00:00I think it's a
00:05really, really exciting, bold, you know, big film.
00:10Big themes, really entertaining movies that also raise questions.
00:15And challenge us, particularly films like Sinners, One Battle After...
00:20And then what I also love is the British flavour.
00:25You know, that we've got some really, really high-profile international films and we've also...
00:30We've got that British element.
00:32Ballad of Wallis Island, I swear, which, you know...
00:35It seems to have been so popular with those two.
00:37This list, I feel, has been a...
00:40For cinema.
00:41It is a wonderful celebration of storytelling, of human creativity.
00:45I think it's, you know, in the case of a film like Sinners, it really...
00:50Is doing something very interesting with genre.
00:52I mean, you can approach that film whether it's at a vampire...
00:55Horror level or you can look at some of the themes that Ryan Coogler is...
01:00Exploring such as Blackheart and the commodification of it.
01:03Hamnets is the most nominated.
01:05Ever after film by a woman director, ever.
01:07Which is great.
01:08Congratulations to Chloe Zhao.
01:10It's amazing.
01:12Interesting to see that it's a really strong documentary category.
01:15This year.
01:16Three of the five films are directed by women.
01:19And overall...
01:20All of the nominated films, about a quarter, are directed by women.
01:24The important thing for us...
01:25At BAFTA is that we keep platforming the work from women directors.
01:30And we ask the world to take note of what they're making, what they're doing.
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