The 74th BAFTA Awards to stream exclusively on SonyLIV

The prestigious awards night will live stream on Sunday, April 11th, 11:30 PM directly from the Royal Albert Hall in London. BAFTA 2021 will be hosted by Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary.

Lights! Camera! and a lot of Action is about to unfold as we gear up to watch one of the biggest award nights of the year. Celebrating excellence in filmmaking across the globe and bringing an enriching experience for movie lovers, SonyLIV will exclusively stream the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, 2021 (BAFTA). The prestigious awards night will live stream on Sunday, April 11th, 11:30 PM directly from the Royal Albert Hall in London. BAFTA 2021 will be hosted by Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary.

The much-coveted ceremony will see seventeen BAFTA winners being announced along with screening of nominated films and behind-the-scenes footage, which will highlight the creative process that went behind curating these masterpieces. Drumming up the buzz further, BAFTA will also honour Ang Lee with the Fellowship this year. The awards night will witness presenters like Asim Chaudhry, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sophie Cookson, Phoebe Dynevor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cynthia Erivo, Hugh Grant, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hiddleston, Felicity Jones, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, James McAvoy, David Oyelowo, Pedro Pascal, Jonathan Pryce, Rose Byrne, Andra Day, Anna Kendrick and Renée Zellweger from London and Los Angeles, respectively.

With praises pouring in from world over for his incredible performance, young Indian talent Adarsh Gourav has been nominated in the “Best Actor in a Leading Role” category at BAFTA. Gourav will compete against veteran British actor Anthony Hopkins for The Father, French actor Tahar Rahim for The Mauritanian, Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, late Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Mads Mikkelsen for the Danish language film Another Round.

Here's a quick rundown on the nominations across categories:

BEST FILM
Nomadland
The Father 
Promising Young Woman
The Mauritanian
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bahrani, Zhao – Nomadland 
Moira Buffini - The Dig
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller - The Father
Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, and MB Traven - The Mauritanian

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Calm With Horses
The Dig
The Father 
His House
Limbo
Mogul Mowgli
Promising Young Woman
Rocks 
Saint Maud 
The Mauritanian 

LEAD ACTRESS 
Vanessa Kirby - Pieces Of A Woman
Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Bukky Bakray - Rocks
Radha Blank - The Forty-Year-Old Version
Wunmi Mosaku - His House
Alfre Woodard - Clemency

BEST DIRECTOR 
Both Zhao 
Gavron
Thomas Vinterberg
Shannon Murphy
Jasmila Zbanic
Lee Isaac Chung

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya - Judas And The Black 
Barry Keoghan - Calm With Horses
Alan Kim - Minari
Leslie Odom Jr - One Night In Miami...
Clarke Peters- Da 5 Bloods
Paul Raci - Sound Of Metal

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Yuh-Jung Youn - Minar
Niamh Algar - Calm With Horses
Kosar Ali - Rocks
Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Dominique Fishback - Judas And The Black Messiah
Ashley Madekwe- County Lines

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