London welcomed a whole host of Hollywood A-listers on Sunday afternoon as the Baftas rolled into town.
Hosted by David Tennant once again, film fans were treated to a number of eye-catching ensembles on the red carpet ahead of the ceremony.
Tennant was one of the first to arrive sporting a striking dyed hair-do.
Soon after, the likes of Jeff Goldblum, Gwendoline Christie and other big names made their entrances.
There are plenty of awards up for grabs at this year’s ceremony, with the likes of The Brutalist and Conclave among those tipped to win big.
Both films face stiff opposition in the Best Film category with Anora, A Complete Unknown, and Emilia Perez also nominated.
Meanwhile, in the Leading Actor category, The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody, Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes, A Complete Unknown’s Timothee Chalamet, Heretic’s Hugh Grant, The Apprentice’s Sebastian Stan, and Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo are up for the gong.
The Leading Actress category is also stacked full of talent, with The Substance’s Demi Moore tipped for glory.
However, in order to lift the gong, she’ll have to see off Anora’s Mikey Maddison, Hard Truths’ Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Emilia Perez’s Karla Sofia Gascon, The Outrun’s Saoirse Ronan, and Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo.
In the Best Director field, bookmakers are backing a victory for The Brutalist’s Brady Corbet.
Anora’s Sean Baker is tipped to pose the fiercest competition for the gong, however.
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Elsewhere in the category, Emilia Perez’s Jacques Audiard, Conclave’s Edward Berger, Dune: Part Two’s Denis Villeneuve, and The Substance’s Coralie Fargeat are also up for the award.
While the aforementioned categories may be too close to call ahead of Sunday’s ceremony, there is one field that looks sewn up.
The Supporting Actress award is poised to go to Emilia Perez star Zoe Saldana.
If so, Saldana would see off the likes of Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Last Showgirl’s Jamie Lee Curtis, Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones and Emilia Perez co-star Selena Gomez.
For Supporting Actor, Succession star Kieran Culkin is poised to bag the award for his turn in A Real Pain.
The Brutalist makes another appearance in the category with Guy Pearce also up for the gong.
Meanwhile, Edward Norton’s stint in A Complete Unknown has also earned him a nod, as did Yura Borisov’s performance in Anora.
Sing Sing’s Clarence Maclin and The Apprentice’s Jeremy Strong round out the Supporting Actor category.
