Calm With Horses and Wolfwalkers lead Irish interests on night two of Baftas
Wolfwalkers, produced by Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon, is up for Best Animated Film.
The second half of this year's Baftas takes place later today, with plenty of Irish interest among the categories.
Fantasy film Wolfwalkers from Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions is also among the Irish nominees, getting the nod in the animated film category, where it faces Soul and Onward, both made by Pixar.
It missed out on a Golden Globe at last month’s ceremony but has scooped awards in other competitions, including the Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards and the Hollywood Critics Association Awards.
The animation has been tipped to win the Best Animated Film Oscar this year.
Barry Keoghan and Niamh Algar are nominated in the best supporting actor and actress categories for their roles in Calm with Horses.
Keoghan faces competition from Daniel Kaluuya, Alan Kim, Leslie Odom Jr, Clarke Peters and Paul Raci in his category while Mullingar native Algar is up against Kosar Ali, Maria Bakalova, Dominique Fishback, Ashley Madekwe and Yuh-Jung Youn.
Last night, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was the main winner, picking up two of the technical prizes.
Here are the films that triumphed during the first of the two largely virtual ceremonies, which celebrated behind the camera categories.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom picks up its second award of the night, this time for Make Up & Hair. #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/Z2weZ3jKBj
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) April 10, 2021
Taking us back to Hollywood’s ‘golden age’, Mank wins the Production Design category at the #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/PzdpgiIW9k
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) April 10, 2021
