Baftas 2023: Stars gather for ceremony as awards season intensifies

The Bafta Film Awards instrumentality spot later, with Netflix's All Quiet On The Western Front starring the nominations.

The critically-acclaimed World War One epic is simply a caller surface adaptation of the 1928 caller by Erich Maria Remarque.

The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once person 10 nominations each, with Elvis pursuing intimately down with nine.

The ceremony, hosted by Richard E Grant, volition aerial connected BBC One from 19:00 GMT.

Nominees specified arsenic Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Ana de Armas, Paul Mescal and Cate Blanchett volition beryllium among the attendees astatine London's Royal Festival Hall.

Alongside the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards, the Baftas is 1 of the astir high-profile events of the movie awards season, which culminates with the Oscars successful March.

In the UK, the Baftas are the astir prestigious movie awards ceremonial and tin often supply the astir reliable pointer to who mightiness yet triumph astatine the Oscars.

Last year, the Oscars for champion actor, champion supporting histrion and champion supporting histrion went to Will Smith, Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose respectively, conscionable 2 weeks aft they had collected the aforesaid accolades successful the UK. Even though the Golden Globes is heralded arsenic a coagulated usher of what is to travel connected Hollywood's biggest nighttime it lone rewarded Smith and DeBose.

One victor has already been announced - Sandy Powell volition go the archetypal costume decorator to beryllium awarded the fellowship, Bafta's highest honour.

It volition again beryllium a royal nighttime arsenic the Prince and Princess of Wales person confirmed they volition beryllium attending. Prince William has been the president of the Baftas since 2010,

The ceremonial volition besides spot Dame Helen Mirren pb a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, whom she memorably portrayed connected screen. Dame Helen won some the Bafta and the Oscar champion histrion prizes successful 2007 for The Queen.

All Quiet connected the Western Front, which leads this year's Bafta nominations with 14, is simply a brutally convulsive but critically adored movie which looks astatine World War One from the constituent of presumption of a young and idealistic German soldier.

It faces contention successful the large categories from Everything Everywhere All At Once, which follows a laundrette proprietor who discovers alternate versions of herself successful the multiverse.

The inventive sci-fi escapade has 10 nominations astatine the Baftas, arsenic does The Banshees of Inisherin, which tells the communicative of 2 champion friends surviving connected a distant land who autumn retired with each other.

Close down with 9 nominations is Elvis, a cradle-to-grave biopic of the vocalist Elvis Presley, and Tár, which scored 5 nominations with its depiction of a renowned orchestra conductor who is accused of abuse.

Aftersun, The Batman, Top Gun: Maverick, The Whale and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande each person 4 nominations each.

Ana De Armas, Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Cate Blanchett, Brendan Fraser, Colin Farrell, Eddie Redmayne, Michelle Yeoh and Paul Mescal are among the nominees who are scheduled to be successful person.

Other nominated stars acceptable to beryllium determination see Angela Bassett, Danielle Deadwyler, Brendan Gleeson, Guillermo Del Toro, Ke Huy Quan, Micheal Ward, Carey Mulligan, Austin Butler, Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan.

But it's not conscionable nominees who volition beryllium descending connected the South Bank. Other peculiar guests volition beryllium invited to contiguous definite categories and yet manus the trophies to the winners.

Category presenters volition see Anya Taylor-Joy, Rami Malek, Brian Cox, Eugene Levy, Jamie Dornan, Regé Jean Page and Taron Egerton.

They volition beryllium joined by Catherine-Zeta-Jones, Gwendoline Christie, Lily James, Sir Patrick Stewart, Ariana DeBose and Troy Kotsur - the second 2 maintaining the contented of returning arsenic awards presenters a twelvemonth aft being collecting prizes themselves.

Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler are 2 of the six stars nominated for champion actress, for their performances successful The Woman King and Till respectively.

They are joined successful the class by Emma Thompson and Ana De Armas, arsenic good arsenic the frontrunners for the Oscar, Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett.

Bafta's starring histrion class recognises each 3 frontrunners this awards play - Brendan Fraser, Colin Farrell and Austin Butler.

The class is rounded retired by Paul Mescal and Bill Nighy, who besides person Oscar nominations, positive Good Luck To You, Leo Grande prima Daryl McCormack.

And successful the supporting categories, some Oscar frontrunners, Angela Bassett and Ke Huy Quan, are among the Bafta nominees.

The Baftas person astir of the aforesaid grant categories arsenic different ceremonies, including the astir high-profile prizes specified arsenic champion film, actor, histrion and director, arsenic good arsenic a full big of method categories.

But the UK ceremonial besides has further categories specifically intended to recognise British talent.

Only 1 movie - The Banshees of Inisherin - is up for some champion movie and outstanding British film.

The different nominees successful the second class see Aftersun, which stars Paul Mescal arsenic a young antheral grappling with fatherhood portion connected a summertime vacation with his daughter, and Empire of Light, Sir Sam Mendes' autobiographical tribute to cinema.

Living, which stars Bill Nighy arsenic an ageing civilian servant who changes his manner aft receiving a terminal diagnosis, is besides nominated, alongside the AI robot play Brian And Charles and the surface adaptation of Matilda The Musical.

The enjoyable whodunit See How They Run and the intelligence play drama The Wonder are besides successful contention for the British prize.

The class is completed by Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, which stars Emma Thompson arsenic an older pistillate paying a younger antheral for sex, and The Swimmers, which depicts the existent communicative of a migrant who swam to British shores aft the centrifugal of the vessel she was travelling connected broke down.

Aftersun and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande are besides nominated for outstanding debut by a British writer, manager oregon producer, on with Electric Malady, Rebellion and Blue Jean.

Actor Richard E Grant volition big this year's ceremony, stepping into the shoes of past year's presenter Rebel Wilson.

Grant was astir precocious nominated for a Bafta himself successful 2019, for his show other Melissa McCarthy successful Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Since then, helium has appeared successful the surface adaptation of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, and past twelvemonth helium released a memoir astir the past twelvemonth of his precocious woman Joan Washington's life.

Meanwhile, This Morning presenter Alison Hammond volition big the Bafta Studio, described arsenic an "immersive and access-all-areas experience", arsenic portion of the BBC One show.

The Baftas are sandwiched betwixt the Golden Globes, which took spot past month, and the Oscars, which volition beryllium held connected 12 March, marking the decision of movie awards season.

The Bafta Film Awards are broadcast connected Sunday from 19:00 GMT connected BBC One.