jane campion is also nominated for best director, one of three women on the six strong shortlist. these are the british academy awards and there is good representation for british films. belfast is up for six awards that include best film, and supporting performer nominations for katrina balfe. women are very mysterious. and for ciaran hinds. your wife becomes less mysterious over the years. do you really like her? when i grow up, i want to marry her. it s a semiautobiographical film by kenneth branagh about growing up in belfast during the troubles. the young star is 11 year old jude hill who is overwhelmed by the movie s reception. it feels like i m having some sort of dream and there has been a lot of pinch me moments where i m stilljust questioning everything i look at. but with all these really nice
conservationists ultimately plan to roll out the vaccine around the world, including in wild asian elephant herds. the disease is one of many threats to their survival. all the work here in chester has meant that little indali was the zoo s first calf in ten years to reach her fifth birthday. and that is a reason to celebrate. victoria gill, bbc news, chester zoo. the nominations for this year s bafta film awards have been announced with sir kenneth branagh s belfast in the running for awards including outstanding british film and best original screenplay. in total there were six nods for the account of growing up in the troubles. benedict cumberbatch s netflix western the power of the dog recieved eight, while sci fi epic dune has 11. entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. leading the way the science fiction epic dune. it was one of the first post pandemic blockbusters and is up for best film and ten other awards
and we should always be mindful of that fact. another oil giant posts bumper profits bp made almost £10 billion last year. the power of the dog leads the way at the oscar nominations in contention for 12 awards. sir kenneth branagh s belfast has seven. good afternoon. the health secretary, sajid javid, has outlined the delayed plans to tackle the backlog of patients on nhs hospital waiting lists in england. mrjavid told the commons the number of people waiting for elective care has risen to six million. the devolved nations have set out their own recovery plans. that figure of six million represents around one in nine
on a film, a smaller film. maybe they have been taking a punt on a film, a smallerfilm. it is hard to know at home what s big and what s more, they are all films. i think there is a slightly more level playing field in this. playing field in this. cinema going is still not quite playing field in this. cinema going is still not quite back playing field in this. cinema going is still not quite back to playing field in this. cinema going is still not quite back to normal i is still not quite back to normal for obvious reasons. perhaps some people still don t feel comfortable. are more people have invested in a streaming service perhaps they thought they couldn t afford before the pandemic. has that changed things, are there films we might see a nod to today that have been made in covid restricted times? flan a nod to today that have been made in covid restricted times? in covid restricted times? can you sot in covid restricted times? can you spot them? in covid restricted times?
very few people have seen? this is an important issue, because if only arthouse movies with limited appeal are nominated for best picture, it will limit the ability of the all important academy awards telecast to bring in an audience. and in recent times, the ratings for that show have been in a freefall. in los angeles and elsewhere, 0scar voters have been making their choices, determining what this awards season will look like. 0ddsmakers predict that among the ten best picture nominees will be steven spielberg s west side story, jane campion s the power of the dog, paul thomas anderson s licorice pizza, denis villeneuve s dune, and kenneth branagh s belfast. but on hollywood boulevard in conversation with movie fans, it s clear that there isn t much familiarity with this year s likely 0scar contenders. movies like belfast will probably get multiple nominations, what do you know about that?