Payal Kapadia’s film All We Imagine as Light continues to receive international appreciation. Following the Golden Globes nomination, the film has now been shortlisted for three BAFTA awards. The British Academy announced the longlist for the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards, where the film is nominated for Best Director, Original Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language.

In the Best Film Not in English Language category, All We Imagine As Light competes with films Such as The Black Dog, The Count of Monte Cristo and Emilia Perez. For the Best Director category, Payal Kapadia stands alongside directors like Shawn Baker, Brady Corbett and Denis Villeneuve. The Original Screenplay category includes contenders like Anora, The Apprentice and The Brutalist.

Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez leads with 15 nominations, while Edward Berger’s Conclave is in second place with 14 nominations. Spanish-language musical thriller Emilia Perez has been picked up by Netflix and is in the running for best film, director and lead actor.

The Vatican-set mystery thriller Conclave has nominations for best picture, director and lead actor for Ralph Fiennes.

Here’s the full long list:

best movie

Anora

learner

brutalist

a complete unknown

conclave

Dune: Part 2

Emilia Perez

knees

Substance

Wicked

excellent british film

back to Black

Bird

the Blitz

civil war

conclave

gladiator ii

harsh truth

knees

Took

love Lies Bleeding

move on

Paddington in Peru

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul

we live in time

wicked little letters

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

bring them down

grand theft hamlet

heap

knees

monkey Man

falling over

Satisfaction

sister midnight

mango flavor

Teacher

children and family film

Flow

Kensuke’s Empire

piece by piece

mesmerized

that christmas

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul

wild robot

young woman and the ocean

The movie is not in English language

We imagine everything as light

black Dog

vengeance

Emilia Perez

Flow

girl with needle

i’m still here

knees

la chimera

sacred fig seed

documentary

bb files

black box diaries

daughters

Elton John: Never Too Late

I am: Celine Dion

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

no other land

Ibelin’s remarkable life

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Will and Harper

animated film

despicable me 4

Flow

inside out 2

memoir of a snail

Moana 2

that christmas

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul

wild robot

director

We all imagine ourselves as light, Payal Kapadia

Anora, Shawn Baker

Brutalist, Brady Corbett

Conclave, Edward Berger

Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve

Emilia Perez, Jacques Audiard

La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher

Lee, Ellen Kuras

The Outrun, Nora Fingscheidt

Matter, Coralie Fargate

original script

We imagine everything as light

Anora

learner

brutalist

Challengers

civil war

heretic

knees

a real pain

Substance

adapted script

a complete unknown

conclave

Dune: Part 2

Emilia Perez

Took

nickel boy

night routine

move on

sing Sing

Wicked

lead actress

Amy Adams, Nightbitch

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

demi moore, substance

Carla Sofa Gascon, Emilia Perez

Kate Winslet, Lee

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, The Hard Truth

Marisa Abela, Back to Black

Mickey Madison, Anora

nicole kidman, babygirl

Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun

leading actor

Adrien Brody, Brutalist

colman domingo, sing sing

Daniel Craig, queer

Dev Patel, Monkey Man

Hugh Grant, heretic

Jude Law, Firebrand

Kingsley Ben Adir, Bob Marley: One Love

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Timothée Chalamet, a complete unknown

supporting Actress

Adriana Paz, Emilia Perez

ariana grande, wicked

Emily Watson, Little Things Like This

Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl

Margaret Qualley, The Substance

Michelle Austin, Hard Truth

Selena Gomez, Emilia Perez

Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

supporting Actor

Clarence McLean, Sing Sing

Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

Edward Norton, a complete unknown

Guy Pearce, Brutalist

Harris Dickinson, Babygirl

Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Kieran Culkin, a real pain

Mark Eidelshtein, Anora

Stanley Tucci, Conclave

Yura Borisov, Anora

Casting

Anora

learner

back to Black

the Blitz

brutalist

a complete unknown

conclave

Emilia Perez

knees

Wicked

cinematography

Anora

brutalist

civil war

a complete unknown

conclave

Dune: Part 2

Emilia Perez

gladiator ii

Nosferatu

Substance

costume design

beetlejuice, beetlejuice

the Blitz

a complete unknown

conclave

Dune: Part 2

Emilia Perez

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

gladiator ii

Nosferatu

Wicked

editing

Anora

Challengers

civil war

a complete unknown

conclave

Dune: Part 2

Emilia Perez

gladiator ii

knees

Substance

makeup and hair

learner

beetlejuice, beetlejuice

the Blitz

a complete unknown

Dune: Part 2

Emilia Perez

Joker: Folie € Deux

Nosferatu

Substance

Wicked

original score

beetlejuice, beetlejuice

the Blitz

brutalist

conclave

Emilia Perez

gladiator ii

Nosferatu

move on

Substance

wild robot

production design

beetlejuice, beetlejuice

the Blitz

brutalist

a complete unknown

conclave

Dune: Part 2

gladiator ii

Nosferatu

Substance

Wicked

special visual effects

Alien: Romulus

beetlejuice, beetlejuice

better man

civil war

deadpool and wolverine

Dune: Part 2

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

gladiator ii

kingdom of the planet of the apes

Wicked

sound

the Blitz

brutalist

civil war

a complete unknown

conclave

Dune: Part 2

Emilia Perez

gladiator ii

Substance

Wicked

British short animation

Etcetera

me and bird

Mog’s Christmas

Dip

three rabbits

turn to wonder

British short film

restrictions

clodagh

Flowers stand silently, bearing witness

homework

Marion

Milk

rock, paper, scissors

sister Wives

stomach bug

woodlice

The BAFTA Film Awards 2025 nominations will be revealed by 2024 EE Rising Star winner Mia McKenna-Bruce and BAFTA-winner Will Sharp on Wednesday, January 15 at 12pm (GMT). The announcement will take place at BAFTA’s headquarters in London, and will be streamed live on BAFTA’s YouTube channel.

The BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will return to the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Center in central London. It will be telecast on 16th February.

As for All We Imagine as Light, the film tells the heart-touching story of two Malayali nurses, Prabha and Anu. Prabha’s life changes when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband, while Anu faces challenges in finding privacy with her partner. Directed by Payal Kapadia, the film stars Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hriday Haroon. It won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and is available for streaming on Prime Video from January 3.