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EXPLOSIVE BAFTA SNUB REVEALS OSCARS’ DIRTY SECRET! In a SHOCKING rebuke to Hollywood’s elite, the British Academy Film Awards just UNLEASHED a bombshell list of nominees that VICIOUSLY SLAPS the Oscars in the face. While the Academy SHAMELESSLY IGNORED powerhouse performances from Chase Infiniti, Odessa A’Zion, and Paul Mescal, the BAFTAs have bravely CORRECTED the record, exposing the BLATANT BIAS and political maneuvering that now defines Tinseltown’s biggest night. This isn’t just awards season—it’s a DECLARATION OF WAR.

But the scandal runs DEEPER. Look at the so-called “Outstanding British Film” category: a STAGGERING parade of obscure local titles aggressively PUSHING Hollywood giants aside. Is this legitimate recognition or a calculated, NATIONALISTIC POWER GRAB meant to humiliate American studios? Meanwhile, the $300 MILLION blockbuster Wicked: For Good was BRUTALLY BANNISHED to the technical ghetto—a clear message that box office success and audience adoration MEAN NOTHING to these out-of-touch gatekeepers.

The most DISTURBING revelation? The TOTAL ERASURE of diversity in key categories, with the same handful of A-list directors and actors circling the wagons. This isn’t about art; it’s about a CLOSED-SHOP CLIQUE protecting its own, confirming everyone’s darkest fears about the industry’s rotten core. As Alan Cumming prepares to host this circus on February 22, one terrifying question hangs in the air: if the Oscars are a rigged game and the BAFTAs are a hostile takeover, is ANY award in Hollywood actually real?

Best Film
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Outstanding British Film
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H Is for Hawk
Hamnet
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve

Director
Bugonia — Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet — Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme — Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier
Sinners — Ryan Coogler

Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Leading Actor
Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet

Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Original Screenplay
I Swear
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Pillion

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Ceremony — Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer
My Father’s Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr., Wale Davies
Pillion — Harry Lighton
A Want In Her — Myriad Carten
Wasteman — Cal McMau, Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran

Film Not in the English Language
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirât
The Voice of Hind Rijab

Documentary
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cover-Up
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

Animated Film
Elio
Little Amélie
Zootropolis 2 (Zootopia 2)

Childrens & Family Film
Arco
Boong
Lilo & Stitch
Zootropolis 2 (Zootopia 2)

Casting
I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Editing
F1
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Costume Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Make-up & Hair
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good 

Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare

Special Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
The Lost Bus

British Short Animation
Cardboard
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise

British Short Film
Magid/Zafar
Nostalgie
Terence
This Is Endometriosis
Welcome Home Freckles

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling