Yesterday BAFTA released the longlist of films that are going forward to round 2 of voting for this years awards! I have to admit a couple of surprises I reckon but always really interesting that they release this information.

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. 244 films were submitted for consideration.

• Another Round
• Da 5 Bloods
• The Dig
• The Father
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank
• The Mauritanian
• News of the World
• Nomadland
• One Night In Miami…
• Promising Young Woman
• Soul
• Sound of Metal
• The Trial of the Chicago 7
• The White Tiger

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. 74 films were submitted for consideration, all of which passed the BFI Diversity Standards.

• Ammonite
• Calm With Horses
• County Lines
• The Courier
• David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
• The Dig
• Emma.
• The Father
• Herself
• His House
• Limbo
• The Mauritanian
• Misbehaviour
• Mogul Mowgli
• Promising Young Woman
• Radioactive
• Rebecca
• Rocks
• Saint Maud
• Supernova