LOS ANGELES >> The British Academy of Film and Television Arts dropped its list of 2024 movie-award nominations Thursday, and there’s a healthy amount of surprises among them. For instance, while “Oppenheimer” rules the roost as expected, with 13 nominations, “Barbie” collects only five and is snubbed for top film and director. But while the awards are voted on by industry professionals with significant membership overlap with the stateside Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — much the same criterion that makes the SAGs and the other guilds good predictors of Oscar results — BAFTA and the Oscars often go separate ways when it comes to, say, best picture.

Among this year’s nominations, “Poor Things” is in second place with 11, but despite scoring nods for best film, outstanding British film and adapted screenplay, it’s snubbed for direction and actors not named Emma Stone. “Past Lives” got love for its screenplay, lead actor Teo Yoo and best film not in the English language, in something of a “Minari” conundrum — but not for best film or for its acclaimed lead actress, Greta Lee, or director Celine Song. As expected, the German-language British film “The Zone of Interest” is positioned in pretty much every category it could be, except — perhaps oddly — for best film. It’s in the outstanding British film group, but does not join “Poor Things” in both.

American audiences will recognize almost all the names and films in the running for the non-British-only awards, with lead actress contender Vivian Oparah of “Rye Lane” a likely exception. Otherwise, the acting nods pretty much echo those heard throughout awards season, notably closely resembling the SAGs, plus the inclusion of Fantasia Barrino (“The Color Purple”), Yoo and the “Saltburn” trio of Jacob Elordi, Barry Keoghan and Rosamund Pike. Two supporting performers from the outstanding British film contender “All of Us Strangers,” Claire Foy and Paul Mescal, also are invited to the party.

Sandra Hüller scored two noms (for lead actress in “Anatomy of a Fall,” which was all over the nominations, and supporting for “Zone”). Other performers with multiple nominations are Bradley Cooper (as lead actor and director of “Maestro”) and Elordi (as a supporting actor in “Saltburn” and for the public-voted EE Rising Star award). Christopher Nolan, of course, is up three times for “Oppenheimer,” as its producer, writer and director. He did not receive a craft services nod.

But for Oscar watchers, how significant are BAFTAs? When it comes to best picture, they’re about 39% significant. That’s the perhaps surprisingly low percentage the BAFTAs and Oscars have aligned in the top category since 1990 (13-for-33). They’ve only agreed once in the last nine years — on “Nomadland.” That 39% figure is considerably lower than, say, that of the Critics’ Choice Awards (57%, or 16-for-28 since their inception in 1996). The PGAs remain the best predictor by far (68% since 1990).

The BAFTAs and Oscars agree much more often when it comes to acting and directing. They’ve been in step on six of the last 10 supporting actresses, seven of the last 10 supporting actors and directors, and are especially in tune when it comes to lead actors and actresses, matching eight of the last 10. So that’s potentially good news for the acting and directing nominees.

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