There will be a major glaring issue at hand at the Royal Albert Hall this evening. At the point when the Bafta designations were reported a month ago, it turned out to be bounteously evident that they had failed.
Those expecting a well-spoken to yield of different gestures quickly understood that individuals had gained nothing from the #OscarsSoWhite disaster a couple of years past, rather declaring a program that perceived both Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie twice.
Wanting to include a component of fervor in spite of the debate is Graham Norton, who is facilitating unexpectedly.
That most of the crowd will have sat on his visit show couch at once or another may assist things with being less cumbersome than earlier years.
Likewise helping is the way that the current year’s function will really be genuinely capricious.
The Irishman and Marriage Story may have been leaders when the season commenced in September, yet they’ve fallen by the wayside for Sam Mendes’ war show 1917 and South Korean masterwork Parasite.
Considering Netflix’s Spanish language-show Roma wound up beating inevitable Best Picture victor Green Book a year ago, however, there is still some expectation for Martin Scorsese and Noah Baumbach’s movies.
Best film
Will win: 1917 (dir Sam Mendes)
Should win: The Irishman (dir Martin Scorsese)
Shoulda has been a contender: Little Women (dir Greta Gerwig)
Outstanding British film
Will win: 1917
Should win: 1917
Shoulda has been a contender: The Souvenir (dir Joanna Hogg)
Best director
Will win: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Should win: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Shoulda has been a contender: Benny and Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems
Outstanding British debut
Will win: Bait – Mark Jenkin (writer/director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (producers)
Should win: Bait
Shoulda has been a contender: Benjamin – dir Simon Amstell (writer/director)
Best film not in the English language
Will win: Parasite (dir Bong Joon-ho)
Should win: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir Céline Sciamma)
Shoulda has been a contender: So Long, My Son (dir Wang Xiaoshuai)
Best documentary
Will win: Diego Maradona (dir Asif Kapadia)
Should win: The Great Hack (dirs Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim)
Shoulda has been a contender: Amazing Grace (dir Sydney Pollack)
Best animated film
Will win: Toy Story 4 (dir Josh Cooley)
Should win: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (dirs Will Becher, Richard Phelan)
Shoulda has been a contender: I Lost My Body (dir Jérémy Clapin)
Best original screenplay
Will win: Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story
Should win: Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story
Shoulda has been a contender: Robert and Max Eggers for The Lighthouse
Best adapted screenplay
Will win: Steven Zaillian for The Irishman
Should win: Greta Gerwig for Little Women
Shoulda has been a contender: Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci for The Personal History of David Copperfield
Best actor
Will win: Adam Driver for Marriage Story
Should win: Adam Driver for Marriage Story
Shoulda has been a contender: Eddie Murphy for Dolemite Is My Name
Best actress
Will win: Renée Zellweger for Judy
Should win: Saoirse Ronan for Little Women
Shoulda has been a contender: Marianne Jean-Baptiste for In Fabric
Best supporting actor
Will win: Anthony Hopkins for The Two Popes
Should win: Joe Pesci for The Irishman
Shoulda has been a contender: Tom Burke for The Souvenir
Best supporting actress
Will win: Laura Dern for Marriage Story
Should win: Laura Dern for Marriage Story
Shoulda has been a contender: Daisy May Cooper for The Personal History of David Copperfield
Best music
Will win: Alexandre Desplat for Little Women
Should win: Alexandre Desplat for Little Women
Shoulda has been a contender: Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) for Midsommar
Best cinematography
Will win: Roger Deakins for 1917
Should win: Roger Deakins for 1917
Shoulda has been a contender: Robert Richardson for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood