A HOLLYWOOD blockbuster partly filmed in Glasgow has been nominated for two top awards at the Baftas.
The First World War epic 1917, scenes of which were shot at Govan Graving Docks in Glasgow, has been nominated alongside the likes of Joker, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood for Best Film.
Director Sam Mendes has also been nominated for Best Director for 1917, which follows the story of two young soldiers who venture across enemy lines to deliver a message that could save hundreds of lives.
Over the weekend, the film emerged as one of the big winners from this year's Golden Globes when it won best motion picture in the drama category as well as taking the director gong.
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Glasgow's A-listed Govan Graving Docks was one of the many locations used in the film, with shooting taking place in Scotland in June of last year.
A stand-out element is the way it was shot as if in one long take, using clever camera work and editing to create a sense of continual motion.
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Joker leads the nominations with 11 nods. The origin story of the comic book villain, starring Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, is in the running for best film, best actor, best-adapted screenplay and best director.
It is closely followed by Martin Scorsese's gangster epic The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino's ninth film Once Upon A Timely In Hollywood, which both scored 10 nominations and will also compete in the best film category, alongside Korean film Parasite and 1917.
Phoenix will compete with Once Upon A Time star Leonardo DiCaprio, Marriage Story's Adam Driver, Rocketman star Taron Egerton and Jonathan Pryce for The Two Popes in the leading actor category.
The nominees for the leading actress Bafta are Jessie Buckley for Wild Rose – which tells the story of an aspiring country singer and single mother-of-two from Glasgow – Scarlett Johansson for Marriage Story, Saoirse Ronan for Little Women, Charlize Theron for Bombshell and Renee Zellweger for Judy, while Margot Robbie scored two nominations in the supporting actress category for her roles in Bombshell and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
The other nominees are Laura Dern for Marriage Story, Scarlett Johansson for Jojo Rabbit and Florence Pugh for Little Women.
Meanwhile, the nominations have been criticised for a lack of diversity, after snubs for the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Awkwafina and Antonio Banderas.
It has been thought that British actress Erivo might land a nod for her performance as Harriet Tubman in biopic Harriet, after landing nominations from the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild.
Also overlooked was Awkwafina, who won a Golden Globe for her role in The Farewell, although she does feature in the EE rising star category.
Instead Irish actress Jessie Buckley landed a surprise nod for her role as an aspiring country singer in Wild Rose.
Also overlooked in the acting categories were Antonio Banderas for Pain And Glory and Robert De Niro for The Irishman, with Taron Egerton landing a spot for his turn in Rocketman after his unexpected win at the Golden Globes.
Addressing the lack of diversity, Bafta chief executive Amanda Berry said: "Being totally honest, we are disappointed and that is not to take anything away from the people who have been nominated.
"We do have 13 directors nominated who are females across other categories, so everybody from Jennifer Lee who directed Frozen 2, and this is what gives me joy and hope actually, six female directors in the shorts category and that is the category where we are really seeing talent at the start of their career and they are the industry of the future, but we are going to do more, we are not going to stop pushing."
Marc Samuelson, chairman of Bafta's film committee, said: "Clearly everybody knows that everybody in the four acting groups of nominees are white, it's infuriating, we can't make the industry do something, all we can do is encourage and push and inspire and try to help people coming in at the bottom end.”
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