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British Academy Film Awards 2021 Winners: NOMADLAND, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, SOUL, & More

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British Academy Film Awards 2021 Winners

Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Soul, and more winners have been announced for the 2021 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA Film Awards). The 74th Annual BAFTA Film Awards are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to “honour the best British and international contributions to film.”

The full listing of the 2021 British Academy Film Awards winners is below.

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British Academy Film Awards 2021 Winners Press Release

Best Film

“Nomadland”

Director

Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”)

Outstanding British Film

“Promising Young Woman”

Outstanding Debut

Remi Weekes (“His House”)

Leading Actress

Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)

Leading Actor

Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)

Supporting Actress

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Youn Yuh-Jung (“Minari”)

Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)

Original Screenplay

Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”)

Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller (“The Father”)

Editing

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen (“Sound of Metal”)

Cinematography

Joshua James Richards (“Nomadland”)

Original Score

Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Soul”)

Documentary

Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster (“My Octopus Teacher”)

Animated Film

Pete Docter, Dana Murray (“Soul”)

Film not in English Language

Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen (“Another Round”)

Fellowship Award

Ang Lee

EE Rising Star Award

Bukky Bakray

Best Production Design

Mank – Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale

Best Costumes

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth

Best Makeup and Hair

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Sound

Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc

Best Special Effects

Tenet – Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley

Best Casting

Rocks – Lucy Paradee

Best British Short Film

The Present – Farah Nabulsi

British Short Animation

The Owl and the Pussycat – Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf

Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema

Noel Clarke

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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