NetflixConclave, about a talkative and cunning group of cardinals who meet in Rome to elect a new pope, leads this year's BAFTA film award nominations with 12 nods.
It is closely followed by Netflix's Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez, which tells the story of a Mexican cartel leader who leaves the world of crime to live a new life as a transgender woman.
Top nominees in BAFTA's acting categories include Cynthia Erivo and Demi Moore for Lead Actress, and Adrien Brody and Timothée Chalamet for Lead Actress.
But Denzel Washington and Daniel Craig failed to make the shortlist for Gladiator II and Queer respectively.
Nominations for Hugh Grant in the lead actor category for the horror film Heretic, and Saoirse Ronan in the lead actress category for The Outrun, are among some of the surprises.
Jamie Lee Curtis was nominated in the supporting actress category for The Last Showgirl, but the film's lead actress Pamela Anderson, who plays an elderly Las Vegas actress, missed out on the nomination.
The most prominent films in the BAFTA nominations
12 nominations – secret meeting
11- Emilia Perez
9 – The brutal
7 – Anora, Dune: Part Two and the Villains
6 – The complete unknown and the patella
5 – Nosferatu and matter
neonAnother film expected to do well this awards season is Anora, which received seven BAFTA nominations including Best Film.
It follows the whirlwind love story between a New York sex worker and the son of a wealthy Russian.
Miki Madison has been nominated as Lead Actress and is also a nominee for the audience-voted Rising Star Award.
Her co-star Yura Borisov was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and director Sean Baker received his first BAFTA nomination for Best Director.
Universal PicturesHalf of the nominees in the best director category are first-time nominees, which also includes The Brutalist's Brady Corbett, who won the same award at the Golden Globes.
The film revolves around a Hungarian architect who is hired by a wealthy American after World War II. The film received nine nominations in total and is expected to be one of the biggest contenders for the Oscars.
Substance director Coralie Fargeat is another first-time directing nominee and the only woman nominated in this category.
Demi Moore was nominated for Best Actress for the film, weeks after winning a Golden Globe, putting her in a strong position for the Oscars.
British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste's nomination in the same category for her role as a neurotic, depressed woman in Hard Truths has boosted her momentum for an Oscar nomination.
The BAFTA shortlist is often a strong indicator of the Oscars, and last year the winners of the top six categories matched perfectly at both ceremonies.
Another Oscar-nominated film is Completely Anonymous, which traces Bob Dylan's rise to fame in the 1960s.
It was nominated for six BAFTA Award nominations including Best Film, with Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton nominated in the acting categories.
Scout picturesBlockbuster films did relatively well in nominations, with Dune: Part Two and Wicked each receiving seven nods.
Gladiator II has three nominations, but none in the acting categories, with Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Washington missing out. Director Sir Ridley Scott was also overlooked.
Erivo and Wicked co-star Ariana Grande received her first BAFTA nominations – but Wicked missed out on a Best Picture nomination.
Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Carla Sofia Gascón also received their first BAFTA nominations for Emilia Perez.
Universal PicturesFor the first time, children's and family films have their own category at the awards ceremony.
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot were nominated alongside Michael Morpurgo's Kensuke's Kingdom and Flow, about animals who must work together to survive after a flood.
The dialogue-free film was a surprise winner of the Golden Globe Award in the Animated Feature category.
The BAFTA Film Awards, hosted by David Tennant, are scheduled to take place on February 16 at London's Royal Festival Hall.
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