Peter Bradshaw’s Baftas predictions: which films will win – and which should?

Can Poor Things return rich with mask trophies, or will Oppenheimer raze the competition? Our chief critic places his bets for Sunday’s ceremony

Best film

Will win Oppenheimer
Should win Poor Things
Shoulda been a contender Godland

Best director

Will win Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest
Should win Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest
Shoulda been a contender Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Will win Molly Manning Walker for How to Have Sex
Should win Molly Manning Walker for How to Have Sex
Shoulda been a contender Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping for Femme

Best British film

Will win The Zone of Interest
Should win All of Us Strangers
Shoulda been a contender Typist Artist Pirate King

Best film not in the English language

Will win The Zone of Interest
Should win Past Lives
Shoulda been a contender The Eight Mountains

Best animated film

Will win The Boy and the Heron
Should win The Boy and the Heron
Shoulda been a contender Orion and the Dark

Best original screenplay

Will win Celine Song for Past Lives
Should win Celine Song for Past Lives
Shoulda been a contender Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott for Bottoms

Best adapted screenplay

Will win Tony McNamara for Poor Things
Should win Tony McNamara for Poor Things
Shoulda been a contender Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon

Best leading actor

Will win Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers
Should win Bradley Cooper for Maestro
Shoulda been a contender Joaquin Phoenix for Napoleon

Best leading actress

Will win Emma Stone for Poor Things
Should win Carey Mulligan for Maestro
Shoulda been a contender Glenda Jackson for The Great Escaper

Best supporting actor

Will win Robert Downey Jr for Oppenheimer
Should win Paul Mescal for All of Us Strangers
Shoulda been a contender Aiden Gillen for Dance First

Best supporting actor

Will win Rosamund Pike for Saltburn
Should win Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers
Shoulda been a contender Ebla Mari for The Old Oak

Best original score

Will win Jerskin Fendrix for Poor Things
Should win Jerskin Fendrix for Poor Things
Shoulda been a contender Mica Levi for The Zone of Interest

Best cinematography

Will win Matthew Libatique for Maestro
Should win Łukasz Żal for The Zone of Interest
Shoulda been a contender Maria von Hausswolff for Godland

Source: The Guardian