Bafta 2019 nominations revealed: see the list

The Favourite lives up to its name with 12 gongs up for grabs

The Favourite
Rachel Weisz (left) and Olivia Colman in The Favourite
(Image credit: Twentieth Century Fox)

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has unveiled the nominees for its 2019 film awards.

The Favourite, a darkly comic take on rivalry in the 18th-century court of Queen Anne, emerges as the academy’s own favourite, leading the pack with 12 nominations - five more than its closest rival, Neil Armstrong biopic First Man.

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