Paddington In Peru snubbed by Bafta for brand new household movie award

StudioCanal Paddington in Peru poster. Paddington bear is on a boat, on a river, which is running through a rainforest. — The third movie within the Paddington franchise follows the heroic bear’s return to his homeland

The newest Paddington film is not going to be nominated for a brand new Bafta award for youngsters’s and household movies after being left off the class’s longlist.

Paddington in Peru was the top-earning British movie of 2024 on the UK field workplace and was anticipated to be a frontrunner for the brand new award, which is meant to “have fun the perfect movies interesting to inter-generational audiences”.

Nevertheless, it has been ignored by Bafta jury members for finest youngsters’s and household movie.

Paddington does have an opportunity of a nomination in one other class, although, after being included on the longlist for finest British movie.

Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is longlisted for finest British movie, finest youngsters’s & household movie and finest animated movie

A still from Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl — Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is longlisted for finest British movie, finest youngsters’s & household movie and finest animated movie

Richard Curtis’s That Christmas and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl each made the eight-strong longlist for finest youngsters’s and household movie, as did Pharrell Williams’ Lego biopic Piece By Piece, the acclaimed The Wild Robotic, and Netflix’s animated fantasy Spellbound.

The third Paddington movie was entered, Bafta confirmed, however didn’t make the reduce. Despicable Me 4 and Kung Fu Panda 4 have been additionally ignored.

Different family-friendly hits Inside Out 2 and Moana 2 can even not be nominated for the brand new award as a result of their studios didn’t put them up for it – though they’re on the longlist for finest animated movie, a separate prize.

The kids’s and household class is Bafta’s first new award for 5 years. It’s open to any movie that Bafta says has a “particular inter-generational enchantment to youngsters, younger individuals and adults”.

Movies with a ranking of U, PG or 12A have been eligible, and 19 motion pictures have been entered in complete.

Bafta mentioned the judging course of was “thorough”, with jury members watching all eligible movies earlier than voting “independently and confidentially”.

A documentary about Irish-speaking rappers Kneecap is on seven longlists together with finest movie and finest British movie

PA Media The three band members looking at the camera. One has sunglasses on his head with a dark hoodie. One is wearing a ring and a dark jumper. The other member stnds behind the first two and is wearing a colourful patterned top — A documentary about Irish-speaking rappers Kneecap is on seven longlists together with finest movie and finest British movie

Paddington in Peru will come up towards the likes of Wallace and Gromit, Gladiator II and Kneecap within the catergory for excellent British movie, as effectively director Sir Steve McQueen’s struggle movie Blitz and Mike Leigh’s Exhausting Truths.

The movies showing on probably the most longlists total are Spanish-lanugage musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez and British psychological drama Conclave.

Most longlisted movies

Emilia Pérez – 15
Conclave – 14
A Full Unknown – 11
The Brutalist – 11
The Substance – 11
Dune: Half Two – 10
Depraved – 10

Snubs and surprises

One notable absence in one of the best actress class is Angelina Jolie, who has been tipped for awards success for enjoying opera singer Maria Callas in Maria. Bafta members prefered Marisa Abela‘s portrayal of Amy Winehouse in Again to Black, which has made the longlist.

Extra music legends are on one of the best actor longlist. Kingsley Ben-Adir is recognised for enjoying Bob Marley in One Love, as is Timothée Chalamet for portraying Bob Dylan in A Full Unknown.

Different actors longlisted for real-life characters are Jude Legislation for enjoying Henry VIII in Firebrand, and Sebastian Stan for Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice.

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal is absent from one of the best actor longlist, nonetheless.

The Bafta winners will probably be introduced at a ceremony in London on 16 February.

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