BAFTA shortlists out; Farhan Akhtar's Boong makes its way into eight-film list

Farhan Akhtar is ecstatic as the projects he backs as a producer, titled Boong, has made the eight-film shortlist for a BAFTA award in the Children's and Family Film category. "Boong's journey just reached a beautiful milestone," Farhan wrote in his Instagram Stories, followed by a three fingers emoticon that represents 'I Love You'. The film, which marks Lakshmipriya Devi's directorial debut, stars Gugun Kipgen, Bala Hijam, Angom Sanamatum, and Vikram Kochhar.

Also part of the shortlist are films such as Arco, Elio, How to Train Your Dragon, Grow, Lio and Stitch, Zootropolis 2, and Little Amelie. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has chosen these films out of the 14 submissions for the award consideration. A jury will decide on the longlist, the nominees and the winner in the category.

Here is the full list of nominations for some categories:

Best Film

1. The Ballad of Wallis Island

2. Bugonia

3. Frankenstein

4. Hamnet

5. I Swear

6. Marty Supreme

7. Nuremberg

8. One Battle After Another

9. Sentimental Value

10. Sinners

Best Director

1. Yorgos Lanthimos for Bugonia

2. Lynne Ramsay for Die My Love

3. Chloé Zhao for Hamnet

4. Kathryn Bigelow for A House of Dynamite

5. Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme

6. Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another

7. Hikari for Rental Family

8. Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value

9. Ryan Coogler for Sinners

10. Kaouther Ben Hania for The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Actor

1. Robert Aramayo for I Swear

2. Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme

3. Russell Crowe for Nuremberg

4. Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another

5. Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams

6. Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon

7. Michael B Jordan for Sinners

8. Harry Melling for Pillion

9. Cillian Murphy for Steve

10. Jesse Plemons for Bugonia

Best Actress

1. Jessie Buckley for Hamnet

2. Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

3. Cynthia Erivo for Wicked: For Good

4. Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue

5. Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another

6. Jennifer Lawrence for Die My Love

7. Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value

8. Andrea Riseborough for Dragonfly

9. Emma Stone for Bugonia

10. Tessa Thompson for Hedda

The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards will be out on January 27, Tuesday, with the final awards ceremony set to take place on February 22, Sunday.