Like many things, the 2021 awards season is like none that have come before it. Virtual ceremonies, Zoom acceptance speeches, several venues – film academies around the world have had to adapt to a pandemic-safe approach, with social distancing and Covid-19 safety protocols taken into consideration. The Bafta Awards 2021 are no different.
The awards have been split across two nights, with an opening night taking place on Saturday, recognising the behind-the-scenes work and craft of filmmaking.
The main event is taking place on Monday night and already, stars are walking the socially distanced red carpet at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Click through the gallery above to see all of the red carpet arrivals.
From Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor to Cynthia Erivo and Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas, a number of A-list names have arrived in style at the glittering awards ceremony.
Although the live ceremony is taking place at the Royal Albert Hall, several stars will be attending the awards virtually.
This year, the event is hosted by Dermot O'Leary and Edith Bowman.
Nominees include Sir Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Kirby, Riz Ahmed, Frances McDormand, Chadwick Boseman, Clarke Peters, Alfre Woodard, Daniel Kaluuya and Sir David Attenborough. Films Sound of Metal, Promising Young Woman, Rocks, Soul, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Mank are all up for awards.
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Earth under attack: Cosmic impacts throughout history
- 4.5 billion years ago: Mars-sized object smashes into the newly-formed Earth, creating debris that coalesces to form the Moon
- 66 million years ago: 10km-wide asteroid crashes into the Gulf of Mexico, wiping out over 70 per cent of living species – including the dinosaurs.
- 50,000 years ago: 50m-wide iron meteor crashes in Arizona with the violence of 10 megatonne hydrogen bomb, creating the famous 1.2km-wide Barringer Crater
- 1490: Meteor storm over Shansi Province, north-east China when large stones “fell like rain”, reportedly leading to thousands of deaths.
- 1908: 100-metre meteor from the Taurid Complex explodes near the Tunguska river in Siberia with the force of 1,000 Hiroshima-type bombs, devastating 2,000 square kilometres of forest.
- 1998: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 breaks apart and crashes into Jupiter in series of impacts that would have annihilated life on Earth.
-2013: 10,000-tonne meteor burns up over the southern Urals region of Russia, releasing a pressure blast and flash that left over 1600 people injured.
