How did Leonardo DiCaprio get nominated for BAFTA Award for his role in The Revenant?
First of all, The Revenant is not yet released out in theatres or didn't premiere in a film festival. Then how did Leonardo DiCaprio get nominated for a BAFTA Award for his role in The Revenant?
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This document has the rules for the 2016 BAFTAs, including section C. Eligibility, which states:
Films must open for theatrical general release for the first time in commercial cinemas in the UK between 1 January 2015 and 12 February 2016
- Films which open after 1 January 2016 must be qualified by being screened to BAFTA members (‘voters’) no later than 17 December 2015; otherwise films opening after 1 January 2016 should be entered into the 2017 Awards.
The UK release date for The Revenant is currently 15 January 2016 so within the deadline of 12 February 2016. There is more than one article online indicating that it's already been screened for "awards voters" in November, so that's also within the 17 December 2015 cutoff.
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Did Leonardo DiCaprio win an Oscar for his role in The Revenant?
Five years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio won his first\u2014and only\u2014Oscar for Best Actor (Motion Picture Drama) at the 2016 Academy Awards. He nabbed the trophy for a role as the rough-and-tumbling wilderness man Hugh Glass in 2016's The Revenant.How are Bafta nominations chosen?
The programmes and performances attracting the most votes, usually four in each category, are shortlisted as the nominees for each award. The winner is chosen from the four nominees by a special jury of nine academy members for each award, the members of each jury selected by the Academy's Television Committee.Who gave Leonardo DiCaprio his Oscar?
The 44-year-old actor was gifted the Oscar by Malaysian financier Jho Low, who originally bought the Oscar for $600,000 at an auction. DiCaprio was also nominated for an Oscar for his role in 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street, a film which Low financed.How many Oscar nominations did Leonardo DiCaprio get?
Neither DiCaprio nor any of his co-stars snagged a Best Actor/Actress nomination for the 94th Academy Awards. DiCaprio has received a total of five Best Actor Oscar nominations, all for very strong movies. But really, all of his movies are good and deserve all the nominations!Leonardo DiCaprio winning Best Actor | 88th Oscars (2016)
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The screening for the movie took place in November where members of the press and award voters were present. The screening was held in New York. They were impressed with his performance and so he got nominated.
For more details see this Vanity Fair article.
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