Baftas 2023: The Banshees of Inisherin vies for 10 awards as Paul Mescal, Daryl McCormack and An Cailín Ciúin also nominated

Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin has been nominated for 10 Baftas, building on the film’s success at the Golden Globes last week and suggesting that it may also do well when this year’s Oscar nominations are announced, next Tuesday.

Colin Farrell, who best-actor award was one of the film’s three Golden Globes wins, has received a Bafta nomination for leading actor for his performance as the spurned friend of Brendan Gleeson’s grumpy character in The Banshees of Inisherin. Gleeson was also nominated, for best supporting actor, along with his costar Barry Keoghan for his performance as Dominic Kearney in the film. Kerry Condon received a nomination for supporting actress.

McDonagh is also in the running for best director, best original screenplay and outstanding British film at the Baftas ceremony next month. The Banshees of Inisherin was also nominated for best original score and best editing.

Farrell will be up against other Irish talent for the leading-actor prize, as both Paul Mescal, for his performance in Aftersun, and Daryl McCormack, for his role in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, have been nominated in the category. McCormack is also up for the EE Rising Star award.

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Colm Bairéad’s Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl), adapted from Claire Keegan’s novella Foster, landed nominations for best adapted screenplay and film not in the English language.

The Wonder, an adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s novel, was also recognised. The drama, starring Florence Pugh as a Yorkshire nurse who is hired by a small Irish village in 1862 to watch over a young girl, was nominated for outstanding British film.

Richard Baneham is also among today’s Irish nominees, for his visual effects on James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water.

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An Irish Goodbye, by Tom Berkeley and Ross White, is up for best British short film.

This year’s Bafta ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 19th. The SAG awards, where The Banshees of Inisherin is in contention for five prizes, take place the following week, on Sunday, February 26th. This year’s Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 24th.

Bafta film-award nominations 2023

Best film

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár

Outstanding British film

Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian and Charles
Empire of Light
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Aftersun, Charlotte Wells (writer/director)
Blue Jean, Georgia Oakley (writer/director), Hélène Sifre (producer)
Electric Malady, Marie Lidén (director)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Katy Brand (writer)
Rebellion, Maia Kenworthy (director)

Film not in the English language

All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Corsage
Decision to Leave
The Quiet Girl

Documentary

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream
Navalny

Animated film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Director

Edward Berger, All Quiet on the Western Front
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field, Tár
Gina Prince-bythewood, The Woman King

Original screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness

Adapted screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front
Living
The Quiet Girl
She Said
The Whale

Leading actress

Cate Blanchett, Tár
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Leading actor

Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Daryl McCormack, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living

Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Carey Mulligan, She Said

Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse
Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet on the Western Front
Micheal Ward, Empire of Light

Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Casting

Aftersun
All Quiet on the Western Front
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Triangle of Sadness

Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Elvis
Empire of Light
Top Gun: Maverick

Editing

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick

Production design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Batman
Elvis
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Costume design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Amsterdam
Babylon
Elvis
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

Make-up and hair

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Elvis
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
The Whale

Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Special visual effects

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick

British short animation

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Middle Watch
Your Mountain Is Waiting

British short film

The Ballad of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
An Irish Goodbye

EE Rising Star Award

Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl McCormack
Emma Mackey
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim