The 76th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 19 February 2023, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2022, at the Royal Festival Hall within London's Southbank Centre. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2022.
The nominations were announced on 19 January 2023 via a global livestream, hosted by actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh, from the arts charity's newly redeveloped HQ at 195 Piccadilly, London. The Rising Star Award nominees, which is the only category voted for by the British public, were announced on 17 January 2023.
The German language epic anti-war drama All Quiet on the Western Front received the most nominations with fourteen, tying the record set by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) as the most nominated non-English language film in the awards' history; winning seven of these, including Best Film, Best Director (Edward Berger) and Best Film Not in the English Language, the World War I epic set a new record for the most BAFTA wins for a non-English language film.
The ceremony was co-hosted by Swazi-English BAFTA- and Academy Award-nominated actor Richard E. Grant and British television personality Alison Hammond, who also helmed the backstage interviews. Presenters Vick Hope and BBC Radio 1 film critic Ali Plumb hosted the red carpet pre-show. The broadcast aired on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK, and was simulcast globally in eight countries.
Winners and nominees
The BAFTA longlists were unveiled on 6 January 2023, featuring between ten and sixteen nominees in each category. The nominees were announced on 19 January 2023. The winners were announced on 19 February 2023.
BAFTA Fellowship
Sandy Powell
Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert The Banshees of Inisherin – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh Elvis – Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang Tár – Todd Field, Scott Lambert and Alexandra Milchan | valign="top" width="50%"| Edward Berger – All Quiet on the Western Front Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave Todd Field – Tár Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie Daryl McCormack – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande as Leo Grande / Connor Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Paterson Bill Nighy – Living as Rodney Williams Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár Viola Davis – The Woman King as General Nanisca Ana de Armas – Blonde as Norma Jeane Mortensen / Marilyn Monroe Danielle Deadwyler – Till as Mamie Till-Mobley Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande as Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin as Dominic Kearney Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse as Charlie Cullen Albrecht Schuch – All Quiet on the Western Front as Stanislaus "Kat" Katczinsky Micheal Ward – Empire of Light as Stephen Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Queen Ramonda Hong Chau – The Whale as Liz Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness as Abigail Carey Mulligan – She Said as Megan Twohey The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert The Fabelmans – Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg Tár – Todd Field Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell Living – Kazuo Ishiguro The Quiet Girl – Colm Bairéad She Said – Rebecca Lenkiewicz The Whale – Samuel D. Hunter Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Dean Fleischer Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford and Mark Swift Turning Red – Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins Navalny – Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller and Odessa Rae All That Breathes – Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer and Aman Mann All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov and John Lyons Fire of Love – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman Moonage Daydream – Brett Morgen All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger and Malte Grunert Argentina, 1985 – Santiago Mitre, Victoria Alonso, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Axel Kuschevatzky and Federico Posternak Corsage – Marie Kreutzer Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook and Ko Dae-seok The Quiet Girl – Colm Bairéad and Cleona Ní Chrualaoí Elvis – Nikki Barrett and Denise Chamian Aftersun – Lucy Pardee All Quiet on the Western Front – Simone Bär Everything Everywhere All at Once – Sarah Halley Finn Triangle of Sadness – Pauline Hansson All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend The Batman – Greig Fraser Elvis – Mandy Walker Empire of Light – Roger Deakins Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda Elvis – Catherine Martin All Quiet on the Western Front – Lisy Christl Amsterdam – J.R. Hawbaker and Albert Wolsky Babylon – Mary Zophres Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beavan Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers All Quiet on the Western Front – Sven Budelmann The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen Elvis – Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton Elvis – Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston and Shane Thomas All Quiet on the Western Front – Heike Merker The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Zoe Tahir Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical – Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower and Sharon Martin The Whale – Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin and Adrien Morot All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann Babylon – Justin Hurwitz The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat Babylon – Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino All Quiet on the Western Front – Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper The Batman – James Chinlund and Lee Sandales Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy and Bev Dunn Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Curt Enderle and Guy Davis All Quiet on the Western Front – Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler Avatar: The Way of Water – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle Elvis – Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson and Wayne Pashley Tár – Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single and Roland Winke Top Gun: Maverick – Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor and Mark Weingarten Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon All Quiet on the Western Front – Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller and Frank Petzold The Batman – Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy Everything Everywhere All at Once – Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck and Zak Stoltz Top Gun: Maverick – Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson and Ryan Tudhope The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski Brian and Charles – Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl and Chris Hayward Empire of Light – Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski and Katy Brand Living – Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Kazuo Ishiguro Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical – Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly and Dennis Kelly See How They Run – Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones and Mark Chappell The Swimmers – Sally El Hosaini, Tim Bevan, Tim Cole, Eric Fellner, Ali Jaafar and Jack Thorne The Wonder – Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch and Emma Donoghue Aftersun – Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director) Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director) and Hélène Sifre (Producer) Electric Malady – Marie Lidén (Director) Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Katy Brand (Writer) Rebellion – Elena Sánchez Bellot (Director) and Maia Kenworthy (Director) The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller and Hannah Minghella Middle Watch – John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden and Giles Healy Your Mountain Is Waiting – Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim and Harriet Gillian An Irish Goodbye – Tom Berkeley and Ross White The Ballad of Olive Morris – Alex Kayode-Kay Bazigaga – Jo Ingabire Moys and Stephanie Charmail Bus Girl – Jessica Henwick and Louise Palmkvist Hansen A Drifting Up – Jacob Lee Emma Mackey Naomi Ackie Sheila Atim Daryl McCormack Aimee Lou Wood
Ceremony information
The format of this awards ceremony was altered somewhat by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, with the inclusion of a live broadcast of the awards for the final four categories rather than the pre-recorded format used in previous years. There was also a backstage studio for interviews with winners, nominees and others, and various music performances during the broadcast. The broadcast was streamed live by BritBox in eight other countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States.
Across all categories, German war film All Quiet on the Western Front achieved the most nominations, with fourteen; it was not the only foreign language film to receive major nominations, with this suggested to be reflective of a similar change in consumption of non-English media. All Quiet on the Western Front tied with 2000's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in being the most nominated non-English film in BAFTA history; both films also tie with 2007's Atonement as the second-most nominated films ever behind 1982's Gandhi, which received sixteen nominations. In addition, mixed-language films The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once each received ten nominations, this year's second-most total. Media noted that the nominations largely omitted some films that were seeing success at other award shows, including Avatar: The Way of Water, The Fabelmans and Top Gun: Maverick, with other popular films being completely shut out.
By intention, the nominated films in 2023 were diverse in both scale and talent: multiple nominations were given to both Hollywood blockbusters and regional indie films, while there was also "40% ethnic diversity in [the] nominees". There had been 120 changes made to the voting process for the 2023 Awards, notably expanding the longlist and making jurors watch a certain percentage of the films on it, as well as randomly assigning required viewing to counter bias in the selection of films voters watch, and adding 1,000 new BAFTA members from underrepresented backgrounds. BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip indicated that there may be future changes to the voting process, saying that it will be reviewed and reassessed each year.