Nominations for the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/television/2021/10/04/bafta-announces-dates-for-2022-awards-as-well-as-changes-to-eligibility/" target="_blank">75th British Academy Film Awards </a>have been announced, with <i>Dune</i> emerging as the leader of the pack with 11 nominations. Following on from <i>Dune</i>, which was part filmed in Abu Dhabi, is Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer, <i>The Power of the Dog</i> with eight <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/television/2021/10/04/bafta-announces-dates-for-2022-awards-as-well-as-changes-to-eligibility/" target="_blank">Bafta</a> nominations and Kenneth Branagh’s <i>Belfast </i>with six. There were a few surprise additions and absentees on the list of nominees. Kristen Stewart’s <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2021/11/04/spencer-director-on-why-he-cast-kristen-stewart-as-princess-diana/" target="_blank">Princess Diana drama <i>Spencer </i></a>was snubbed entirely, as was <i>Tick Tick … Boom!, </i>which landed Andrew Garfield a Best Actor <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2022/01/10/golden-globes-2022-winners-who-won-what-at-the-private-ceremony/" target="_blank">Golden Globe last month</a>. In the Leading Actress category, there was the surprise omission of both Olivia Colman for <i>The Lost Daughter </i>and<i> </i>Nicole Kidman for <i>Being the Ricardos</i>. A surprise success came in <i>After Love</i>, which received four nominations for Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer as well as a nod for Director, Aleem Khan, and the Leading Actress, Joanna Scanlan. The film tells the story of Mary Hussain, a white convert to Islam who lives in the British coastal town of Dover. After her husband's unexpected death, she finds that he has a secret hidden across the English Channel in Calais, France. <i>Belfast</i> <i>Don’t Look Up</i> <i>Dune</i> <i>Licorice Pizza</i> <i>The Power of the Dog</i> <i>After Love</i> <i>Ali & Ava</i> <i>Belfast</i> <i>Boiling Point</i> <i>Cyrano</i> <i>Everybody’s Talking About Jamie</i> <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2021/12/19/the-most-stylish-films-of-2021-from-house-of-gucci-to-spencer/" target="_blank"><i>House Of Gucci</i></a> <i>Last Night In Soho</i> <i>No Time To Die</i> <i>Passing</i> Lady Gaga, <i>House Of Gucci</i> Alana Haim, <i>Licorice Pizza</i> Emilia Jones, <i>Coda</i> Renate Reinsve, <i>The Worst Person in the World</i> Joanna Scanlan,<i> After Love</i> Tessa Thompson, <i>Passing</i> Adeel Akhtar,<i> Ali & Ava</i> Mahershala Ali, <i>Swan Song</i> Benedict Cumberbatch, <i>The Power of the Dog</i> Leonardo DiCaprio, <i>Don’t Look Up</i> Stephen Graham, <i>Boiling Point</i> Will Smith, <i>King Richard</i> Caitriona Balfe, <i>Belfast</i> Jessie Buckley, <i>The Lost Daughter</i> Ariana Debose, <i>West Side Story</i> Ann Dowd, <i>Mass</i> Aunjanue Ellis, <i>King Richard</i> Ruth Negga, <i>Passing</i> Mike Faist, <i>West Side Story</i> Ciaran Hinds, <i>Belfast</i> Troy Kotsur, <i>Coda</i> Woody Norman, <i>C’mon C’mon</i> Jesse Plemons, <i>The Power of the Dog</i> Kodi Smit-McPhee, <i>The Power of the Dog</i> Aleem Khan, <i>After Love</i> Ryusuke Hamaguchi, <i>Drive My Car</i> Audrey Diwan, <i>Happening</i> Paul Thomas Anderson, <i>Licorice Pizza</i> Jane Campion, <i>The Power of the Dog</i> Julia Ducournau, <i>Titane</i> Aleem Khan, <i>After Love</i> James Cummings, <i>Boiling Point</i> Jeymes Samuel, <i>The Harder They Fall</i> Posy Dixon, Liv Proctor <i>Keyboard Fantasies</i> Rebecca Hall, <i>Passing</i> <i>Drive My Car</i> <i>The Hand Of God</i> <i>Parallel Mothers</i> <i>Petite Maman</i> <i>The Worst Person in the World</i> <i>Becoming Cousteau</i> <i>Cow</i> <i>Flee</i> <i>The Rescue</i> <i>Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)</i> <i>Encanto</i> <i>Flee</i> <i>Luca</i> <i>The Mitchells Vs The Machines</i> <i>Being The Ricardos</i>, Aaron Sorkin <i>Belfast</i>, Kenneth Branagh <i>Don’t Look Up</i>, Adam Mckay <i>King Richard</i>, Zach Baylin <i>Licorice Pizza</i>, Paul Thomas Anderson <i>Coda</i>, Sian Heder <i>Drive My Car</i>, Ryusuke Hamaguchi <i>Dune</i>, Denis Villeneuve <i>The Lost Daughter</i>, Maggie Gyllenhaal <i>The Power of the Dog</i>, Jane Campion <i>Being The Ricardos</i>, Daniel Pemberton <i>Don’t Look Up</i>, Nicholas Britell <i>Dune</i>, Hans Zimmer <i>The French Dispatch</i>, Alexandre Desplat <i>The Power of the Dog</i>, Jonny Greenwood <i>Boiling Point, </i>Carolyn McLeod <i>Dune, </i>Francine Maisler <i>The Hand Of God, </i>Massimo Appolloni and Annamaria Sambucco <i>King Richard, </i>Rich Delia and Avy Kaufman <i>West Side Story, </i>Cindy Tolan <i>Dune, </i>Greig Fraser <i>Nightmare Alley, </i>Dan Laustsen <i>No Time To Die, </i>Linus Sandgren <i>The Power of the Dog, </i>Ari Wegner <i>The Tragedy Of Macbeth, </i>Bruno Delbonnel <i>Belfast</i>,<i> </i>Una Ni Dhonghaile <i>Dune</i>,<i> </i>Joe Walker <i>Licorice Pizza, </i>Andy Jurgensen <i>No Time To Die</i>,<i> </i>Tom Cross and Elliot Graham <i>Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)</i>, Joshua L Pearson <i>Cyrano</i>, Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer <i>Dune</i>,<i> </i>Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos <i>The French Dispatch</i>, Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo <i>Nightmare Alley</i>,<i> </i>Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau <i>West Side Story</i>, Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo <i>Cruella, </i>Jenny Beavan <i>Cyrano, </i>Massimo Cantini Parrini <i>Dune, </i>Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West <i>The French Dispatch, </i>Milena Canonero <i>Nightmare Alley, </i>Luis Sequeira <i>Cruella</i>, Nadia Stacey and Naomi Donne <i>Cyrano</i>, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Sian Miller <i>Dune</i>,<i> </i>Love Larson and Donald Mowat <i>The Eyes Of Tammy Faye</i>, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh <i>House Of Gucci</i>,<i> </i>Frederic Aspiras, Jana Carboni, Giuliano Mariano and Sarah Nicole Tanno