Following an outcry over the lack of diversity in last year's nominees and an overhaul of its rules and regulations, the EE British Film Academy Awards on Tuesday unveiled a far more inclusive field of nominees, including record nods for female directors and a leading seven nominations for Chloe Zhao's “Nomadland” and Sarah Gavron's “Rocks.”
The results on Tuesday made for a radically different BAFTAs. The leading vote-getters were Zhao's drama about a middle-aged woman who travels the American West while living out of her van, and Gavron's coming-of-age tale about a Black British teenage girl in London. “Hundreds of people were involved in that review. Out of it came a 120 changes that we've made across the organization,” said Berry. “But one of the biggest pieces of feedback was that the feeling was that not enough people were watching enough films.”