<p>US recession drama 'Nomadland' and coming-of-age story 'Rocks' led the nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Tuesday with seven nods each, with a clear push on diversity among the acting contenders following an outcry last year.</p>.<p>Family drama 'The Father', Hollywood throwback 'Mank', #MeToo revenge movie 'Promising Young Woman' and Korean-language 'Minari' followed with six nominations.</p>.<p>The best director category had four women nominees, including Chloe Zhao for 'Nomadland'.</p>.<p>More than half of the 24 nominees were actors of colour - a huge change to last year when BAFTA revealed an all-white acting contenders list, sparking an online outcry with the hashtag #BaftasSoWhite trending on social media.</p>.<p>This year's leading actor nominees include Riz Ahmed for his portrayal of a heavy metal drummer going deaf in 'Sound of Metal' and the late Chadwick Boseman for his role in 1920s jazz drama 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom'.</p>.<p>Leading actress nominees include Bukky Bakray for 'Rocks' and Frances McDormand for 'Nomadland'.</p>.<p>Last year's backlash led BAFTA to conduct a wide-ranging review resulting in expanded membership, a new longlist voting round and an increase in all four acting categories and best director to six nominees from five.</p>.<p>The outstanding British film category has also been expanded to 10 nominations.</p>.<p>The BAFTAs, Britain's top movie honours, will take place on April 11.</p>
<p>US recession drama 'Nomadland' and coming-of-age story 'Rocks' led the nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Tuesday with seven nods each, with a clear push on diversity among the acting contenders following an outcry last year.</p>.<p>Family drama 'The Father', Hollywood throwback 'Mank', #MeToo revenge movie 'Promising Young Woman' and Korean-language 'Minari' followed with six nominations.</p>.<p>The best director category had four women nominees, including Chloe Zhao for 'Nomadland'.</p>.<p>More than half of the 24 nominees were actors of colour - a huge change to last year when BAFTA revealed an all-white acting contenders list, sparking an online outcry with the hashtag #BaftasSoWhite trending on social media.</p>.<p>This year's leading actor nominees include Riz Ahmed for his portrayal of a heavy metal drummer going deaf in 'Sound of Metal' and the late Chadwick Boseman for his role in 1920s jazz drama 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom'.</p>.<p>Leading actress nominees include Bukky Bakray for 'Rocks' and Frances McDormand for 'Nomadland'.</p>.<p>Last year's backlash led BAFTA to conduct a wide-ranging review resulting in expanded membership, a new longlist voting round and an increase in all four acting categories and best director to six nominees from five.</p>.<p>The outstanding British film category has also been expanded to 10 nominations.</p>.<p>The BAFTAs, Britain's top movie honours, will take place on April 11.</p>