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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Peter Bradshaw

Baftas 2020: who will win – and who should win

The one to beat... Sam Mendes’ 1917.
The one to beat... Sam Mendes’ 1917. Photograph: DREAMWORKS/Allstar

Best film

Will win: 1917 (dir Sam Mendes)
Should win: The Irishman (dir Martin Scorsese)
Shoulda been a contender: Little Women (dir Greta Gerwig)

Outstanding British film

Will win: 1917
Should win: 1917
Shoulda been a contender: The Souvenir (dir Joanna Hogg)

Best director

Will win: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Should win: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Shoulda been a contender: Benny and Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems

Outstanding British debut

Will win: Bait – Mark Jenkin (writer/director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (producers)
Should win: Bait
Shoulda been a contender: Benjamin – dir Simon Amstell (writer/director)

Best film not in the English language

Will win: Parasite (dir Bong Joon-ho)
Should win: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir Céline Sciamma)
Shoulda been a contender: So Long, My Son (dir Wang Xiaoshuai)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Photograph: AP

Best documentary

Will win: Diego Maradona (dir Asif Kapadia)
Should win: The Great Hack (dirs Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim)
Shoulda been a contender: Amazing Grace (dir Sydney Pollack)

Best animated film

Will win: Toy Story 4 (dir Josh Cooley)
Should win: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (dirs Will Becher, Richard Phelan)
Shoulda been a contender: I Lost My Body (dir Jérémy Clapin)

Best original screenplay

Will win: Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story
Should win: Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story
Shoulda been a contender: Robert and Max Eggers for The Lighthouse

Best adapted screenplay

Will win: Steven Zaillian for The Irishman
Should win: Greta Gerwig for Little Women
Shoulda been a contender: Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci for The Personal History of David Copperfield

Best actor

Will win: Adam Driver for Marriage Story
Should win: Adam Driver for Marriage Story
Shoulda been a contender: Eddie Murphy for Dolemite Is My Name

Best actress

Will win: Renée Zellweger for Judy
Should win: Saoirse Ronan for Little Women
Shoulda been a contender: Marianne Jean-Baptiste for In Fabric

Renée Zellweger in Judy.
Renée Zellweger in Judy. Photograph: Allstar/BBC FILMS

Best supporting actor

Will win: Anthony Hopkins for The Two Popes
Should win: Joe Pesci for The Irishman
Shoulda been a contender: Tom Burke for The Souvenir

Best supporting actress

Will win: Laura Dern for Marriage Story
Should win: Laura Dern for Marriage Story
Shoulda been a contender: Daisy May Cooper for The Personal History of David Copperfield

Best music

Will win: Alexandre Desplat for Little Women
Should win: Alexandre Desplat for Little Women
Shoulda been a contender: Bobby Krlic (aka the Haxan Cloak) for Midsommar

Best cinematography

Will win: Roger Deakins for 1917
Should win: Roger Deakins for 1917
Shoulda been a contender: Robert Richardson for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

•The Bafta film awards take place on 2 February in London

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