BAFTAs 2022 nominations … rise and shine, Australia

Whether you're getting up at dawn or catching up later, here's our guide to this year's BAFTAs hopefuls.

10 Mar 2022 13:17

Paul Dalgarno

Film

A cup of tea could help with the early BAFTAs, where The Power of the Dog is in the running. Image: Kirsty Griffin/ Netflix.

‘Belfast is based on Branagh’s own story in Northern Ireland as the Troubles flared and his family confronted the need to leave. It sees raw social catastrophe through the eyes of children, teetering on the edge of a sentimental meltdown but always firmly controlled.’

‘The nominal hero of Drive My Car, Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), happens to share my old-fashioned love of audiocassettes. He uses them not for movies but for plays: he records the complete text of whatever playscript he is set to act in and listens to it while driving, leaving spaces blank for him to recite his lines.’

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Paul Dalgarno is author of the novels A Country of Eternal Light (2023) and Poly (2020); the memoir And You May Find Yourself (2015); and the creative non-fiction book Prudish Nation (2023). He is Head of Content at ArtsHub & ScreenHub. Insta: @dalgarnowrites