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Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal among Irish nominees at BAFTAS

Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal at the 83rd Golden Globes
Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal - Big night ahead on 22 February

Hamnet stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are among the Irish nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards in the UK.

Buckley is shortlisted in the Leading Actress category for her performance in the historical drama, and Mescal is nominated in the Supporting Actor category.


Watch: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal discuss Hamnet with RTÉ Entertainment's Alan Corr

Hamnet's author, Coleraine-born Maggie O'Farrell, is on the Adapted Screenplay shortlist for her work with director Chloé Zhao on the big-screen version of O'Farrell's bestseller.

In total, Hamnet has received 11 nominations, including Best Film, Director, and Outstanding British Film.

(L-R) Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell attend the photocall for Hamnet at Shakespeare's Globe on 17 December, 2025 in London
(L-R) Hamnet director Chloé Zhao and Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell collaborated on the screenplay for the acclaimed film

Hamnet has made BAFTA history as the most-nominated film by a female director.

The school-based drama Steve, which includes Cillian Murphy and Alan Moloney's Big Things Films among the producers, is nominated for Outstanding British Film.


Watch: Cillian Murphy and author/screenwriter Max Porter discuss Steve with RTÉ Entertainment's Harry Guerin

Avatar's Irish visual effects lynchpin Richard Baneham, already a double BAFTA and Oscar winner, is among the team shortlisted for their work on Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Richard Baneham attends the world premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ash at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on 1 December, 2025
Richard Baneham

A Want in Her, the acclaimed documentary from Donegal writer-director Myrid Carten, which is an Irish-British-Dutch co-production, is shortlisted for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer.


Watch: The trailer for A Want in Her

The black sci-fi comedy Bugonia, which is produced by the Dublin-based Element Pictures, has received five nominations, including Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos and acting nods for Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.

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Emma Stone in Bugonia

The dark relationship comedy Pillion, another Element Pictures co-production, has received three BAFTA nominations, including Outstanding British Film.

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(L-R) Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård in Pillion

Akinola Davies Jr's family drama My Father's Shadow, which also includes Element Pictures among its producers, is another film that features on the shortlist for the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer category.

(L-R) Godwin Chiemerie Egbo, Sope Dirisu, and Chibuike Marvellous Egbo in an on-the-road scene from My Father's Shadow
(L-R) Actors Godwin Chiemerie Egbo, Sope Dirisu, and Chibuike Marvellous Egbo in My Father's Shadow

The Belfast-set short film Nostalgie, which includes Belfast-born director Kathryn Ferguson and writers Wendy Erskine and Stacey Gregg among its behind-the-scenes team and Aidan Gillen among its cast, is shortlisted in the British Short Film category.

Nostalgie starring Aiden Gillen
Aidan Gillen in Nostalgie

The psychological drama Die My Love, which includes Irish writer Enda Walsh among its creative team, and the grief study H Is for Hawk, which includes Irish author Emma Donoghue among its writing team and Brendan Gleeson and Denise Gough among its stars, are both shortlisted for Outstanding British Film.

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Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson in H Is for Hawk.

The comedy-drama Blue Moon, which was filmed in Ireland and produced in association with the Dublin-based Wild Atlantic Pictures, has received a Best Actor nomination for star Ethan Hawke.

Margaret Qualley as Elizabeth Weiland and Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart share a moment in Blue Moon.
Margaret Qualley and Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon

The action-comedy One Battle After Another has received the most nominations for this year's awards with 14, one ahead of the vampire thriller Sinners.

Leonardo DiCaprio looks anxiously in the rear-view mirror as Bob Ferguson in One Battle After Another
Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another

The BAFTA Film Awards will take place at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, 22 February.

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