For Sama, a Syrian documentary shot over five years from inside besieged Aleppo, has received four nominations for this year's EE British Academy Film Awards.
The film has been nominated in four categories: Documentary, Outstanding British Film, Film Not in English Language and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Our Film Not in the English Language nominees are:
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🎥 The Farewell
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🎥 Parasite
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The nominations continue a golden run for the film, which was awarded the Prix L'Oeil d'Or for Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. It also took home four trophies at the British Independent Film Awards in December, including the award for best British Independent Film.
For Sama, made by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Waad Al Kateab and Edward Watts, follows the intimate and epic journey of Al Kateab through five years of her life in the rebel-held city as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to her first daughter, Sama.
The film was constructed using footage entirely drawn from Al Kateab’s extraordinary archive.
Al Kateab began filming using a mobile phone after it became clear the peaceful protests she was taking part in with fellow students from the University of Aleppo were being denied by the regime. She told The National in May that her footage was "very big evidence that the people who are there are Syrians and not, as the regime was saying, all strangers and terrorists".
Last month, British actress Emilia Clarke showed her support for the documentary, asking fans to watch the film.
The rest of the Bafta nods
Joker leads this year's nominations with 11, followed by the Netflix crime-drama The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino's ode to 1970s Los Angeles, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, both of which received 10 nominations. All three films are in contention for the Best Film award, along with First World War epic 1917 and South Korean hit and Golden Globe winner Parasite.
Joaquin Phoenix is in the running for Best Actor award for his portrayal of the Joker. He will be competing against Taro Egerton, who played Sir Elton John in Rocketman, Jonathan Pryce who starred in The Two Popes, Leonardo DiCaprio for his work in Once Upon a Time… and Adam Driver for his role in the Netflix drama Marriage Story.
Margot Robbie is competing against herself after she received two nominations in the Best Supporting Actress category for her roles in Bombshell and Once Upon a Time… and Scarlett Johansson also has two nominations, one for Jojo Rabbit in the same category, and another for Best Actress for her role in Marriage Story.
Other Best Actress nominees include Renee Zellweger for Judy, Jessie Buckley for Wild Rose, Charlize Theron for Bombshell, and Saoirse Ronan for Little Women.
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) is in the running for the British Short Film award. The 40-minute documentary follows the story of young Afghan girls as they learn to read, write and skateboard in Kabul over the course of a school year. The film won the IDA (International Documentary Association) award for best short documentary and has been shortlisted for this year's Oscars.
The awards ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, February 2, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, will be hosted by Irish comedian and television presenter Graham Norton.
Here are the full nominations for the Baftas 2020:
Best Film
1917
The Irishman
Joker
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Parasite
Best British Film
1917
Bait
For Sama
Rocketman
Sorry We Missed You
The Two Popes
Outstanding Debut by a British writer, Director or Producer
Bait, Mark Jenkin (writer/director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (producers)
For Sama, Waad Al Kateab (director/producer), Edward Watts (director)
Maiden, Alex Holmes (director)
Only You, Harry Wootliff (writer/director)
Retablo, Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio (writer/director)
Film not in the English Language
The Farewell
For Sama
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Documentary
American Factory
Apollo 11
Diego Maradona
For Sama
The Great Hack
Best Animated Film
Frozen II
Klaus
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Toy Story 4
Best Director
Sam Mendes for 1917
Martin Scorsese for The Irishman
Todd Phillips for Joker
Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Bong Joon-ho for Parasite
Best Original Screenplay
Booksmart, Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman
Knives Out, Rian Johnson
Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
Parasite, Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho,
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Irishman, Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi
Joker, Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Little Women, Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley for Wild Rose
Scarlett Johansson for Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan for Little Women
Charlize Theron for Bombshell
Renee Zellweger for Judy
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Adam Driver for Marriage Story
Taron Egerton for Rocketman
Joaquin Phoenix for Joker
Jonathan Pryce for The Two Popes
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern for Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson for Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh for Little Women
Margot Robbie for Bombshell
Margot Robbie for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Hanks for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins for The Two Popes
Al Pacino for The Irishman
Joe Pesci for The Irishman
Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Best Score
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Casting (for the first time)
Joker
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Two Popes
Best Cinematography
1917
The Irishman
Joker
Le Mans ’66
The Lighthouse
Best Editing
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Le Mans ’66
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Best Production Design
1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Best Costume Design
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Judy
Little Women
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Best Make-up & Hair
1917
Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Rocketman
Best Sound
1917
Joker
Le Mans ’66
Rocketman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Special Visual Effects
1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best British Short Animation
Grandad Was a Romantic
In Her Boots
The Magic Boat
Best British Short Film
Azaar
Goldfish
Kamali
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
The Trap
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Awkwafina
Jack Lowden
Kaitlyn Dever
Kelvin Harrison Jr
Micheal Ward
Bafta Fellowship
Kathleen Kennedy