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BAFTA Shocker! Snubs & Surprises Include No Lily Gladstone & No Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig Or Yorgos Lanthimos In Best Director


BAFTA revealed a lively film nominations list this morning full of talking points. Among major surprises were the omissions of Killers Of The Flower Moon actress Lily Gladstone, who last week won a…

The picture is perhaps slightly less surprising given the context of a push BAFTA has made in recent years to foreground a greater diversity of content, including more British films. Check back in later for our interview with BAFTA exec Anna Higgs in which she addresses attempts at creating a “level playing field”. DGA and Golden Globes nominee Yorgos Lanthimos was a shock omission to some in the Best Director category after such universal acclaim for Poor Things.

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