Film4 backed The Favourite leads BAFTA nominations with 12; 21 nominations in total for Film4 and Channel 4

9 January 2019

Five Film4 backed films received a total of 20 nominations for the 2019 BAFTA Awards, announced this morning, including 12 for frontrunner THE FAVOURITE.

Director of Film4 Daniel Battsek commented: “Following her Golden Globes success we are delighted that (Queen) Olivia Colman continues to reign supreme. We are thrilled for all 20 Film4 nominations and very proud that The Favourite leads the way. Thank you BAFTA!”

Following her Golden Globe success at the weekend, THE FAVOURITE’s Olivia Colman was nominated for Leading Actress, with co-stars Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz nominated for Supporting Actress.  The film is nominated for Best Film and Outstanding British Film, with Yorgos Lanthimos also picking up a nomination for Director. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara were nominated for Original Screenplay, and the film picked up further nominations in Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair categories.

COLD WAR received four nominations – Film Not in the English Language, Original Screenplay and Director for Pawel Pawlikowski, as well as Cinematography.

Viola Davis was nominated as Leading Actress for WIDOWS.

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE also picked up one nomination, for Outstanding British Film.

And BEAST, whose producer Lauren Dark joined the Film4 team as Commissioning Exec in 2018, was nominated for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

Channel 4 coproduction THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS also picked up a nomination in the Documentary category.

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Film4 is Channel 4 Television’s feature film division. Film4 develops and co-finances films and is known for working with the most distinctive and innovative talent in UK and international filmmaking, both new and established.

Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years, Academy Award®-winners such as Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, Asif Kapadia’s box office record breaking documentary Amy, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and Phyllida Lloyd’s The Iron Lady, in addition to critically-acclaimed award-winners such as Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, Andrea Arnold’s American Honey, Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not a Witch, Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster, Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, Chris Morris’s Four Lions, Shane Meadows’ This is England, Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant, Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin and Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years.

Film4’s recent releases include Steve McQueen’s Widows, Mike Leigh’s Peterloo, Tinge Krishnan’s Been So Long, Bart Layton’s American Animals, Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War, Lenny Abrahamson’s The Little Stranger, Iain Morris’s The Festival, Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete, Clio Barnard’s Dark River and Michael Pearce’s Beast. Forthcoming releases include Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience, Stephen Merchant’s Fighting With My Family and Tom Harper’s Wild Rose. Films in production include Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield, Asif Kapadia’s Maradona, Sarah Gavron’s ‘Untitled Girls Film’, Nick Rowland’s Calm With Horses, Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang, Coky Giedroyc’s adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s How To Build a Girl, Gregor Jordan’s Dirt Music, Ben Sharrock’s Limbo, Cathy Brady’s Wildfire and Chaplin from Peter Middleton and James Spinney.

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