NFTS Graduates Go For Gold At The 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards

With the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards fast approaching, The National Film & Television School would like to offer congratulations to all our alumni nominated in this year's categories.

Sir Roger Deakins received his eleventh BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography, this time for his work on Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light, starring Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward. Roger also recently received a nomination for the 37th American Society of Cinematographers Awards and his 16th Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography on Empire of Light. 

Nominated in the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer category is NFTS Producing MA graduate Hélène Sifre for Georgia Oakley’s debut feature Blue Jean, with fellow graduate Marie-Elena Dyche also serving as Co-Producer on this gorgeously presented film.

Hélène recently returned to the NFTS to host an exclusive screening and Q&A of the already widely acclaimed Blue Jean, welcoming new students starting their own journeys at the NFTS.

Additional congratulations are in order for the over 60 National Film & Television School graduates who worked from Sound to VFX, Composing to Model Making on nominations across 17 BAFTA categories.

Three of the five films nominated for Best Film and seven of the ten nominated in the Outstanding British Film category involved the work of National Film & Television School alumni and many more had credits on films which received nominations in other categories.

Check out the highlights below!

Best Film

All Quiet on the Western Front

Art Director Patrick Herzberg

The Banshees of Inisherin

Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor Simon Chase

TÁR

Art Director Patrick Herzberg; Sound Editor Matis Rei; Dialogue Editor Justin Dolby; Sound Effects Editor Tom Jenkins

 

Outstanding British Film

The Banshees of Inisherin

Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor Simon Chase



Empire of Light

DoP Roger Deakins; Production Sound Mixer Stuart Wilson; 2nd Assistant Sound Keith Morrison; Assistant Art Director Rosalind Gregoire; Junior Draughtsperson Millie White; DFX Supervisor Dillan Nicholls; Assistant Location Manager Lorenzo Bertolazzi

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Assistant Sound Editor Louise Burton



Living

First Assistant Editor Scott Clements



Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

Set Dec Art Director Celestria Kimmins; Sound Mix Technician Nikola Zivojinovic; Sound Dailies Max Riches; VFX Artist Jakob Lundbye; Camera Operator Jermaine Edwards; Third Assistant Director: VFX Unit Etienne Newton; Production Coordinator Sofia Guiotto; Location Coordinator Hannah Cole; Additional Dailies Operators Marco Valerio Caminiti and Alex Coveney



See How They Run

Editor Peter Lambert; VFX Editor James Devlin; Location Marshal: Dailies Jeroen Cocquyt



The Swimmers

Concept Artist Elo Soode; Unit Production Manager Bryony Chaplin; Sound Design Editor Dayo James; Sound Design Editor/Rerecording Mixer Robert Malone

 

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer

Blue Jean

Producer Hélène Sifre (Co-Producer Marie-Elena Dyche)

 

Best Film Not in the English Language

All Quiet on the Western Front

Art Director Patrick Herzberg



The Quiet Girl

Dialogue Editor Louise Burton

Best Documentary

All That Breathes

Editor Charlotte Munch Bengtsen; Composer Roger Goula



Moonage Daydream

Dialogue & Crowd Editor Jens Rosenlund Petersen; Sound Effects Editor Louise Burton

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Model Makers Lisa Ott, Sophie Monks and Gemma Byrne

Best Cinematography

Empire of Light

DoP Roger Deakins

Best Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front

Art Director Patrick Herzberg



The Batman

Art Director Gary Jopling; Assistant Art Directors Will Houghton-Connell, Gareth Sprey and Agis Pyrlis; Draughtspersons Owen Robertson and Irene Dimarca



Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Model Makers Lisa Ott, Sophie Monks and Gemma Byrne

Best Sound

Avatar: The Way of Water

Boom Operator/2nd Unit Sound Mixer Ben Greaves



TÁR

Sound Editor Matis Rei; Dialogue Editor Justin Dolby; Sound Effects Editor Tom Jenkins



Top Gun: Maverick

Dialogue/ADR Editor Simon Chase

Best Special Visual Effects

The Batman

Digital Artist Jake Ferris; VFX Production Coordinator Julia C Goitia Manon

Best Short Animation

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse

Sound Designer and Mixer/Sound Editor/Music Mixer Adrian Rhodes

Middle Watch

Executive Producer Derek Hayes

Best British Short Film

Bus Girl

DoP Nick Cooke



An Irish Goodbye

Foley Artist Ross Wilkes-Houghton

Which films do you want to see win in 2023?

The EE BAFTA Film Awards will take place on Sunday 19 February and will be broadcast at 7pm on BBC One & BBC iPlayer in the UK and around the world.

Find out how you could follow in the footsteps of our award-winning graduates at nfts.co.uk/courses