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Conclave blessed with 12 Bafta nominations as Nicole Kidman and Denzel Washington shut out
Acting shortlists are dominated by newcomers to the exclusion of industry veterans, but The Substance’s Coralie Fargeat is the only female director in shortlist of six
When the Bafta longlists were revealed a fortnight ago, there was surprise that three of the actors assumed to be shoo-ins in the leading actress race were absent: Maria’s Angelina Jolie and Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore for The Room Next Door – both dramas were entirely locked out of contention. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/AlamyOn Wednesday, frontrunner Nicole Kidman for Babygirl failed to make the final cut, meaning the category looks remarkably hard to predict, with Demi Moore the likely leader, off the back of her Golden Globe win for body horror The Substance, closely followed by Emilia Peréz’s Karla Sofía Gascón and Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo. While Bafta has introduced gender parity quotas at its longlist stage in key behind-the-scenes categories, these failed to be replicated on the shortlists, with only one female director making the cut: The Substance’s Coralie Fargeat, who joins Berger, Corbet, Audiard, Anora’s Sean Baker and Denis Villeneuve, for Dune: Part Two.
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