BAFTA predictions: Will the Irish sweep many awards tonight?

Cillian Murphy, Claire Foy and Barry Keoghan are among the BAFTA nominees who will attend the star-studded film awards in London this Sunday night, February 18.

Cillian Murphy famously plays J Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist described as the father of the atomic bomb, in Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic.

While Barry Keoghan is nominated for his role as a student at Oxford, who becomes enthralled by a wealthier classmate and pays a visit to their estate in Emerald Fennell’s viral black comedy.

Her co-star Andrew Scott was a notable absence from the best actor contenders but will be in attendance at the ceremony as a presenter, alongside co-star Paul Mescal, who is nominated for the supporting actor prize.

The ceremony will feature performances by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Hannah Waddingham.

Also in attendance will be Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, who are both nominated for their roles in Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, and Colman Domingo, who is nominated for his role in Rustin, as the man who helped Martin Luther King Jr and others organise the 1963 March on Washington.

Margot Robbie’s Barbie director Greta Gerwig, who was snubbed in the directing category, will also attend alongside her husband and co-writer Noah Baumbach, and co-star Ryan Gosling, who is nominated for best supporting actor.

Gerwig and Baumbach are nominated for their screenplay for the film, which was the highest grossing of 2023.

It was previously announced that the Bafta Fellowship, the film academy’s highest honour, would be presented to actress Samantha Morton.

The EE Bafta film awards will be hosted by David Tennant at the Royal Festival Hall on February 18.

The ceremony will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer from 7pm.