In brief
The BAFTA Film Awards are set to honor the best in cinema, with Leonardo DiCaprio's One Battle After Another leading the field with 14 nominations. Close contenders include Sinners with 13 nominations and both Hamnet and Marty Supreme with 11 each. Notable actors Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley are recognized once again, while some Oscar nominees have missed out at the BAFTAs. BAFTA chair Sara Putt expresses excitement over the recognition of British indie films alongside major blockbusters.
Leonardo DiCaprio's politically charged thriller One Battle After Another leads the field at this year's Bafta Film Awards, with 14 nominations.
It is closely followed by vampire-horror Sinners, which has 13, Shakespeare drama Hamnet and table-tennis biopic Marty Supreme, which have 11 each.
Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley, considered the Oscar frontrunners in the lead acting categories, repeat their nominations at the Baftas.
Other stars to be recognised include two actors who were notably absent from the Oscar nominations - Chase Infiniti and Paul Mescal.
That could be partly because the Baftas have more slots available - many categories have six spots compared with the five at the Oscars.
The Baftas also have additional categories dedicated to recognising UK talent - outstanding British film and outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.
I Swear, Pillion, H is for Hawk and The Ballad of Wallis Island are among the British films which are recognised in Bafta's shortlists.
It is thrilling to see British indie films and debuts in the company of blockbusters that have taken the world by storm, said Bafta chair Sara Putt.
We hope the public enjoy watching these films as much as our 8,300 BAFTA film voters have.
Although several films have performed well with Bafta, none has equalled the Bafta record of 16 nominations that was achieved by 1982's Gandhi.
Actor and TV presenter Alan Cumming will host the Bafta Film Awards at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 22 February.
Wicked: For Good might have been shut out at the Oscars, but it manages two nominations at the Baftas, for costume design and make-up and hair.
Brazilian thriller The Secret Agent has two nominations - half the number it received at the Oscars, where it got into major categories including best actor and best picture.
Other nominees include Frankenstein, a new take on the famous story about a mad professor and the creature he creates, and Sentimental Value, an emotive family drama about two daughters who reconnect with their estranged father.
The director category, meanwhile, features the same five nominees as the Oscars, but the additional slot available at Bafta means that Yorgos Lanthimos also makes it in for conspiracy theory drama Bugonia.
