Juries are made up of industry experts, with each jury comprised of BAFTA members from a diverse range of backgrounds, experience, gender, location and age groups.

Round Two voting, which takes place from Friday 14 January, will determine the nominations which will be announced on Thursday 3 February. Round Three voting will take place from Wednesday 9 February and will determine the winners, to be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 13 March. The EE Rising Star Award nominations will be announced on Tuesday 1 February.

All qualifying films were made available on BAFTA View, BAFTA’s online viewing platform. Voting members were able to access every entered film, allowing them to watch as many films as possible from a much earlier stage in the process than in previous years, and there have been over 134,000 streams to date.

As part of Round One voting, all film voting members were assigned a randomly selected sample of 15 films as recommended viewing ahead of voting. This ensured all entered films were each individually viewed hundreds of times and encouraged voting members to consider a wider range of films.

In Round Two of voting, members are required to watch all longlisted films before they can vote for the nominations in Best Film, their craft chapter and opt-in chapters to ensure all films are given due consideration.

The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 13 March and will be broadcast in the UK on BBC One.

The DAFTA Awards will in turn be held on the April 13th in a Central London location.