Peter Bradshaw 

Baftas 2020: who will win – and who should win

The run-up to this year’s Baftas have proved unusually controversial, but what will actually happen on the night? Here’s what we think
  
  

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)

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

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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